Review support

A check before the partner check

Most bottlenecks in a UK practice sit at the top, where a partner's or an ASA-holding adviser's time is scarcest. Review support sits one step earlier, catching ties that do not foot, unresolved reconciling items and missing paperwork before a file reaches that desk, so the final review goes to judgment calls rather than arithmetic.

What actually gets checked

We tie the trial balance to its supporting workpapers, confirm every reconciliation is complete with no stale open items, and cross-check the file against whatever checklist your practice already applies, whether that runs off Xero, QuickBooks Online or Sage. Where something does not tie or a document is missing, it goes on a written list of open items rather than getting flagged in a passing comment.

Built around your filing calendar, not ours

Turnaround windows are agreed to fit your practice's own review calendar: a faster turnaround agreed in writing for the weeks before 31 January, or a standing weekly batch the rest of the year. We set nothing about the pace; your review process does.

What review support does not touch

This does not replace your practice's own sign-off, and it is not audit work, which stays out of scope everywhere we work. It is a documented pass that makes the final review faster, catching the kind of error that becomes expensive once a return has already gone through an Agent Services Account.

Where it pairs with other capacity

Practices often pair review support with busy-season tax prep support in the run-up to Self Assessment and CT600 deadlines, and with white-label bookkeeping the rest of the year, so files land at the same standard whatever is driving the volume.