Paper 4 - Cover External Audit Progress

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee Paper 4 Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh 20 June 2025 Page 1 of 1

For inform­a­tion Title: Extern­al audit update Pre­pared by: Cov­er – Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance and Cor­por­ate Oper­a­tions Report – Tom Reid, Mazars

Pur­pose To present the report on the audit of the annu­al report and accounts for 2024 – 25 pre­pared by Mazars.

Recom­mend­a­tion The Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee is asked to: a) Con­sider the auditor’s report and pro­gress to date

Over­view

1. The report provides inform­a­tion on the pro­gress of the audit for 2024 – 25.
2. It also provides links to nation­al pub­lic­a­tions that may be of interest to the Park Authority.

Con­clu­sion

1. The aud­it­or will present their report and answer any ques­tions raised by the Committee.

Louise Allen louiseallen@​cairngorms.​co.​uk 9 June 2025