Housing an experienced and highly developed auditing department with over 15 members of staff, Burgess Hodgson pride themselves in delivering a flexible and professional audit service to a range of developing and specialist businesses.

Whenever an audit is required, our approach is designed to add value to our clients' businesses and produce positive benefits from our procedures, rather than simply provide statutory reports.

Combining a professional understanding of industries and trading environments, we use the audit as a constructive and effective tool to provide independent and objective information to assist in business development and growth.

With our auditor’s understanding of the regulatory framework and the technical issues involved in pension scheme accounting, Burgess Hodgson also acts as auditors and advisors to a wide variety of occupational pension schemes. These range from directors’ pension schemes of owner-managed businesses as well as schemes for listed Public Companies, and our department is familiar with both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes.

With the growing trend towards professional regulation, Burgess Hodgson now actively support solicitors and other professional bodies in complying with their Institute requirements for specialist audits and reporting. We have auditors practised in producing Law Society reports, and have successfully advised professional bodies in improving their compliance with industry rules. Moreover, we have successfully assisted in auditing and advising on European Projects Audits that have won our clients applications for grants to the European regional Development Fund and other EU departments.

As Registered Auditors we also act as professional advisors to a wide scope of charities to ensure they comply with accounts legislation and provide comfort to trustees. At Burgess Hodgson we excel in providing input throughout the year, including advice on accounting records, attendance at meetings, briefing on new developments with respect to the government's Charities Act legislation and the charity Commissioners guidance and generally looking after the interests of the charity.

In addition to these services we also provide audits for Associations, and can assist in the preparation of audits and reports for companies that are often required by banks and financiers within their loan covenants.

At Burgess Hodgson we believe an auditors’ assessment and opinion must be rooted in a critical understanding of each client’s industry value drivers, competitive positioning and marketplace factors. We can bring professional knowledge of principles and business, and technical understanding of the systems, processes and controls that are critical in providing the right advice and results for our clients.