The audit path
From grant agreement to final finding
A visible review sequence keeps requests manageable and gives founders a fair opportunity to answer every exception.
Before day one
We confirm that the requested report matches our role, check independence, sign an engagement letter and agree the reporting cut-off. You receive one request list with a naming guide for records.
The working file
Documents are arranged around the approved budget rather than dropped into an undifferentiated folder. Each tested transaction links to its bank entry, invoice or receipt, payment evidence and relevant approval. Payroll, assets and supplier contracts receive separate schedules when needed.
Questions have a record
Queries are numbered and issued in batches. Your response, attached evidence and our conclusion stay together. If an answer changes a finding, the working note records why. If evidence remains absent, the final report says so plainly.
Closing the review
Draft findings are discussed before issue. Factual mistakes can be corrected; scope limitations cannot be wished away. The signed report and exception schedule are released after the account is settled, usually as secured PDF files.
What to have ready
- Signed grant agreement and amendments
- Approved budget and written reallocations
- Bank statements covering receipt through reporting date
- Expenditure ledger in spreadsheet form
- Invoices, receipts and proof of payment
- Payroll support and employment records, if funded
- Asset register and photographs, where relevant