Sector

Financial Services. Regulated, capitalised and clean.

FCA-regulated firms, asset managers, wealth boutiques and fintechs — supported through statutory and CASS audit, prudential reporting, fund accounting and the realities of partner tax.

  • 60+

    FCA-regulated entities audited

  • £12bn+

    Client assets covered under CASS

  • FRC

    Audit Quality Reviewed

  • ICAEW

    Audit-registered

What you get

  • FCA-regulated firm audit
  • CASS audit and client-money assurance
  • ICARA, K-factors and prudential reporting support
  • Fund and manager audits (LP, LLP, unit trust)
  • Partner tax, carried interest and LLP accounting
  • Authorisation, VOP and regulatory permissions
  • AML and financial-crime governance reviews
  • Operational resilience documentation

Audit and assurance

Statutory audit alongside the specialist assurance regulated firms can't avoid — CASS, client asset reporting and the prudential lens that lenders and the FCA expect. We staff engagements with managers who already speak the SUP, COBS and CASS vocabulary, so onboarding is short.

  • Statutory audit under FRS 102 and IFRS
  • CASS 1.2 audit (full and limited scope)
  • AAF 01/06 and AAF 05/20 reporting
  • Independent review of regulatory returns

Capital adequacy and ICARA

MIFIDPRU, IFPR and the K-factor regime in practice — including the ICARA documentation and wind-down planning the FCA now expects from even the smallest investment firms. We help finance and compliance teams build documentation that holds up to a SREP-style review.

Tax for partners and principals

LLP profit allocation, carried interest, disguised investment management fees (DIMF) and the personal tax that follows — handled as a single conversation across the firm and its members rather than three uncoordinated workstreams.

  • LLP profit-sharing and capital arrangements
  • Carried interest and co-invest structuring
  • Salaried-member rules and conditions A–C
  • Personal tax, residence and remittance basis

Fund services

Audit and tax support for closed-ended funds, open-ended structures and the managers behind them — including LP reporting, AIFMD Annex IV and the routine valuation, performance fee and waterfall calculations that LPs scrutinise hardest.

Authorisation and growth

Whether you're applying for direct authorisation, joining an appointed-representative platform, or undertaking a Variation of Permission, we support the financial sections of the application and the controls evidence that comes with them.

FAQs

Common questions.

  • Can you handle a Section 166 review?

    We don't act as a Skilled Person directly, but we work alongside firms that do and have supported clients through s.166 remediation programmes from both the firm's and the Skilled Person's side.

  • Do you audit AIFs and unit trusts?

    Yes — UK-domiciled AIFs, authorised funds and the managers above them. We coordinate with overseas auditors for cross-jurisdiction structures.

  • Can you support a new MIFIDPRU firm applying for authorisation?

    Yes — particularly the K-factor modelling, the ICARA, and the financial parts of the application pack.

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