Engagement

Opening Balance & First-Year Support

Help for companies facing their first independent audit — opening balances, prior-period restatements, and schedule templates.

Quote after scoping · Aligned to your first year-end calendar

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Charts and notebooks arranged for financial planning

For: Newly audited entities, subsidiaries spun out of larger groups, and companies changing auditors

First-year audits ask more of the accounting team: opening balances need evidence, prior estimates may need revisiting, and schedule formats often do not yet exist. We support finance teams with opening-balance procedures, template packs for aging and roll-forwards, and a readiness checklist timed to the engagement calendar.

This support can sit alongside our statutory audit or prepare you for another firm’s fieldwork. Tax advocacy and litigation support are not included.