8 Advisory Groups Update

23 April 2026 Agenda Paper 8 OFFICIAL - PUBLIC UKEB UK Endorsement Board

Executive Summary

Purpose of the paper

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on meetings held by the following UKEB Advisory Groups and Working Groups, to accompany the verbal updates given by their Chairs:

• Academic Advisory Group (Chair: Amir Amel-Zadeh)
• Accounting Firms and Institutes Advisory Group (Chair: Tony Clifford)
• Investor Advisory Group (Chair: Paul Lee)
• Preparer Advisory Group (Chair: Owen Glaysher)
• Rate-regulated Activities Technical Advisory Group (Chair: Phil Aspin)
• Financial Instruments Working Group (Chair: Seema Jamil-O'Neill)
• Sustainability Working Group (Chair: Seema Jamil-O'Neill)

Summary of the Issue

All the groups, set out above, are advisory, consultative groups. They are not decision-making bodies. The advisory groups provide specialist knowledge and information as input into the Board's technical decision-making, while the working groups solely advise the UKEB Secretariat.

The Advisory Groups webpage of the UKEB website sets out the purpose of each group, a list of each group's members and their biographies, and a link to its Terms of Reference. In addition, minutes for each meeting are uploaded as they become available.

The table below also sets out the meetings held by these groups during the last 12 months and includes links to the meeting minutes, available at the time of writing.

Since the March 2026 Board meeting, the summary minutes of the Preparer Advisory Group (PAG) meeting, on 2 March 2026, and the Accounting Firms and Institutes Advisory Group (AFIAG) meeting, on 10 March 2026, have been published on the UKEB website.

The Academic Advisory Group (AAG) met, on 17 April 2026, and the Financial Instruments Working Group (FIWG) met, on 22 April 2026. The summary minutes of those meetings will be published in due course.

Decisions for the Board

No decisions required.

Recommendation

The Board is recommended to review the summary minutes of the groups' meetings.