Audit

You Deserve More Than Just a Signature

Working with auditors shouldn’t feel like a formality. At Lumina, part of the Ad Valorem Group, we believe you should feel supported, informed and most importantly inspired by the clarity that an audit brings.

Your audit experience should be more than just ticking a compliance box. It should feel efficient, expert-led, and valuable. With Lumina, you'll experience:

• Clear communication at every stage
• Confidence in your numbers and systems
• A proactive team, ready to highlight opportunities
• A partnership built on transparency and trust

What is an Audit?

An audit is an independent review of your financial statements, designed to give assurance to shareholders, stakeholders, lenders and regulators. But it's more than that, it’s a deep dive into your financial ecosystem.

Whether statutory or voluntary, an audit ensures your accounts are a true and fair reflection of your business. It offers peace of mind and credibility to your financial reporting - backed by qualified, experienced professionals.

What you gain from an Audit

If you were purchasing a business, you wouldn’t think twice about checking its accounts thoroughly - so why hesitate to have your own accounts audited? An audit doesn’t just satisfy regulatory requirements - it unlocks value.

With Lumina's audit service, you can:

• Uncover internal process improvements
• Identify areas of financial risk or inefficiency
• Improve stakeholder confidence
• Be better prepared for future investment or sale
• Strengthen your financial governance
• Benchmark your performance against industry best practice

Audits are often a moment of reflection and refocus. We ensure they become a moment of opportunity, with our expert audit team helping you see your business through fresh eyes.

We’ll give you a completely independent view of your business so that you can easily identify your assets and liabilities and know exactly where you stand.

Whether you are statutorily required to have an audit, or you’re approaching the audit threshold, we can help make the process easy and trouble-free.

Our audit and assurance services include:

• Statutory audits
• Internal operational reviews
• Financial reporting and statutory accounts
• Corporate governance
• Company valuations
• Shareholder reports
• Risk assurance
• Forensic accounting
• Fraud investigation assignments

How We Deliver: Audit Process with Skill and Efficiency

Our audit process is driven by intelligent planning, smart technology, and sector-specific experience. From the first engagement to final sign-off, we focus on efficiency, clarity and minimising disruption to your team.

We use Inflo, a cloud-based audit platform that connects directly with systems like Xero, enabling real-time collaboration, document sharing and smooth data flow. That means less admin—and more focus on delivering valuable insight.

Here’s how we approach it:

1. Understanding your business – we invest time upfront to tailor our audit plan
2. Fieldwork with minimal interruption – powered by tech that keeps things seamless
3. Insightful reporting – not just what we found, but what it means
4. Ongoing support – with recommendations that create long-term value

Our process is as much about enabling you to grow, as it is about ensuring compliance.

Meet Your Audit Leadership Team

Our Lumina audit leadership team blends deep technical expertise with real-world business acumen. Led by experienced professionals, we bring a hands-on, partner-led approach to every engagement. From complex group structures to growing owner-managed businesses, our team understands the challenges SMEs face - and brings solutions that match.

Nigel AdamsManaging Director

Darren KerinsAudit Director

Zubair ArshadAudit Director