Audit & Assurance

Our ethos

A partner plans your audit, runs it and signs it. The testing is done by qualified people who have audited businesses like yours before, rather than by trainees learning on your file. It is why you get a straight answer when you ring, instead of a promise to check with someone more senior.

Audits are won or lost in the planning. We put more time in at the start to understand how the business actually works, then aim the testing at the places where something could genuinely go wrong rather than spreading it evenly.

You hear from us between audits as well as during them. When a standard changes in a way that affects your numbers, we tell you what it means in practice rather than sending round a technical bulletin.

You get the technical rigour and quality standards of a large firm, at the fee and the response times of a small one.

Audit roadmap

01

Pre-planning meeting

We sit down with you to work out where the real audit risk sits, which accounting estimates will take the most attention, and how your controls operate day to day.
02

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.
03

Fieldwork

We complete our testing on the in-scope risk areas, with clear, well-scoped sample requests and open communication throughout.
04

Completion & closing

We review the financial statements, compile our audit completion report, and talk through any issues, recommendations and control improvements we have identified.
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

Group audits run to one methodology and one timetable across jurisdictions, so the consolidation is not held up by the last component to finish.

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, with the accounting positions documented before anyone challenges them.

Our commitment to quality

Partner-led, senior-staffed

A partner scopes the audit, directs it, reviews the file and signs it, and stays involved throughout. The work itself is carried out by qualified, experienced professionals, not a rotating cohort of trainees learning on your file.

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

One partner owns the group relationship, wherever the components sit. You do not chase four member firms for a consolidated position.

Regulatory excellence

We are registered with and adhere to the quality standards of ICAEW and CPA Ontario.

Innovation

We test full populations rather than samples where the data allows it, which finds more and asks less of your team.

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.

Andre Louw 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. In South Africa we also provide independent review engagements under ISRE 2400.