Audit & Assurance
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Know Where You Stand. Build From There.
Every business has decisions to make. Some are about the next opportunity. Others are about making what’s already there work better.
You need people who understand what matters to you and care enough to question the detail.
We get into how your business works, challenge assumptions and look at what sits behind the numbers. Our audit and assurance work brings an independent perspective, with conversations that help you understand the findings and what they mean for your business.
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Give The Numbers a Closer Look
The way your business earns money, manages contracts and makes decisions shapes the financial picture. We want to understand what sits behind it. An audit gives an independent opinion on your financial statements. We bring commercial thinking to the work and talk through the findings, including any reporting or control issues we identify.
Whether an audit is required or you’re considering one voluntarily, we’ll want to understand what’s happening in your business and what’s driving the need.
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Before You Make the Move
An acquisition that opens doors. An investor who backs the ambition. An exit you’ve spent years working towards.
These are big decisions. The headline numbers only tell you so much.
How does the business really make money? What are you taking on? Which assumptions need challenging?
Our due diligence and transaction advice help you explore those questions. We get into the financial detail, identify issues that could affect the deal and help you understand what they mean before you commit.
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You Created the Value
Your ideas, talent and work can create income long after the original project is finished. When royalties, licences or commercial agreements are involved, you want to know that income is being reported and paid as agreed.
We follow the records, examine the calculations and investigate discrepancies. We bring experience of how these arrangements work in creative businesses, music, entertainment and sport, working with your legal advisors where the question is about what a contract means.
Royalty Audits
Is the income being reported correctly? Are the royalties calculated as agreed? We investigate potential underpayments.
Licence Reviews
Look closely at the reporting and payments under your licence agreements, and identify discrepancies.
Contract Compliance
Check whether agreed reporting and payment terms are being followed, and highlight where they aren’t.
The Audit Process
You’ve got a business to run. You should know what your audit needs, where it stands and what we’re finding. We agree the plan with you and explain our requests. When a question or issue comes up, we talk it through. The conversation matters throughout the work.
Start with a plan
Know what’s needed, who’s doing what and the timetable we’re working towards.
Work through the questions
Discuss findings as the work progresses and understand anything that could affect completion.
Make sense of the findings
Understand the audit conclusions, why they matter and any recommendations for your team.
Reasons For Audit and Assurance
Sometimes an audit is required by law, your group arrangements or the people funding your business. You may also want an independent perspective on your financial reporting or a closer look at a particular issue.
You Want Another Perspective
You want to understand where things stand, question an assumption or look more closely at a financial issue. We work with owners, finance teams and leadership teams to consider whether an audit or a focused review fits the question.
You’re Weighing Up The Next Move
An investor’s interested. You’re looking at an acquisition. Or you’re starting to think about an exit. We help you understand the financial questions you’re likely to face and whether an audit, due diligence or another review is needed.
