All approved Audit Firms, sole practioners and other audit partnerships are required to operate from within Gibraltar and have some form of physical presence. Therefore, there at least needs to be an office that the FSC can visit in order to carry out their regulatory duties.

All Statutory Auditors who wish to conduct statutory audits in Gibraltar are required to apply directly to the FSC. The applicant will be required to submit an Individual Questionnaire. The applicant will be required to pay the application fee and annual fee as stipulated under the Financial Services (Auditors Fees) Regulations 2012.

All Statutory Auditors approved in an EEA Member State who wish to conduct statutory audits in Gibraltar are required to apply directly to the FSC. The applicant will be required to submit an Individual Questionnaire. The applicant will be required to pay the application fee and annual fee as stipulated under the Financial Services (Auditors Fees) Regulations 2012.
On submission of the above, applicants will be contacted directly and a date and time arranged to complete an aptitude test. The test will be administered in Gibraltar by the FSC and will test the adequate knowledge of the laws and regulations of Gibraltar in so far as relevant to statutory audits.

All Audit Firms who wish to conduct statutory audits in Gibraltar are required to apply directly to the FSC. The FSC has introduced a streamlined application process for all types of applications for authorisations under any one or more of the Supervisory Acts including the use of universal application forms. Further details regarding the process can be viewed here. The applicant will be required to pay the application fee and annual fee as stipulated under the Financial Services (Auditors Fees) Regulations 2012.

Please note that once an 'Individual Questionnaire' or 'Notifiable Document' has been received from an applicant/firm, the GFSC will complete and submit a Royal Gibraltar Police Vetting Application Form in accordance with Section 30C of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015. This vetting process is conducted internally by the GFSC and bears no cost to the applicant/firm.

Any applicant that has not been ordinarily resident in Gibraltar for the last ten years should provide the GFSC with a report or their criminal record from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction(s) where the applicant has spent a considerable amount of time.

If this report cannot be provided in English, it should  be accompanied by a translation from a certified translator. 

For any further queries, please contact authorisations@gfsc.gi and a member of staff will be happy to assist.