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Exemption is also lost regardless of size if shareholders holding 10 percent or more demand an audit, if the company is part of a group that fails the test, or if it is regulated. A subsidiary can be exempt where the parent guarantees its liabilities, which is a filing, not a decision made quietly in a board meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003Cp style=\"color:var(--muted);font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;margin-bottom:18px;\">Audit preparation is measurable work with a measurable payoff, because audit firms bill fieldwork hours. 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Accountaire coordinated all of them. Our auditors commented unprompted on how clean the workpapers were.","CFO · Series B fintech","London, Manchester, Dubai","blocks.testimonial",{"id":422,"eyebrow":423,"heading":424,"body":425,"gridBody":49,"layout":49,"__component":357},14263,"Engagement types","Which assurance engagement, and who signs it","Statutory audit opinions are signed by a separately licensed audit firm. Everything else on this list is work we perform, and the Companies House exemption guidance linked above decides whether the first row applies to you at all.",{"id":427,"heading":424,"columns":428,"rows":433,"__component":460},136,[429,430,431,432],"Engagement","Performed by","What it produces","Usual trigger",[434,439,443,447,451,456],{"Engagement":435,"Performed by":436,"Usual trigger":437,"What it produces":438},"Statutory audit","A separately licensed audit firm","The company fails the Companies House audit exemption test, or shareholders holding 10 percent or more demand one","A signed audit opinion filed with the accounts",{"Engagement":440,"Performed by":6,"Usual trigger":441,"What it produces":442},"Audit preparation","Fieldwork is booked and the audit fee needs to come down","Lead schedules, reconciliations and written accounting policy notes",{"Engagement":444,"Performed by":6,"Usual trigger":445,"What it produces":446},"Internal audit","A board, lender or parent company wants assurance over process","A control testing report with findings and named owners",{"Engagement":448,"Performed by":6,"Usual trigger":449,"What it produces":450},"Review or compilation","A bank facility or shareholder reporting where a full audit is not required","Limited assurance or compiled financial statements",{"Engagement":452,"Performed by":453,"Usual trigger":454,"What it produces":455},"SOC 1 or SOC 2 readiness","Accountaire prepares, a CPA firm examines and reports","An enterprise buyer makes the report a condition of contract","A control matrix and evidence set, in place before the observation window opens",{"Engagement":457,"Performed by":6,"Usual trigger":458,"What it produces":459},"Due diligence support","A fundraise, a sale or an acquisition","Data room schedules and answers to quality of earnings queries","blocks.compare-table",{"id":462,"heading":463,"items":464,"__component":493},1869,"Common questions about audit & assurance.",[465,469,473,477,481,485,489],{"id":466,"question":467,"answer":468},11761,"Can you act as our statutory auditor?","Statutory audit belongs to a registered audit firm, and it cannot be the firm that also keeps your books. Preparing the figures and then opining on them is the self-review threat the FRC's Ethical Standard exists to prevent, so the separation is the point rather than an inconvenience. We prepare, a licensed firm opines. If a provider offers to do both, ask which of the two roles they intend to give up.",{"id":470,"question":471,"answer":472},11762,"How does audit preparation save us money?","A well-prepared audit takes the audit team a fraction of the time. Workpapers don't need rebuilding; reconciliations don't need explanation; missing documents don't cause delays. Most clients see audit fees fall 30–50% in the first year we engage on preparation.",{"id":474,"question":475,"answer":476},11763,"When does an SME need an audit in the UK?","For accounting periods beginning on or after 6 April 2025 the Companies Act 2006 limits are turnover above £15m, balance sheet total above £7.5m and more than 50 employees, and a company that exceeds any two of the three loses the exemption. Periods that began before that date still run on the previous £10.2m and £5.1m figures, and a company sizing itself under the new limits may assume they applied in the prior year too. Regulated entities, listed groups and companies whose lenders or shareholders require one are in scope whatever the size test says. Below the limits, audit is voluntary.",{"id":478,"question":479,"answer":480},11764,"Do you help with SOC 2 examination?","We help you prepare for SOC 2: mapping controls, gathering evidence, remediating gaps. The examination itself must be performed by a CPA firm; we coordinate the handover. Most clients spend 4–6 months on readiness before the first Type II examination period begins.",{"id":482,"question":483,"answer":484},11765,"What about quality-of-earnings work for an exit?","Buyers set the working capital target from a normalised average across recent months, so how you handle receivables and supplier payments in the run-up feeds straight into the completion adjustment. Adjustments proposed once diligence has started get argued down hard. The same adjustments, evidenced in the accounts before anyone arrives, usually survive.",{"id":486,"question":487,"answer":488},11766,"What is the difference between an audit, a review and a compilation?","An audit gives reasonable assurance and involves testing evidence, confirming balances with third parties and assessing controls. A review gives limited assurance and is built mainly on enquiry and analytical procedures, so it costs less and concludes negatively (nothing came to our attention). A compilation gives no assurance at all: the accountant assembles financial statements from information you provide. Lenders and shareholders often accept a review where an audit is not legally required.",{"id":490,"question":491,"answer":492},11767,"How early should audit preparation start?","Two months before the year end for a first audit, and continuously after that. The expensive work is not the schedules, it is the questions that cannot be answered retrospectively: why a contract was recognised the way it was, where a supporting document went, who authorised a payment. Those are cheap to capture in the month they happen and slow to reconstruct a year later.","blocks.faq",{"id":495,"eyebrow":496,"heading":497,"body":49,"gridBody":49,"layout":49,"__component":357},14264,"Related","Often paired with assurance work.",{"id":499,"heading":49,"dark":79,"variant":381,"note":49,"cells":500,"__component":414},6860,[501,506,510,513,518,522],{"id":502,"num":503,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":94,"avatar":49,"body":504,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":131,"href":95},27189,"REPORTING","The clean monthly close that underpins audit readiness.","2",{"id":507,"num":508,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":98,"avatar":49,"body":509,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":79,"href":99},27190,"ADVISORY","Strategic finance during fundraising and transactions.",{"id":511,"num":508,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":122,"avatar":49,"body":512,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":79,"href":123},27191,"Risk register, control framework, business continuity.",{"id":514,"num":515,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":516,"avatar":49,"body":517,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":79,"href":148},27192,"SECTOR","SaaS accounting","Revenue recognition and the SOC 2 push from enterprise buyers.",{"id":519,"num":515,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":520,"avatar":49,"body":521,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":79,"href":140},27193,"Startup accounting","Diligence-ready records ahead of a raise or a sale.",{"id":523,"num":524,"numUsd":49,"eyebrow":49,"headline":118,"avatar":49,"body":525,"span":505,"rowSpan":79,"accent":79,"dark":79,"href":119},27194,"GOVERNANCE","Statutory registers and minutes that survive due diligence.",{"id":527,"cta":528,"__component":533},2168,{"id":527,"eyebrow":529,"heading":530,"body":531,"primaryLabel":532,"primaryHref":323,"secondaryLabel":49,"secondaryHref":49,"dark":79},"Get audit-ready","Want a clean audit experience?","Thirty minutes to assess your current state and quote a preparation engagement.","Book an audit readiness call","blocks.cta-banner"]