Companies over the thresholds
Turnover, balance sheet, employees, two of three and you generally need an audit.
Through our audit partner
Statutory audit, through our registered audit partner.
When the Companies Act, a lender or a parent company requires an audit, we prepare everything and our registered partner firm carries it out.
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Statutory Audit
- Fee
- Quoted in writing
- The date
- Timetable set with our audit partner
- Reply
- Same day before 4pm
In the package
- Audit-ready accounts
- The audit file
- Introduction to our audit partner
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One year-end job. The audit carried out and signed by a registered firm.
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What a statutory audit actually is.
Countplus is not a registered audit firm. When your company needs an audit, we introduce you to our audit partner, a registered firm that carries out and signs the audit. We prepare the accounts, the audit file and the information they need, so the year-end runs as one job.
Quoted first
Quote
Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.
Timetable set with our audit partner
In the number
- Audit-ready accounts
- The audit file
- Introduction to our audit partner
- One point of contact
Quoted separately
- The scope, once we have seen the file
- Any catch-up sitting behind the last filed set
- Work that happens once, not every year
What is in the package.
Everything below is included in the quoted fee. Nothing here is billed twice.
4 lines, all included
- Audit-ready accounts
- We prepare the statutory accounts the auditor will review.
- The audit file
- Ledgers, contracts, stock and bank, gathered once, not in twelve drips.
- Introduction to our audit partner
- A registered audit firm that carries out the audit and signs the opinion.
- One point of contact
- Your named accountant runs the timetable with the audit partner.
You probably need this if
Signs you need a statutory audit
- You are approaching the Companies Act audit thresholds
- A bank facility now asks for an audited set
- This is a first-year audit and nobody has scoped it
- You want the accounts and the audit run as one job
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Accounts
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Same day before 4pm
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We write the letter
Statutory Audit
Who it is usually for
Groups and borrowers
A parent, a lender or an investor who will not take unaudited figures.
Boards that want the opinion anyway
Assurance as a choice, not only a statute.
Three steps, start to finish.
No onboarding theatre. We scope it in writing, put a named accountant on it, and tell you the date it lands.
- 01
Scope and introduction
We confirm whether you need an audit and introduce our registered audit partner.
- 02
Accounts and audit file
We prepare the accounts and the information the auditor needs.
- 03
Audit and sign-off
Our partner firm carries out the audit and signs the opinion. We handle the filing.
In plain English
Statutory Audit, written properly
An audit, through a registered firm
Countplus is not a registered audit firm. When the Companies Act, a lender or a parent company requires an audit, we introduce you to our audit partner, a registered firm that carries out the audit and signs the opinion. We prepare the statutory accounts, the audit file and the information they ask for, so the year-end runs as one job rather than two firms chasing you separately.
Why the work is split
Independence rules mean the firm that prepares the accounts should not usually audit them. Splitting the work keeps the audit independent while you keep one named accountant for everything else. Groups, first-year audits and stock-heavy trades take longer; our partner firm confirms the timetable.
Statutory Audit FAQs
If you exceed two of the three Companies Act thresholds (turnover, balance sheet, employees) you generally do. Groups and regulated entities have extra rules. We will tell you plainly.
No. Countplus is not a registered audit firm. Our audit partner, a registered firm, carries out the audit and signs the opinion. We prepare the accounts and the audit file.
A straightforward SME audit usually runs over a few weeks once the accounts and audit file are ready. Groups and first-year audits take longer. Our partner firm confirms the timetable.
Both offices
One number. Whichever desk you land on.
01925 670289- Warrington
- Ragan House, 674 Knutsford Road, WA4 1JHMap
info@countplus.co.uk
Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Same-day response before 4pm.
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