Thomas Eyles Chartered Accountant CA & Qualified Auditor

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Assurance

Thomas Eyles is a qualified auditor. We are qualified by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. We perform a range of assurance engagements for a range of clients.

We use audit assitant in all our assurance engagements as well as Xero and other online accounting systems where we can as they help ensure an efficient audit. Typically it is not required that we need to visit clients and much, if not all, of the audit can be done online.

At the end of the work, we will provide you with a 'management letter'. The purpose of this is to help you identify areas of improvement in regards to best practices, efficiencies, and things to consider going forward. The aim is to help strengthen your organisation and future-proof it.

Audits

We perform financial statement audits which is a process we go through where at the end of it we can provide an opinion as to whether we agreee with the balances and presentation of the financial statements.

Audits provide a 'reasonable' level of assurance which is the highest level of assurance.

Audits are helpful as they provide people outside of your organisation comfort that the financial statements are correct. This is particularly helpful for the likes of banks, funding providers and regulatory agencies.

Reviews

Reviews are engagements where we determine whether or not we believe a material misstatement could exist.

Reviews provide a 'limited' level of assurance which is lower than a 'reasonable' level provided in audit. Because a lower level of assurance is provided, these engagements are also less expensive and time involved.

Agreed-upon Engagements

The procedures in these engagements are set by the client and we perform the procuderues and confirm whether or not there were any exceptions or errors. These are limited only to the areas that are specified and as a result these are generally the least expensive engagement.

What do I need?

Depending on your organisation, you may be required to have an audit or review.

Charities
If your charity has over $550,000 in total operating expenses in a period it must have a review or an audit.
If your charity has over $1,100,000 in total operating expenses, it must be audited.

Non-charities
Audits may be required by your bank, investors or regulatory bodies such as the Financial Markets Authority.