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Certificate Level exam results update

Author: Learning and Professional Development

Published: 05 Nov 2025

Contents
574,619 certificate level exams have been sat by candidates since September 2007, with the majority of results delivered to the candidates and their firms the following day.

All results

The cumulative pass rates for all papers sat between 1 January 2025 and 31 October 2025 are:

All Attempts

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 3,321 2,269 68.3%
Assurance 2,931 2,351 80.2%
Business, Technology and Finance 4,475 4,033 90.1%
Law 5,420 4,875 89.9%
Management Information 5,519 4,174 75.6%
Principles of Taxation 4,339 3,529 81.3%
Accounting Fundamentals 3,511 3,186 90.7%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 2,978 2,759 92.6%
Sustainability and Ethics 270 269 99.6%
Business Law 180 161 89.4%
Business Insight and Performance 73 67 91.8%
Grand Total 33,017 27,673 83.8%

First Attempt

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 2,379 1,711 71.9%
Assurance 2,407 2,000 83.1%
Business, Technology and Finance 4,068 3,718 91.4%
Law 4,895 4,448 90.9%
Management Information 4,271 3,320 77.7%
Principles of Taxation 3,593 3,018 84.0%
Accounting Fundamentals 3,372 3,084 91.5%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 2,864 2,667 93.1%
Sustainability and Ethics 270 269 99.6%
Business Law 176 159 90.3%
Business Insight and Performance 72 66 91.7%
Grand Total 28,367 24,460 86.2%

Re-sits

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 942 558 59.2%
Assurance 524 351 67.0%
Business, Technology and Finance 407 315 77.4%
Law 525 427 81.3%
Management Information 1,248 854 68.4%
Principles of Taxation 746 511 68.5%
Accounting Fundamentals 139 102 73.4%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 114 92 80.7%
Sustainability and Ethics 0 0 –
Business Law 4 2 50.0%
Business Insight and Performance 1 1 100.0%
Grand Total 4,650 3,213 69.1%

Europe

The cumulative pass rates for all papers sat between 1 January 2025 and 31 October 2025 are:

All Attempts (Europe)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 2,534 1,780 70.2%
Assurance 2,472 2,038 82.4%
Business, Technology and Finance 4,217 3,840 91.1%
Law 5,142 4,624 89.9%
Management Information 5,065 3,872 76.4%
Principles of Taxation 4,088 3,326 81.4%
Accounting Fundamentals 3,482 3,158 90.7%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 2,978 2,759 92.6%
Sustainability and Ethics 251 250 99.6%
Business Law 179 161 89.9%
Business Insight and Performance 72 66 91.7%
Grand Total 30,480 25,874 84.9%

First Attempt (Europe)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 1,753 1,315 75.0%
Assurance 2,063 1,747 84.7%
Business, Technology and Finance 3,865 3,558 92.1%
Law 4,637 4,213 90.9%
Management Information 3,916 3,072 78.4%
Principles of Taxation 3,374 2,832 83.9%
Accounting Fundamentals 3,343 3,056 91.4%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 2,864 2,667 93.1%
Sustainability and Ethics 251 250 99.6%
Business Law 175 159 90.9%
Business Insight and Performance 71 65 91.5%
Grand Total 26,312 22,934 87.2%

Re-sits (Europe)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 781 465 59.5%
Assurance 409 291 71.1%
Business, Technology and Finance 352 282 80.1%
Law 505 411 81.4%
Management Information 1,149 800 69.6%
Principles of Taxation 714 494 69.2%
Accounting Fundamentals 139 102 73.4%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 114 92 80.7%
Sustainability and Ethics 0 0 –
Business Law 4 2 50.0%
Business Insight and Performance 1 1 100.0%
Grand Total 4,168 2,940 70.5%

Rest of world

The cumulative pass rates for all papers sat between 1 January 2025 and 31 October 2025 are:

All Attempts (Rest of World)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 787 489 62.1%
Assurance 458 312 68.1%
Business, Technology and Finance 258 193 74.8%
Law 278 251 90.3%
Management Information 454 302 66.5%
Principles of Taxation 251 203 80.9%
Accounting Fundamentals 29 28 96.6%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 1 1 100.0%
Sustainability and Ethics 19 19 100.0%
Business Law 1 0 0.0%
Business Insight and Performance 1 1 100.0%
Grand Total 2,537 1,799 70.9%

First Attempt (Rest of World)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 626 396 63.3%
Assurance 343 252 73.5%
Business, Technology and Finance 203 160 78.8%
Law 258 235 91.1%
Management Information 355 248 69.9%
Principles of Taxation 219 186 84.9%
Accounting Fundamentals 29 28 96.6%
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 1 1 100.0%
Sustainability and Ethics 19 19 100.0%
Business Law 1 0 0.0%
Business Insight and Performance 1 1 100.0%
Grand Total 2,055 1,526 74.3%

Re-sits (Rest of World)

Module SAT PASS PR%
Accounting 161 93 57.8%
Assurance 115 60 52.2%
Business, Technology and Finance 55 33 60.0%
Law 20 16 80.0%
Management Information 99 54 54.5%
Principles of Taxation 32 17 53.1%
Accounting Fundamentals 0 0 –
Assurance Risk Fundamentals 0 0 –
Sustainability and Ethics 0 0 –
Business Law 0 0 –
Business Insight and Performance 0 0 –
Grand Total 482 273 56.6%