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We provide audit and assurance support that helps you meet your obligations, strengthen financial reporting and understand the risks and opportunities within your business.
Discuss your audit requirementsLangtons provides audit and assurance services for ambitious owner-managed businesses, directors, finance teams and boards who need clear, practical and professionally sound support. We help clients with statutory and regulatory audit, risk management, internal controls, technical accounting advisory and practical recommendations that can improve the financial reporting environment.
Whether your business needs an audit because of its size, structure, funding arrangements, shareholder requirements or regulatory position, we help make the process clear, well managed and commercially useful.
You may be managing a growing finance function, preparing for investment, dealing with group reporting, responding to lender or shareholder requirements, or navigating more complex accounting issues. You may also need an audit team that communicates clearly, works efficiently and understands the realities of running a business.
Our role is to provide the assurance you need while helping you understand what the audit findings mean in practice. We explain issues clearly, highlight areas that may need attention and provide recommendations that are useful beyond the audit file.
We are here to support you with you audit, assurance, internal controls or technical accounting needs.
STATUTORY AND REGULATORY AUDIT
A statutory audit is an independent review of a company’s financial statements. It provides assurance over whether the accounts give a fair view of the company’s financial position and performance, subject to the applicable accounting and auditing framework.
Langtons supports businesses with statutory and regulatory audit requirements, helping directors and finance teams prepare for the audit process, understand what is needed and manage deadlines effectively.
Our audit work is designed to provide confidence over financial reporting while also giving you clear feedback on the issues that matter. We aim to make the audit process structured, proportionate and useful, with communication that helps you understand where your business stands.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROLS
As a business grows, financial processes often become more complex. Systems, approvals, reporting lines and controls that worked well at an earlier stage may no longer provide the same level of visibility or protection.
Langtons can support businesses with risk management and internal controls reviews. We help identify weaknesses, gaps or inefficiencies in financial processes and explain how these may affect reporting, governance or decision-making.
This may include reviewing controls around income, expenditure, payroll, stock, bank payments, management information, segregation of duties or finance systems. Our aim is to help you strengthen the financial control environment in a practical and commercially realistic way.
TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING ADVISORY
Complex transactions and reporting issues often need careful accounting judgement. Getting the accounting treatment right is important for compliance, but also for clear reporting, stakeholder confidence and future decision-making.
Langtons provides technical accounting advisory support for businesses dealing with more complex accounting matters. This may include practical advice on complex transactions, revenue recognition, group consolidations and business combinations.
We help you understand the accounting implications, consider the relevant reporting requirements and apply them to your circumstances in a clear and practical way. Where issues overlap with tax, corporate finance or wider advisory work, we can help bring the right expertise together.
MANAGEMENT LETTER AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A management letter sets out findings from the audit process, including control weaknesses, reporting issues or practical improvements that management should consider.
Langtons uses the management letter process to provide clear and actionable recommendations. We explain what the finding means, why it matters and what practical steps may help improve the financial reporting environment.
This can support better controls, more reliable information, improved processes and stronger governance. For growing businesses, these recommendations can be particularly valuable as the finance function becomes more complex.
Andy is a vastly experienced chartered accountant and business advisor with a particular focus on Corporate Finance. Andy has developed Langtons Corporate Finance into a niche adviser on business planning, acquisitions, disposals and raising finance: he and the team also undertake due diligence work for clients and funders.
Andy and the team will work closely with you to develop and grow your business. His hands-on approach in navigating and negotiating the best outcomes for clients has firmly established Langtons’ reputation as a provider of pragmatic and proactive advice.
Andy’s ability to distil complex matters into clear advice gives clients a fundamental sense of clarity and presents distinct choices to help them achieve their goals.
Catherine joined the Langtons team in March 2017, having previously graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Mathematics.
Catherine has since gained considerable knowledge of year end accounts preparation and audit, and became a fully qualified ACA member in February 2021.
Eifion advises SME clients on systems, commercial and taxation matters across a range of sectors, including software development, manufacturing, engineering and haulage. His aim is to maximise his clients’ post tax income by combining their commercial expertise with his accounting and tax knowledge. He has a keen interest in science and technology, and advises several companies on R&D grants and tax credit claims.
He is a keen advocate of using computerised accounting systems to understand what drives a company’s results and generates profit. He has significant experience of implementing Sage, Xero, MS Dynamics and Pegasus Opera, and is Head of Langtons Systems Solutions.
Emily joined Langtons in 2018, having graduated with a mathematics degree from the University of Manchester and attaining a master’s degree from the University of Liverpool.
Emily became a fully qualified ACA member in January 2022 and provides audit and assurance services to our client base.
Having graduated from the University of Sunderland with a degree in Accounting and Economics, Kerry went on to qualify at a local accountancy practice as a Certified Chartered Accountant in 2007.
She joined Langtons in 2013 with a wealth of experience in audit and year-end accounts preparation and also assists many of our clients with management accounts and projections.
Having graduated at Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Accounting and Finance, Liz went on to qualify at a local accountancy practice as a certified chartered accountant in 2002.
She joined Langtons in 2013 and has a wealth of experience in audit and accounts preparation.
Matthew joined Langtons in 2020 where he continued his AAT studies and became a fully qualified ACA member in December 2023.
Since joining, Matthew has gained considerable experience in the audit and accounts department and has furthered his knowledge of management accounts, VAT & bookkeeping.
Having graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in mathematics, Natalie joined Langtons in 2021 and completed her training with the firm to become a fully qualified ACA member in January 2024.
Phil specialises in providing tax advice to corporate entities, including minimising corporate tax liabilities and identifying tax planning opportunities. He also manages a number of clients, offering practical business advice as well as a core focus on compliance services, with a particular focus on the education sector.
Phil graduated from the University of Durham with a degree in Modern Languages and joined Langtons in 2006, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant three years later. He completed his Chartered Tax Advisor examinations in 2012 and applied for full membership in 2018.
Having graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Business Management and a master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Management, Ryan joined Langtons in 2019 and became a fully qualified ACA member in January 2023.
Ryan specialises in the preparation of year end accounts and the audit of medium and large-sized companies.
Simon has gained vast experience in providing compliance services to a significant portfolio of SME clients since joining Langtons from University in 1995 and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1998.
Simon works closely with his clients to build strong and supportive relationships acting as a sounding board for his clients all year round and providing financial and commercial advice on an ongoing basis.
Simon’s principal focus is on overseeing the audit service for some of Langtons’ largest audit clients and he likes to add value to the audit by, for example, looking at how the audit process can be improved, advising on improvements to client controls and systems etc to ensure clients get tangible benefits from their audit.
Having graduated in 2021 from Liverpool John Moore’s University with a degree in Accounting and Finance, Sophie joined the Langtons team and began training towards the ACA qualification, passing her final exam in January 2025.
Steve advises on a wide-range of specialist tax planning opportunities to businesses and individuals alike, including supporting the corporate finance department in its acquisitions and disposals.
Following a consultation with you, Steve will use his extensive knowledge of tax legislation and its interaction with the practicalities of business to tailor a solution for you.
Steve also provides general financial direction to his portfolio of owner managed businesses, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993 and as a Chartered Tax Advisor in 2000.
Langtons supports owner-managed businesses, privately owned companies, groups, directors, shareholders and finance teams that need reliable audit and assurance support.
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support clients who want advice that is technically sound, commercially practical and explained in a way
that helps them take action.Good audit and assurance support can help you meet your obligations, but it can also provide valuable insight into how your business is operating.
Audit and assurance can help you:
For many business owners, audit is not just about compliance. It is part of building a stronger, more transparent and better-managed business.
Audit often connects with other areas of financial advice. A reporting issue may have tax implications. A transaction may need technical accounting support. A funding process may require stronger financial information. A growing group may need clearer consolidation processes.
Langtons can work alongside your internal finance team, directors, shareholders, legal advisers, funders and other professional contacts where appropriate. We help keep the audit, accounting, tax and commercial considerations connected, so you have clearer advice and fewer gaps between workstreams.
A statutory audit is an independent review of a company’s annual financial statements. The auditor examines financial records, accounting judgements, controls and supporting evidence to provide an opinion on whether the accounts give a fair view, in line with the relevant reporting framework.
A company may need an audit if it meets the statutory audit requirements, forms part of a group, is required to by shareholders, has lender or investor requirements, or operates in a regulated environment. Audit requirements depend on the company’s circumstances and the rules in force at the time.
Audit is a specific form of assurance focused on financial statements and an audit opinion. Assurance is broader and can include other types of independent review designed to give confidence over financial information, systems, controls or specific areas of business activity.
No. While many audits are required for statutory or regulatory reasons, a well-managed audit can also provide practical insight. It can help directors understand the quality of financial reporting, identify control weaknesses, improve processes and provide confidence to stakeholders.
Internal controls are the processes, checks and safeguards a business uses to protect assets, reduce errors, manage risk and support reliable financial reporting. Examples include approval processes, payment controls, reconciliations, segregation of duties and review procedures.
Auditors issue a management letter to communicate findings from the audit process. This may include control weaknesses, process issues, accounting observations or recommendations for improvement. A good management letter should be practical, clear and useful to management.
Yes. Langtons can provide technical accounting advisory support for issues such as complex transactions, revenue recognition, group consolidations and business combinations. We help businesses understand the accounting treatment and apply the relevant reporting requirements in practical terms.
Yes. Businesses often review their audit relationship when they need clearer communication, stronger technical support or a more joined-up approach across audit, accounting, tax and advisory work. Langtons can help you understand your audit requirements and support the transition process.
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