Audit & Assurance
Partner-led, senior-driven audit and assurance: experienced judgment, clear communication and commercially focused insight on every engagement.
Let’s talkOur ethos
Our approach is partner-led and senior-driven. We do not rely on trainee auditors to deliver core audit work. We believe clients deserve experienced judgment, clear communication, and commercially focused insight, which is why your primary points of contact will always be qualified, experienced professionals with relevant technical knowledge of audit and reporting requirements.
We believe a good audit succeeds on the quality of its planning. By investing more resource up front, we build the best possible understanding of your business, and use that to structure the audit pragmatically and efficiently, focusing effort where it genuinely matters.
We remain accessible and proactive throughout the year, keeping clients informed of changes in accounting, auditing, and regulatory standards, and providing practical support beyond the audit itself.
Our clients benefit from the technical rigour and quality expected of a large audit firm, combined with the responsiveness, senior attention, and cost efficiency of a focused specialist practice.
Audit roadmap
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Pre-planning meeting
We deep dive into your business with you to identify the audit risks that will be the focus of the audit, pinpoint the key accounting estimates, and build a strong understanding of your control environment and how you operate.
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Planning
We set materiality, design our testing around the key risk areas, agree a formalised timetable, and share a detailed PBC list of everything we will need from you.
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Fieldwork
We complete our testing on the in-scope risk areas, with clear, well-scoped sample requests and open communication throughout.
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Completion & closing
We review the financial statements, compile our audit completion report, and talk through any issues, recommendations and control improvements we have identified.
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Sign-off
A final review, and signing of the accounts.
What we deliver
Statutory Audit
Full-scope statutory audits conducted in accordance with applicable local and International Standards on Auditing (ISA), providing assurance on your financial statements.
Group Audit
Coordinated group audit engagements across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance with consolidated reporting requirements.
Review Engagements
Limited assurance engagements providing meaningful confidence in your financial reporting, often required by lenders, shareholders and growing businesses.
Financial Reporting Support
Assistance with complex accounting matters, IFRS, UK GAAP and ASPE transitions, and financial statement preparation to ensure accuracy and compliance.
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Our commitment to quality
Partner expertise
Our partners are at the centre of every engagement, ensuring that only the highest quality of senior expertise is applied throughout.
Recognised methodology
We work to a recognised audit methodology, supported by our own curated tools that improve efficiency while keeping quality tightly controlled.
Cross-border capabilities
With professionals in multiple regions, we coordinate seamlessly across time zones and jurisdictions.
Regulatory excellence
We are registered with and adhere to the quality standards of ICAEW and CPA Ontario.
Innovation
We leverage the latest data analytics tools and techniques to deliver smarter, more efficient audits.
Quality is not an afterthought. It's embedded in how we work, from ISQM 1 and CSQM 1 compliance to the way we staff and review every engagement.
Managing Partner Frequently asked questions
What does an audit cost?
Every fee is based on a budget we prepare after an initial conversation with you, once we have a high-level understanding of your business, so it reflects your actual circumstances rather than a standard price list. Our charge-out rates are around half those of comparable mid-tier firms. Because our model is to staff engagements with experienced senior people rather than a pyramid of juniors, some of that saving is offset by the seniority of the team, so in practice you can typically expect a total fee in the region of 15% to 30% below a mid-tier firm.
Why are your fees lower than other firms?
Two things. Our charge-out rates are around half those of comparable mid-tier firms, and we carry none of the overhead of a large-firm network. We keep engagements lean and senior-led rather than running a large pyramid of junior staff, so the work is done efficiently by people who know your file.
Do you work to a fixed fee?
Yes. We agree a fixed fee up front based on the budgeted scope, so you are not exposed to the open-ended, surprise overrun invoices that are common elsewhere. If something genuinely changes the scope, we talk to you before doing the work, not after.
Does a lower fee mean a lower-quality audit?
No. A lower fee reflects a leaner model and lower rates, not corners cut. Every engagement is partner-led and quality-reviewed to the same ISQM 1 and CSQM 1 standards as a large firm, using a recognised audit methodology supported by our own curated audit tools that improve efficiency.
Our footprint
Where we audit
Audit and assurance is delivered through our regulated entities in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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