Invitation to Tender for Annual Auditing Services

Summary

L’Arche Ireland invites tender submissions from interested Auditing Services Suppliers to provide auditing and associated professional services to the organisation from the year ending 31 December 2025. This will comprise of planning and conducting the annual statutory audit of L’Arche Ireland, but will also include other occasional advice and services outlined later in this document.

About Us

L'Arche Ireland is a branch of L’Arche International, supports adults with intellectual disability (known as Core

Members), fostering a sense of belonging, respect, and dignity within our communities and homes in Cork, Dublin and Kilkenny. L’Arche Ireland is a section 39 organisation, mainly-funded by the HSE; providing residential services and day projects which ensure that each Core Member has a safe, person-centred, highquality service and supports individuals to have access to the services and homes they need to maximise their independence, empowerment, choice and enable them to lead a fulfilling life and be active citizens in their locality. L’Arche Ireland has a deep sense of community, recognising the value of mutually beneficial relationships, and the right of each person to discover and share their unique gifts. Find out more about L’Arche Ireland’s work at www.larche.ie.

Our most recent audited accounts are on our website. L’Arche Ireland is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. We employ approximately 110 staff and have an annual turnover in excess of €7.5m

General Requirements & Responsibilities

L’Arche Ireland is seeking to engage an experienced Auditing Services Supplier who will provide the full range of auditing services required to fulfil its statutory obligations, to comply with relevant accounting and reporting standards and best practice.

Your responsibility will be to report to L’Arche Ireland’s Trustees in accordance with the Companies Act 2014 whether, in your expert opinion, the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of assets, liabilities and the financial position of L’Arche Ireland as at the end of the financial year on 31 December;
• are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for charities; and,
• are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2014, Charities Act 2009, and any other relevant legislation.

Based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, you will have a statutory duty to report whether, in your opinion;

• The information given in the directors’ report is consistent with the financial statements, and
• The directors’ report has been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2014.

Please see Tender Document attached below.

Closing date for receipt of tender: Friday 5th of September 2025

Return tender or submit queries to john.johnson@larche.ie