Procurement of Group Auditor

Descriptions

Tenders are sought from suitably qualified firms to act as external Group Auditor for North East Access to Finance Limited ('NEA2F') and its group companies, including North East Finance (Holdco) Limited which is Holding Fund Manager for the North East JEREMIE programme, Finance for Business NE., The appointment will be for three years beginning with the financial year ending 31 March 2021., The primary role of the external audit is to report on the consolidated financial statements of the NEA2F group and the financial statements of the individual companies and to carry out such examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems as is necessary to reach an opinion on those statements. The opinion will be required to cover primarily whether the statements give a true and fair view and have been properly prepared in accordance with UK GAAP and the Companies Act 2006. We have adopted FRS 102.