Many businesses regard the annual audit as a dead cost centre that provides no additional value to the business. However it can be an invaluable aid to improving profitability, expanding the business, streamlining costs, easing cash flow or brokering a sale.



Note: only a registered audit firm such as Hanley Morgan Cooper is authorised to carry out statutory audit work and provide other certification where a third party is going to rely on the certification - if an applicant uses a firm or individual to certify figures and that firm or individual does not hold an Audit Practicing Certificate issued by a regulatory professional accountancy body, their certification is not valid and should not be relied upon