DE&S Annual Report and Accounts 2024 to 2025
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Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) published its eleventh annual report and accounts covering the year ending 31 March 2025. The report reflects DE&S performance and operating costs as a Bespoke Trading Entity launched in April 2014. For the eighth consecutive year, DE&S received an unqualified audit opinion from the National Audit Office, confirming robust management systems and processes.
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DE&S published its annual report and accounts for fiscal year 2024-2025, covering the period ending 31 March 2025. The report marks the eleventh annual report since the organisation launched as a Bespoke Trading Entity in April 2014 and has been laid before Parliament following certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.\n\nAffected parties should note that DE&S maintains an unqualified audit opinion from the National Audit Office for the eighth year running, indicating robust financial management and compliance processes. As a routine annual reporting document, this does not create new compliance obligations but provides transparency on DE&S operational performance and costs.
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Defence Equipment & Support annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025.
From: Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment and Support Published 21 July 2025 Get emails about this page
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Defence Equipment & Support annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5583-5, HC 1079
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Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5583-5, HC 1079
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The report has been laid before Parliament following certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
This is the eleventh annual report and accounts for DE&S since its launch as a Bespoke Trading Entity (now Executive Agency) in April 2014. This document reflects the performance and operating costs of DE&S, noting that the MOD annual report and accounts will capture the costs of the equipment programme once published.
For the eighth year running, DE&S has secured an unqualified audit opinion from the National Audit Office, underlining the continuing efforts to ensure robust processes, management systems and capability as DE&S delivers the programme of work.
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