An independent opinion on your annual accounts, for the law, your shareholders or your lender.
Evidence from outside the business
An audit tests your figures against evidence you did not create: letters from the bank, invoices from suppliers, the stock we counted with you. That is what lets others rely on the report.
A planning meeting before your year end
Attendance at the stock count
A clearance meeting before anything is signed
The marks an audit uses
Every figure in your lead schedules carries one or more of these marks by the end of fieldwork.
C
Confirmed
Balance agreed to a letter we received direct from the bank or customer
T
Traced
Agreed to the general ledger and the trial balance
V
Vouched
Checked to an invoice, contract or receipt for a sample of items
O
Observed
We attended the year-end stock count and recounted a sample
F
Footed
Column re-added; total agrees
Tell us who is asking
A lender, a funder or the law usually decides which work you need. Send us the request and your year end; we reply with a fixed quote and a timetable.