Accountants Reports

In conjunction with a Public Circular or an IPO, for example, a client will be required to provide historical financial statement figures.  These figures maybe required to be reviewed and an opinion issued by a Reporting Accountant. This requires an audit sign off and, in certain circumstances, may require restatement of prior year figures.

How BDO can assist you

Working alongside our Corporate Finance specialists, we provide independent assurance as Reporting Accountant on historical figures. This requires us to review comparative tables and other financial information in public documents providing independent assurance on both financial and non financial information.

This can entail conversion of information published under UK GAAP to IFRS, we have a team of in-house technical speacialists who can

• assist in 'diagnosing' key differences under the GAAPs
• advise on the implications of adopting IFRS, including evalutation the options avilable on first time adoption
• advise on the suitability of accounting polices
• assist in drafting the information required.

The key benefits BDO offers clients

• An independent review of previously published figures.
• Assistance to provide a smooth transition to IFRS.

For further information on how BDO can help, please contact Andrew Viner or your local BDO advisor