PAA - Published Accounts Awards

Published Accounts Awards - 2025

The Published Accounts Awards are now open for entries. The closing date is Friday 11 July 2025. Please find instructions for entry below.

Who is eligible for PAA ?

Entry is open to all organisations: public and private, state owned bodies, charities and other organisations that publish annual reports and accounts.

For any organisation to qualify, they must meet the following criteria:

• The company must be registered either in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
• The company's head office or main operation is situated either in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
• It has had a significant presence/history in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.

What financial period is eligible?

The Annual Report and accounts which qualify for entry for the 2025 Awards are those in respect of a financial period ending during the year to 31 March 2025.

How to enter:

• Fill out and return the Published Accounts Awards 2025 application form along with a soft copy (preferably in PDF format) of your organisation’s Annual Report and accounts to paa@charteredaccountants.ie
• Include any other relevant information such as employee reports or sustainability/ESG/DE&I information.
• In the interest of sustainability, we do not request a hard copy of your annual report. Shortlisted entries, on occasion, may be requested to send one hard copy and we will contact you directly if this is required.

Note: only documents included in the submission will be considered for the competition

What are the categories and awards?

Awards

As well as rewarding excellence in corporate reporting, the PAA recognises companies for their achievements across areas such as sustainability, ESG, diversity, equity & inclusion and branding.

Please note change to Sustainability & ESG Award: for the 2025 awards, we will only have one Sustainability & ESG reporting award; for unlisted entities. Given the changes with the adoption of CSRD for larger companies, the decision was made to remove the Sustainability & ESG reporting award for listed entities. This was to avoid the situation where there may be drastic differences between the level of reporting, depending on where an organisation may be on their sustainability and CSRD reporting journey, making it difficult to fairly judge and assess the companies in this category. This category will be reviewed annually as more companies complete their CSRD journey.

List of awards

• Euronext Growth Award
• Euronext Dublin (SME <€1bn)
• Euronext Dublin (Large Cap >€1bn)
• Company listed on a Foreign Market
• Statutory or Unlisted Entity (IFRS)
• Statutory or Unlisted Entity (Non - IFRS)
• Not-for-Profit - Large
• Not-for-Profit - Small/Medium
• Sustainability and ESG Reporting Award – Unlisted entities
• Branding, Communication and Digital Award
• Diversity and Inclusion Award – Listed and Unlisted entities
• Diversity and Inclusion Award - Not-for-profit
• Overall winner

The 48th Published Accounts Awards

Chartered Accountants Ireland Leinster Society is delighted to announce that the 48th Published Accounts Awards will take place on Thursday 6 November 2025 in the Shelbourne Hotel. More details of the event will follow soon.

This year's event is sponsored by: 

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