Ilva Foteini Kana

Audit Committee Independent Member

Wandsworth Council

The Wandsworth Council Audit Committee met on 12 November 2025 to discuss governance arrangements, fraud prevention, risk management, and the external audit. The committee was scheduled to review reports from the Head of Audit, the Head of Fraud, the Director of Financial Services, and the Executive Director of Finance.

Audit Committee Independent Member

Agenda

The Wandsworth Council Audit Committee met to discuss the 2023-24 and 2024-25 accounts, risk management, governance arrangements, and to approve the recruitment of an independent member to the committee. The committee agreed to the recommendations for the 2023-24 accounts and 2024-25 external audit, the recruitment process for an independent member, and the annual review of risk management. The committee also approved the council's Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25.

Audit Committee

Agenda

The Audit Committee noted a report on an investigation into a complaint made to the Housing Ombudsman, a report on a review of the Council's use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, a fraud update, and an update on the 2022-23 and 2023-24 external audits. The Committee approved the Internal Audit Charter, Strategy and Plan for 2025/26 and noted the five-year strategic plan.

Audit Committee

Agenda

This meeting was scheduled to receive updates from the Council's internal and external auditors about their work and to consider the effectiveness of the Council's Anti-Bribery and Money Laundering Prevention measures. It was also scheduled to review the effectiveness of the Audit Committee and to consider the new Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).

Audit Committee

Agenda

The Committee heard reports from external auditors, EY, about the 2022-23 and 2023-24 audits. They then discussed the Council's risk management and governance arrangements for the year 2023-24, and noted the Annual Review of Risk Management and the Annual Governance Report 2023-24.