Statutory Auditor -Authorisation Process

Applicants should submit an application form and additional documentation with all relevant documents. We will not consider an application complete if there are any outstanding documents.

Audit & Insolvency Application Form

Please submit this form via E-mail to authorisations@fsc.gi with the following information in the subject field: ‘Name of Statutory Auditor’. Paper copies are not required unless indicated by the Authorisation team. 

Please note that we accept signed signature copies sent via e-mail and electronic signatures, which must originate from the applicant’s domain.  

In addition to the Application Form and Application Fee, we require the following documentation for Statutory Auditors: 

• Details of qualifications;
• Details of knowledge of auditing and/or accounting;
• Details of experience conducting audits, including experience post qualification; and 
• Any other document the applicant considers the GFSC should take into consideration as part of the application.

Additional Information

Individuals requesting authorisation to conduct audit activities may be required to complete an aptitude test provided by the GFSC. The exam tests the knowledge of the laws and regulations of Gibraltar in so far as relevant to statutory audits.

Applicants can take three sittings to pass the exam. If the individual fails, he/she will be required to wait one month before he/she can re-sit the exam.

On submission of the relevant application, we will contact individuals to arrange a date and time to complete an aptitude test.

Audit firm - Authorisation Process

Applicants should submit an application form and additional documentation with all relevant documents. We will not consider an application complete if there are any outstanding documents.

 Audit & Insolvency Application Form

Please submit this form via E-mail to authorisations@fsc.gi with the following information in the subject field: ‘Name of Audit Firm’. Paper copies are not required unless indicated by the Authorisation team. 

Please note that we accept signed signature copies sent via e-mail and electronic signatures, which must originate from the applicant’s domain.  

Applicants should submit an application pack with all relevant documents. We will not consider an application complete if there are any outstanding documents.

The application pack must consist of: 

• Application Fee;
• Application Form;
• Financial Projections for the next 3 years
  • Stress Test on Financial Projections;
  • Profit and Loss account;
  • Balance Sheet;
• Regulated Individual Form (for each Regulated Individual);
• Non-Executive Director Form (for each non-executive director);
• Controller Form (for each Controller);
• Business Plan;
• Risk methodology and framework
• Supporting Policies and Procedures
• Details of Source of Wealth/Source of Funds (including final ownership structure, details of capital within the group, how the funding will be provided, access to further funds and 3-year financial statements for companies providing the funding. If an individual will provide more than 10% of the funding, we will require an independently verified statement of wealth); 
• Busines Continuity Plan; and
• Any other document the applicant considers the GFSC should take into consideration as part of the application.

Please request cloud access from the Authorisation team in order to submit the application pack. Requests should be sent via E-mail to authorisations@fsc.gi with the following information in the subject field: ‘Name of Regulated Firm/Applicant – Application’. Paper copies are not required unless indicated by the Authorisation team. 

Please note that we accept signed signature copies sent via e-mail and electronic signatures, which must originate from the Regulated Firm’s/Applicant’s domain.  

Insolvency Practitioner - Authorisation process

Applicants should submit an application form and additional documentation with all relevant documents. We will not consider an application complete if there are any outstanding documents.

 Audit & Insolvency Application Form 

Please submit this form via E-mail to authorisations@fsc.gi  with the following information in the subject field: ‘Name of Insolvency Practitioner. Paper copies are not required unless indicated by the Authorisation team.

Please note that we accept signed signature copies sent via e-mail and electronic signatures, which must originate from the applicant’s domain.  

In addition to the Application Form and Application Fee, we require the following documentation for Insolvency Practitioners: 

• Evidence that the applicant is resident in Gibraltar;
• Written confirmation from the firm or employer of the applicant that the firm or employer complies with the minimum security requirements, including insurance cover, specified in the Insolvency Practitioner Regulations 2019. In the case of a self-employed individual, written confirmation from his insurance provider; and
• Any other document that the applicant considers would be useful for the consideration of the application.

Additional Information

The GFSC will not grant permissions unless it is satisfied that an applicant:

1. Holds appropriate professional qualifications;

2. Has sufficient and a sufficiently high level, insolvency experience to undertake the intended insolvency practice, taking into account the effect of any conditions that the GFSC intends to impose on the licence. i.e. where a licence is restricted to Voluntary Liquidations only; and

3. Meets the Fit and Proper criteria.