Audit & Assurance

Audit & Assurance

In an ever-changing financial landscape, organisations face more challenges than ever before. UNW’s partner-led audit and assurance service provides consistently high quality and trusted support that enables our clients to improve performance and achieve their goals.

Our client portfolio is varied and ever-expanding, including entrepreneurial and private equity backed companies as well as national and international groups. We also provide cost effective, tailored services to charitable organisations, not-for-profit entities, academies and housing associations.

UNW’s audit and assurance team includes home-grown talented graduates right through to managers and partners with vast ‘big 4’ and industry experience. Offering statutory, non-statutory, internal and grant audit services, as well as tailored and informative financial reports, our proactive approach ensures that potential issues and risks are identified quickly enabling them to be dealt with decisively. We take a collaborative approach with our client base to ensure that deadlines and expectations are met.

MEET THE TEAM

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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Anne Hallowell joined UNW in 2013, growing the firm’s charity sector expertise and positioning the team as the go-to advisers

OUR SUCCESS

The quality of UNW’s advice was a key factor in ensuring a smooth and successful transaction. Their sector expertise was evident and ensured that key financial risks were identified early in the process, whilst their pragmatic and adaptable approach ensured work was completed in a timely manner and minimised disruption for the target staff.

Newcastle College Group

We engaged the Strategic Talent team at UNW to identify an experienced Non-Executive Director who could help us implement a formal board structure and discipline as well as provide independent, objective oversight and support the development of our senior team. Having taken the time to truly understand our business and the dynamics of the key stakeholders, the team swiftly gave us a high-quality shortlist of candidates from which we were able to make a successful appointment to our board.

Beth Crosier

Finance Director - Bede Gaming Limited

When selling my practice UNW’s dental team provided an expert and professional service giving wise counsel which I very much appreciated. Alan Suggett has detailed knowledge of the NHS superannuation pension scheme which I found invaluable as I moved into retirement.

Andrew Farr

Previous Owner

I got the opportunity to buy Glebe Street Practice in 2014, and knew I wanted Alan Suggett and the team at UNW on board during the process. They undertook a forecast of the practice, ensuring the acquisition of this practice was feasible for me. After the purchase, I wanted the UNW dental team to become the practice accountant, and have found them to be extremely professional, knowledgeable and, most of all, very approachable.

Sameet Hinchonda

Principal Dentist