AuditorRecord

All enforcement actions

DateFirmRegulatorAudited entitySanctionAmount
7 October 2026Deloitte LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilGo-Ahead Group plc (FY2016 to FY2020 audits)Fine£11,000,000, reduced to £6,050,000
28 July 2026Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilMade.com Group plc (FY2021 audit)Fine£1,197,000, adjusted from £1,800,000
16 July 2026PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilBabcock International Group plc (FY2019 and FY2020 audits)Fine£3,248,437
19 November 2025Ernst & Young LLP (Kenya)Capital Markets Authority of KenyaUchumi Supermarkets Limited (2014 rights issue, reporting accountant)FineKES 10,000,000
25 June 2025Deloitte Accountants B.V.Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$3 million civil money penalty
25 June 2025EY Accountants B.V.Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$2.5 million civil money penalty
25 June 2025PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$3 million civil money penalty
10 April 2025Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilThomas Cook Group plc (FY2017 and FY2018 audits)Fine£6,500,000
25 March 2025PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilWyelands Bank plc (FY2019 audit)Fine£4,500,000 before discounts
13 September 2024PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs (普华永道中天会计师事务所)China Securities Regulatory Commission and Ministry of FinanceEvergrande Real Estate (2018 to 2020 annual reports and five bond issuances)FineCSRC: confiscation of 27.74 million yuan and a fine of 297.4 million yuan
7 May 2024Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilLondon Capital & Finance plc (year to 30 April 2017 audit)Fine£7,000,000
7 May 2024PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilLondon Capital & Finance plc (year to 30 April 2016 audit)Fine£7,000,000
3 May 2024BF Borgers CPA PCU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionMore than 1,500 SEC filings by public company clients (January 2021 to June 2023)Suspension$12 million civil penalty against the firm
10 April 2024Imelda & Rekan (Deloitte Indonesia)Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$1 million civil money penalty
10 April 2024Navarro Amper & Co. (Deloitte Philippines)Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$1 million civil money penalty
10 April 2024KPMG Accountants N.V.Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$25 million civil money penalty
12 October 2023KPMG LLP and KPMG Audit PlcFinancial Reporting CouncilCarillion plcFine£18,550,000
31 March 2023EY (German member firm)Abschlussprüferaufsichtsstelle (APAS, Auditor Oversight Body) at BAFAWirecard AG and Wirecard Bank AG (2016 to 2018 audits)Fine€500,000
29 September 2022Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLPU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionComponent audits of U.S. issuers and audits of U.S. listed foreign companies (unnamed)Fine$20 million, with censure
8 August 2022PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilBT Group plc (FY2017 audit)Fine£2,500,000, reduced to £1,750,000
3 August 2022Deloitte & Touche (Kenya)Capital Markets Authority of KenyaChase Bank Kenya Limited (in liquidation), 2015 medium term note issueFineSh10 million
25 July 2022KPMG LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilRegenersis plc and Carillion plc (information given to FRC inspectors)Fine£20 million
18 July 2022Grant Thornton UK LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilSports Direct International plc, now Frasers Group plc (2016 and 2018 audits)Fine£1,130,500
28 June 2022Ernst & Young LLPU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionNone (firm conduct, ethics exam cheating)Fine$100 million
24 May 2022KPMG Audit plcFinancial Reporting CouncilRolls-Royce Group plc (FY2010 audit)Fine£4.5 million, reduced to £3,375,000
21 April 2022Deloitte LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilMitie Group plc (FY2016 audit)Fine£2 million, reduced to £1,450,000
1 November 2021Grant Thornton UK LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilInterserve plc (2015 to 2017 audits)Fine£1.3 million, reduced to £718,250
27 September 2021Grant Thornton UK LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilPatisserie Holdings plc (FY2015 to FY2017 audits)Fine£4 million
17 June 2019KPMG LLPU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionNone (firm conduct, PCAOB inspection information and training exams)Fine$50 million
8 May 2019KPMG Audit PlcFinancial Reporting CouncilThe Co-operative Bank plc (FY2009 audit)Fine£5 million
8 October 2018Ernst & Young Accountants LLPDutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)Four statutory audit clients, unnamed by the AFMFine€165,000
12 June 2018PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilBHS and Taveta Group (2014 audits)Fine£10 million
9 February 2017KAP Purwantono, Suherman & SurjaPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)An Indonesian telecommunications company, unnamed by the PCAOB (2011 audit)Fine$1 million civil penalty
22 December 2015Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLCFinancial Services Agency of JapanToshiba Corporation (FY2009, FY2011 and FY2012)SuspensionThree month ban on accepting new engagements
31 May 2005Arthur Andersen LLPU.S. Department of Justice (conviction reversed by the Supreme Court)Enron Corporation (document destruction)OtherOriginal sentence a $500,000 fine and five years' probation