How we work, and why clients stay
Partner-led from the first conversation, priced before we start, and staffed by people who will still know your business next year.
Speak to usWe have capacity
We take on engagements for any year end, not only the quiet ones. Most start within three weeks of appointment, and you will not be told we can fit you in next spring.
- We take on
- Any year end
- Typical start
- within three weeks of appointment
- We respond
- within one working day
Why clients choose us over a larger firm
Not because we are cheaper, although we are. Because of what you get for it.
You speak to the person making the judgements
Not the person who won the work. A partner scopes the engagement, directs it, reviews the file and signs it, and is still there in month eleven when you have a question. At a larger firm the partner who pitched is measured on winning the next pitch.
The fee is fixed before we start
Agreed against a budgeted scope, not an estimate that drifts. If something genuinely changes the scope we tell you before doing the work, not in an invoice afterwards. Overrun invoices are the most common complaint about audit, and they are a choice.
The team does not change every year
No annual rotation of trainees relearning your business each September. The people who did last year do this year, which is why the second audit costs you less of your own time than the first.
We tell you when you do not need us
If a review engagement satisfies your lender, we will say so rather than sell you an audit. If your position means you are exempt altogether, we will tell you that too. It costs us a fee and buys something worth more.
Cross-border without the handoffs
One partner owns the group relationship across ISA, CAS and IFRS. You are not chasing four member firms for a consolidated position, or explaining your structure to each of them separately.
You can see what we charge, and it is less
Our charge-out rates are around half those of a comparable mid-tier firm, and on a like-for-like scope we are consistently the lower number. We publish how pricing works rather than making you sit through a meeting to find out.
What working with us actually looks like
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A conversation, not a pitch
Twenty minutes on what you actually need. We will tell you whether it is an audit, a review, or nothing at all, and we will tell you if we are the wrong firm for it.
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A scoped, fixed fee
We budget the work against your circumstances and give you one number. It includes the questions you ask us during the year.
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Planning that earns its keep
A partner-led planning conversation before any fieldwork. This is where a good engagement is decided: materiality, the real risk areas, a timetable you can hold, and one clear information request.
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Fieldwork with fewer interruptions
Senior people who know your file, testing where it matters. Questions batched rather than dripped, so your finance team is not answering something every hour.
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No surprises at completion
Anything we find is raised as we find it. The completion meeting should confirm what you already know, not introduce it.
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Available in the other eleven months
A question in March does not start a new engagement letter. The value of an auditor who knows your business is mostly delivered outside the audit window.
Where we are the wrong firm
Being straight about this saves everyone a meeting.
- We are not a Big Four logo. If your board or your investors specifically require one, we are the wrong firm and we will say so early.
- We are not a compliance factory. We take on a limited number of engagements deliberately, which is why we can say yes to a December year end in October.
Work with us
Want to know if we can help?
Tell us the size and shape of your business. We will tell you what you need, what it costs, and whether we have room for it.
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