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.

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LATEST NEWS

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Significant changes to the VAT rules on construction services now less than 6 months away – “Reverse Charge” Accounting

On 1 October 2019, HMRC will introduce a significant change to the VAT rules for construction services. Whilst the actual

‘Making Tax Digital for VAT’ goes live

After years of deliberation, HMRC have implemented their Making Tax Digital for VAT (“MTD”) scheme, which went live on 1

OUR SUCCESS

“With a very strong balance sheet, we had the desire to raise finance and capital to grow the business and were introduced to Paul Kaiser and the UNW Corporate Finance team to do an option analysis, who then provided us with a wide range of options. We eventually decided to go with the Business Growth Fund (BGF) and UNW led the process to a success conclusion. We eventually decided to enter an off-market deal with Novacap, a major French company. As managers, we needed to concentrate on the day-today running of the business and UNW’s support was invaluable. It’s been a fantastic working relationship!”

Ian Stark

Chief Executive Officer

“UNW has been our auditor for the past five years or so and have been key in everything we’ve achieved during this time. Importantly, it is also a partner of NGI, so it’s important to acknowledge the support we receive there, too.

We’ve also further advice on a key number of other areas, most importantly around bidding for and securing the World Transplant Games, as well as valuable advice around VAT treatment and charitable status.

The Let’s Grow Fund, which was run by UNW in partnership with The Journal and BE Group, was also a great help for the inward investment team at NGI, working collaboratively as part of Invest Newcastle to secure grants for companies looking to invest in the region.”

Sarah Stewart OBE

Chief Executive Officer

I have nothing but praise for the dental team at UNW, who have not only provided a first-rate service, but contains an unrivalled expert knowledge of the industry.

Andrew Goodall

Partner

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

Dental Practice Owner