Companies & corporate groups
Statutory audits for established businesses and groups, including the coordination and reporting challenges that come with more complex structures.
Your audit planned.
Your team kept informed.
For established companies, groups and charities facing reporting deadlines, demanding stakeholders or a change of auditor. Agree the preparation, timetable and partner involvement before work begins.
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Who we support
Charities & not-for-profits
Audit work informed by your funding, restricted funds, financial reporting and trustee responsibilities.
First audits & changes of auditor
A structured start, with attention to opening balances, evidence availability and the handover from your previous adviser.
YOUR AUDIT, STEP BY STEP
Clear stages. Shared responsibilities.
A typical engagement, with the timetable and responsibilities agreed for your organisation.
01
Plan
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Agree scope, key risks, evidence requirements and the reporting timetable.
Your organisation
Confirm key contacts, deadlines and who prepares each schedule.
Agreed plan and information requests
02
Test
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Perform audit procedures and discuss questions as the evidence is reviewed.
Your organisation
Provide supporting records and explanations, with clear owners for queries.
Progress updates and outstanding items
03
Resolve
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Evaluate evidence, significant judgements and proposed adjustments.
Your organisation
Resolve outstanding matters and consider adjustments and disclosures.
Significant matters discussed
04
Report
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Communicate findings and issue the audit report when the work is complete.
Your organisation
Approve the financial statements and provide required representations.
Audit report and findings
Stages can overlap. Completion depends on sufficient appropriate audit evidence and resolution of significant matters.
What should we bring to the first discussion?
Your latest accounts, year end, filing deadline, group structure and a brief description of your finance team and systems provide a useful starting point.
All engagements are subject to acceptance and applicable independence requirements. Scope, responsibilities and fees are agreed before work begins.
Experience with demanding reporting responsibilities
Our audit work includes established companies, corporate groups, UK subsidiaries and charities. We consider the organisation’s structure, income, significant balances and reporting commitments when deciding where the audit needs to focus.
For your finance team, the preparation should be clear: the records required, the significant questions to resolve and the dates on which other parts of the process depend.
Quality behind the opinion
Partner oversight is supported by supervision, review and a programme of selected hot and cold file reviews. Monitoring findings inform team training and improvements to our procedures. Where required, an engagement quality review provides a separate evaluation of significant judgements before the report is dated.
Read about our audit quality approachYour engagement team
Your engagement team manages the day-to-day audit work, with partner oversight of significant risks, judgements and conclusions. We agree who leads the work, how progress is communicated and when matters need to be escalated.
What clients value
“Communication is always clear and helpful, I feel audited at the end of the process, in a positive way, and they keep to any agreed timetable.”
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Before you appoint your next auditor
Look beyond the fee to how the audit will be staffed, reviewed and handed over. Asif explains the questions that help you assess the proposed working relationship.
Read the delivery-plan questionsPlan the next audit conversation
Tell us your year end, reporting deadlines, group structure and any concerns about preparation or delivery. Your latest accounts provide a useful starting point. We will discuss the proposed scope, responsibilities and next steps.