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Industry · Accountancy · UK & Ireland · 50–500 staff

Capacity. Without the headcount.

AML onboarding that finishes on the first pass. Audit prep that doesn't eat January. Suitability files that pass a Consumer Duty review. Fractional CISO, ICAEW-aware managed IT, ISO 27001 readiness - and the change programme that ships it. We build it into IRIS, CCH, Sage, Xero and Practice Engine - and we keep it running.

WHAT WE'VE SHIPPED IN ACCOUNTANCY
12+
firms served
98%
first-pass AML
£120k
year-1 payback, typical
22 hrs/wk
reclaimed per team
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The brief

Six things we hear in every accountancy first call.

We've shipped enough in this sector that the brief writes itself. Recognise any?

AML & KYC is eating the back office
"We've added two FTEs in two years and the inbox keeps growing."
Busy season is breaking the team
"Audit prep starts in October now. By Feb the seniors are leaving."
Suitability files don't survive review
"Consumer Duty is here and our SoAs are inconsistent across advisers."
MI lives in spreadsheets, not the board pack
"Partnership reporting is one Excel away from cardiac arrest."
Cyber Essentials is renewing, but harder
"Insurer's gone from a question to a four-week audit and a list of requirements."
Hiring isn't fixing it
"We can't compete with the Big Four on salary - we have to be a better place to work."
We've shipped against every one of these. Most inside 6–10 weeks.
What we ship for accountancy

Six practices we ship most. Plus whatever you bring us.

Each one outcome-priced, fixed scope, live in weeks. Pick one - or stack several with a fractional exec running point. If your problem isn't here, we'll still scope it.

FLAGSHIP

AML & KYC onboarding (Amlio)

End-to-end pipeline: document ingestion, sanctions/PEP screening, verification, SAR-ready audit trail. Plugs into SmartSearch, Onfido, Veriff or Companies House direct.

98%
first-pass straight-through
12 min
per file (was 3 days)
AUDIT

Audit preparation & working paper AI

Engagement letter generation, balance reconciliation, schedule prep, working paper drafting against your file structure. Integrates with CCH, IRIS Audit Pro and CaseWare.

40%
less manual prep
1 week
earlier finish to busy season
ADVISORY

Suitability & Consumer Duty automation

For accountancy firms with regulated wings: SoA drafting, suitability checks, file consistency review, audit-ready evidence packs.

100%
Consumer Duty pass
2 hrs
per file → 20 min
NEW · CRM

CRM consultancy

Pick, deploy and tune the right CRM for a fee-earning firm - we're CRM-agnostic, so the recommendation matches your shape, not our partnerships. Integrated with IRIS, CCH or Practice Engine so the client view actually matches the practice ledger.

From £15k
fixed-fee deployment
Weeks
not quarters
AI

Document AI for client teams

Internal copilots fine-tuned on your firm's voice, templates and historical advice. Drafts letters, statements, year-end packs.

6 hrs/wk
per fee-earner
3 weeks
to live
CYBER

Fractional CISO & Cyber Essentials

Ongoing cyber leadership for FCA-regulated wings, ICAEW Information Security and Cyber Essentials Plus renewal. From £1k/month.

From £1k
per month
Annual
audit-ready
BESPOKE · OUTCOME-PRICED

Don't see your problem on the list?
We build what you need.

The six practices above are what we ship most. They're not all we ship. Bring the actual constraint - whatever is eating your team's week - and we'll scope it the same way: fixed fee, fixed timeline, engineer-led, IP yours.

Plugs into your stack

We build into the systems you already run.

No "rip and replace". We integrate with the practice management, AML, ID&V, ledger and document systems UK accountancy firms run as standard.

Don't see yours? Ask us - chances are we've built against it.
IRIS
PRACTICE
CCH
PRACTICE
Practice Engine
PRACTICE
Sage
LEDGER
Xero
LEDGER
FreeAgent
LEDGER
QuickBooks
LEDGER
CaseWare
AUDIT
SmartSearch
AML
Onfido
AML
Veriff
AML
Companies House
AML
DocuSign
DOCS
Microsoft 365
CLOUD
Azure
CLOUD
+ many more
Featured case

Six weeks. Four FTEs reclaimed. One accountancy firm that stopped fearing busy season.

240 staffUK · Greater ManchesterAML & KYC onboardingLive in 6 weeks
THE STARTING POSITION

A 240-person UK accountancy firm with strong audit, advisory and corporate finance practices. AML onboarding had grown from one administrator in 2019 to a four-person team in 2025, with no improvement in turnaround time. First-pass error rate sat at 78%. Files routinely took three working days each. Two prior 'AI initiatives' from larger consultancies had both ended in slide decks and zero shipped code.

WHAT WE SCOPED (WEEK 1)

A fixed-scope, fixed-fee 6-week AI Pilot at £18k to ship one workflow: new-client AML onboarding for the corporate finance team. The deal - if it didn't work, no rollout. If it did, we'd quote a fixed scope for the rest of the firm.

WHAT WE SHIPPED (WEEKS 2–6)

An Amlio-based pipeline that pulled ID&V from SmartSearch, sanctions and PEP screening from Onfido, and Companies House for entity verification. Document AI parsed the customer's incorporation pack, beneficial ownership, source-of-funds. The output: a one-page reviewer dashboard with a confidence score, supporting evidence and a SAR-ready audit trail. One reviewer, twelve minutes per file. Code in their Azure tenant. Full IP transfer at week six.

WHAT CHANGED (POST-LAUNCH)

The corporate finance pilot ran for four weeks before the firm signed up for a £62k rollout across audit, tax and advisory. By month three the original four-person AML team was three, with one moved into a more senior compliance role. Year-one savings were £120k against an £80k total bill. Year two, the firm reinvested the saved capacity into a new advisory practice.

IMPACT, 6 MONTHS POST-LAUNCH
22 hrs/wk
saved across team
£120k
year-1 payback
98%
first-pass straight-through
12 min
per file (was 3 days)
6 wks
scope to in-production
+1 practice
advisory, off the savings

"Two prior AI initiatives died in slide decks. AssurePath had something running in our staging tenant by week three. By week six it was doing real work. That's the difference."

Operations Director
240-person UK accountancy firm
Read the full case study (PDF)
Compliance

Built for firms auditors review.

Accountancy firms get reviewed by everyone - ICAEW, ACCA, FCA, insurers, clients. Everything we ship is built to make those reviews easier, not harder.

Cyber Essentials Plus
Independent CE+ delivery. We take client firms through CE+, ICAEW Information Security Standard and ISO 27001.
ISO 27001 advisor
Independent ISO 27001 consultancy. We deliver the ISMS, the SoA, the risk register and sit alongside you in Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits.
UK data residency
All deployments default to UK regions - Microsoft 365 UK, Azure UK South, AWS eu-west-2. On-premises and private VPC available.
Audit-ready evidence
Every AI decision logged with inputs, outputs, model version and reviewer sign-off. SAR-ready exports for AML.
Background-checked staff
Everyone touching client data is BS 7858 background-checked. DPAs signed before scoping.
FCA-aware deployments
For accountancy groups with FCA-regulated wings: on-prem AI, audit-ready Consumer Duty evidence, SM&CR-friendly logging.
FAQ

What accountancy partners ask first.

Eight questions we hear from MPs, FDs and IT leads on every accountancy first call.

Yes. Most of our practice work is for UK accountancy firms with 50–500 staff. We've shipped AML and KYC onboarding pipelines, audit preparation copilots, suitability automation, MI dashboards and managed IT in practices ranging from regional generalists to specialist top-50 firms. We integrate with IRIS, CCH, Sage, Xero, Practice Engine, Onfido and SmartSearch as standard.

Let's talk accountancy

Bring the brief.
We'll bring an accountant-fluent engineer.

Free 30-minute working session with someone who's shipped this in your sector before. You bring the constraint - AML, audit, suitability, MI, whatever's on fire. We bring a fixed proposal in five working days.