EY fined almost £5m for breaching standards in Thomas Cook audit

EY admits to failings in assessment of 2017 and 2018 financial statements of travel firm, which collapsed in 2019EY has been fined almost £5m for “serious breaches of standards” over its audits of Thomas Cook in the years before the travel company’s devastating collapse in 2019.The UK’s audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said EY and one of its partners, Richard Wilson, had admitted to failings related to their assessment of the travel agent’s financial statements from 2017 and 2018. Continue reading...

Apr 10, 2025 - 13:22
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EY fined almost £5m for breaching standards in Thomas Cook audit

EY admits to failings in assessment of 2017 and 2018 financial statements of travel firm, which collapsed in 2019

EY has been fined almost £5m for “serious breaches of standards” over its audits of Thomas Cook in the years before the travel company’s devastating collapse in 2019.

The UK’s audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said EY and one of its partners, Richard Wilson, had admitted to failings related to their assessment of the travel agent’s financial statements from 2017 and 2018. Continue reading...