News

This page list press notices and announcements issued by the FRC.

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• FRC CEO Richard Moriarty: An update on some of our key projects to create the conditions that support transparency and trust in the UK economy

  Since the beginning of 2025 we have been actively examining how we can ensure our regulatory approach is genuinely proportionate while maintaining the high standards of audit and corporate reporting that give investors and all stakeholders confidence in the UK as a place to grow and invest. Good regulation is smart, targeted, proportionate, and an essential enabler of growth and investment. As we head towards the end of the year, I wanted to share a few examples of the progress of some of that work.

  14 November 2025

• FRC Annual Review highlights the value of meaningful explanations in corporate governance reporting and the code’s flexibility

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published its Annual Review of Corporate Governance Reporting, analysing reporting trends and practices among 100 UK-listed companies against the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code for the last time. Going fo

  13 November 2025

• FRC takes steps to support quality and consistency in the assurance of sustainability reporting

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (UK) 5000, “General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements”, which provides UK companies, investors and assurance providers with a con

  12 November 2025

• FRC review helps Stewardship Code signatories prepare for streamlined reporting requirements under the new Code

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published a report to support signatories as they prepare to apply to the updated Code, which takes effect from 1 January 2026.

  11 November 2025

• UK TAC seeks new members to shape UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards

  The UK Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is inviting applications for new members to support its ongoing work to inform both UK and international sustainability disclosures.

  10 November 2025

• FRC launches discussion paper on future technical development of UK digital reporting taxonomies

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published a discussion paper on proposed technical changes to the UK XBRL Taxonomy Suite, inviting feedback from stakeholders across the digital reporting ecosystem.

  7 November 2025

• FRC imposes sanctions against BDO LLP and two audit engagement partners

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions under the Accountancy Scheme against BDO LLP (BDO) and two former audit engagement partners, Mr John Everingham and Mr Kevin Cook (together, the Respondents), following their admissions of Miscon

  6 November 2025

• FRC updates guidance on non-executive director remuneration to support good governance

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published updated guidance on the remuneration of non-executive directors (NEDs) as part of its regular updates to the guidance supporting the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024. This guidance does not change

  5 November 2025

• FRC proposes no significant amendments to AS TM1

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued a consultation on the Actuarial Standard Technical Memorandum 1 (AS TM1) which proposes no significant amendments to the standard.

  30 October 2025

• FRC publishes guidance to support Stewardship Code reporting

  The FRC has today published its guidance to the UK Stewardship Code 2026.

  30 October 2025

• Roundtable invitation: review of corporate governance reporting

  In order to make sure that we continue to produce interesting and useful annual reviews of corporate governance reporting, we are seeking views from our stakeholders on what they find particularly useful about our current review process and publication, a

  23 October 2025

• FRC withdraws ASORP 1 to streamline actuarial standards framework

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today announced the withdrawal of ASORP 1: Financial Analysis of Social Security Programmes, with immediate effect.

  23 October 2025

• Roundtable invitation: Consultation on proposed revisions to Audit Enforcement Procedure

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) invites stakeholders to take part in a series of roundtables which form part of its consultation on proposed revisions to the Audit Enforcement Procedure (AEP).

  22 October 2025

• FRC publishes corporate reporting insights

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued two thematic reviews designed to enhance the quality of, and provide insights into, UK company reporting in respect of investment companies and share-based payment arrangements.

  21 October 2025

• FRC publishes key findings and good practice report

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) today published a report setting out the key findings and good practice the FRC has identified in the 2023/4 and 2024/5 inspection cycles related to the audits of the twelve largest audit firms.

  20 October 2025