Great Value ICAEW and FRC Registered Auditor – West London UK

We’re Chartered Accountants and registered auditors. We are regulated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICEAW) and the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

Our audits are designed to ensure your compliance with UK legislation.

UK Compliance

When required, our audits are fully compliant with the following:

• GAAP (Note: GAAP in the UK is legally FRS 102.)
• Companies Act 2006
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) 102 Section 1A, FRS 103 and FRS 104
• International Auditing Standards (IAS)
• Charity SORP
• Jersey and Isle of Man regulated audit licences

Reducing Your Audit Workload

We’ll help reduce your audit workload and save you time by:

• Working efficiently
• Using the Inflo digital audit platform to aid:
  • Tracking queries and emails
  • Quality management
  • Client collaboration
  • Data analytics – to automate general ledger drill-downs
• Using our knowledge from auditing many accounts/ ERP systems

Audit Expertise and Experience

• We audit organisations with a UK turnover of £2m-£500m, including:
  • PLCs – Limited Companies – Partnerships – LLPs
  • Charities and NFPs
  • Subsidiaries of international groups
  • Public Interest Entities (PIEs) We’re one of under 40 UK firms authorised to do so by the Financial Reporting Council to audit PIEs
  • Highly regulated entities
• We have audit expertise and experience across a wide range of business sectors 
• We audit UK subsidiaries of international companies from many countries
• Our clients include well-known companies such as Sharp Electronics, Linguaphone and Kuoni.

Our Audit Team

• We can meet your audit needs. We’ve dozens of experienced auditors.
• We have recruited over 50% of our audit team from top-4 and top-5 firms.
• We’re a full-service, mid-sized audit firm (70 staff).
• We’re based in West London and have several UK offices.

Audit Methodology and Process

We use the Mercia audit methodology – our key processes are:

• Identify key risks
• Define audit strategy
• Prepare and plan
• Gather information and documentation
• Fieldwork, design and testing of key risks
• Review and analysis
• Reporting
• Submission and file
• Post-audit review and feedback

Working With Us

We’re relationship-driven and proactive. Our company culture is flexible, efficient, and focused on meeting your audit goals.

As far as possible, we deliver on time and ensure there are no last-minute surprises.

Audit Case Studies

• A new client needed an audit carried out within 14 days. Our advanced audit systems enabled us to plan and execute their audit within time whilst ensuring minimal management disruption.
• Our audit identified a new client who had not claimed their Employers Allowance. We were able to reclaim them for several years, generating a significant repayment for the company.
• We identified a new client that held patents, enabling them to save 9% of the relevant profit – and also make back claims for the previous six years.

Senior Audit Team

Edmund Cartwright FCCA

Managing Director / Audit Partner

• Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
• Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) to conduct audits.
• Authorised as a Responsible Individual by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to conduct Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits.

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Rob Wilkes FCA

Audit Director

• Rob has 34 years of audit experience.
• Worked in the UK, Ireland and Australia and at four of the top five global accounting firms.
• Advises and audits clients in the technology, professional services, leisure, hospitality, manufacturing, wholesale and NFP sectors.
• Experienced in leading the delivery of audits for listed companies, large privately owned international companies and Private Equity owned businesses.

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Madhu Babu Chennupati ICAI, MBA (Finance)

Senior Audit Manager

• ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)
• MBA (Finance) – Manchester Business School
• 10 years of experience delivering high-quality audits to clients ranging from small businesses to multinationals.
• His sector experience includes banking, technology, retail, and manufacturing, as well as public interest entity (PIE) audits.
• Led bank audits in the UK, Egypt and the Middle East.

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Next Step

Contact us today to relieve your audit headache and better manage your risks You’ll be pleased you did.