The Christie NHS FT Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20

Our application of materiality We define materiality as the magnitude of misstatement in the financial statements that makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable person would be changed or influenced. We use materiality in determining the nature, timing and extent of our audit work and in evaluating the results of that work. Materiality was determined as follows: Materiality Measure Group Trust Financial statements as a whole £ 6,618,000 which is 2% of the group’s

£ 6,617,000 which is 2% of the Trust’s gross operating costs. This benchmark is considered the most appropriate because we consider users of the financial statements to be most interested in how the Trust has expended its revenue and other funding. Materiality for the current year is at the same percentage level of gross operating expenses as we determined for the year ended 31 March 2019 as we did not identify any significant changes in the Trust or the environment in which it operates.

gross operating expenses. This benchmark is considered the most appropriate because we consider users of the financial statements to be most interested in how the group has expended its revenue and other funding. Materiality for the current year is at the same percentage level of gross operating expenses as we determined for the year ended 31 March 2019, as we did not identify any significant changes in the group or the environment in which it operates.

Performance materiality used to drive the extent of our testing

75% of financial statement materiality

75% of financial statement materiality

Specific materiality

£19,300 for Executive Director Remuneration, equating to 2% of prior year Executive Director Remuneration. £ 300,000 and misstatements below that threshold that, in our view, warrant reporting on qualitative grounds.

Communication of misstatements to the Audit Committee

£ 300,000 and misstatements below that threshold that, in our view, warrant reporting on qualitative grounds.

The graph below illustrates how performance materiality interacts with our overall materiality and the tolerance for potential uncorrected misstatements. Overall materiality – Group and Trust

25%

75%

An overview of the scope of our audit Our audit approach was a risk-based approach founded on a thorough understanding of the group’s business, its environment and risk profile and in particular included: • Evaluation of identified components to assess the significance of that component and to determine the planned audit response based on a measure of materiality. We determined a component to be individually significant if it represents 15% of the group’s operating expenditure. • Identification of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust as the only significant component in the group. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust represents 96% of the group’s operating income, 89% of its operating expenses and 88% of the group’s total net assets. We carried out a full scope audit in relation to the Trust.

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