Financial Clarity for SaaS & Growing Businesses.
We help SaaS startups, AI companies and growing SMEs build reliable finance functions through IFRS advisory, technical accounting, financial reporting, revenue recognition and audit readiness.
Free 30-minute technical consultation with Sarah Batool, ACA — Partner
Whatever Brought You Here, We've Solved It Before
Six situations that typically bring a finance team to IFRION — find yours.
Preparing for Audit?
Problem: Auditors keep finding issues you didn't see coming.
Solution: A pre-audit health check that resolves technical issues before fieldwork starts.
Outcome: A smoother audit, fewer surprises, faster sign-off.
Explore Audit ReadinessImplementing IFRS 18?
Problem: The 2027 effective date is closer than your transition plan assumes.
Solution: A structured IFRS 18 roadmap covering the new income statement categories, MPMs, and restated comparatives.
Outcome: A board that isn't caught off guard by the new requirements.
Read the IFRS 18 GuideAccounting Policy Review?
Problem: Policies written years ago no longer reflect how the business operates.
Solution: A policy review and update aligned with current IFRS and how you actually trade.
Outcome: Policies your auditors sign off on, and your team can apply.
Explore Accounting Policy AdvisoryComplex Accounting Transaction?
Problem: A transaction has landed on your desk that routine bookkeeping can't resolve.
Solution: An independent technical position paper, backed by the applicable standards.
Outcome: A documented, defensible conclusion — before your auditor asks.
Explore Technical AccountingNeed Better Financial Reporting?
Problem: Month-end takes too long, and the numbers still need rework.
Solution: IFRS-compliant financial statements, prepared or reviewed to a standard that holds up.
Outcome: Reporting your board, lenders, and investors can rely on.
Explore Financial ReportingNeed Reliable Bookkeeping?
Problem: Your books are behind, and it's costing you visibility into the business.
Solution: Accurate, up-to-date bookkeeping — maintained to an audit-ready standard year-round.
Outcome: Numbers you can trust, every month, not just at year-end.
Explore BookkeepingThe Technical Accounting Partner for UK Businesses
Not a bookkeeping firm, and not a generic accounting practice — a specialist advisory team finance leaders bring complex questions to.
Technical Expertise
Chartered accountants with Big Four–calibre technical grounding, focused on the judgment calls routine accounting doesn't cover.
Commercial Thinking
Advice that's technically correct and commercially usable — built for the decision you actually have to make.
Direct Partner Access
You work directly with the partner handling your engagement — not a rotating team of juniors.
Practical Advice
No jargon for its own sake — a clear answer to the question you actually asked, in language your board understands.
Fast Response
Enquiries answered within one business day, and engagements scoped quickly once we understand your timeline.
Audit-Ready Documentation
Every conclusion is delivered as a documented position paper — built to withstand scrutiny the first time it's challenged.
Two Disciplines. One Standard of Accuracy.
Whether it's a single complex judgment or your day-to-day books, every engagement is built to the same audit-ready standard.
Audit & IFRS Advisory
Technical accounting advice for the transactions and judgments routine bookkeeping can't resolve — IFRS conversion, business combinations, accounting estimates, and audit-ready financial statements.
See What's IncludedBookkeeping
Accurate, well-organised day-to-day financial record-keeping — maintained to a standard that stands up to audit scrutiny, not just a year-end tidy-up.
Learn More About BookkeepingIFRS Advisory Services
Global accounting standards are in constant motion, and the pace of change is hard for in-house teams to track alongside day-to-day reporting duties. Recent changes with real balance-sheet impact include revenue from contracts with customers (IFRS 15), financial instruments (IFRS 9), and leases (IFRS 16) — with the new presentation and disclosure requirements under IFRS 18 due to take effect for periods beginning 1 January 2027. We help you understand what a new or amended standard means in practice, build a realistic implementation roadmap, and train your finance team so the transition doesn't fall entirely on one person's shoulders.
Business Combinations & Purchase Price Allocation
Every acquisition brings a purchase price allocation obligation — identifying and valuing the intangible assets that must be recognised separately, and understanding what the acquired business's balance sheet will look like once your group's accounting policies are applied. Get it wrong, or leave it too late, and the numbers you're left with can follow the business for years. We build purchase price allocations that are technically sound, properly evidenced, and ready for audit the first time.
Accounting Estimates
A meaningful share of any set of financial statements rests on management estimates — receivable and inventory write-downs, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, fair value of assets, provisions, and impairment testing. The hard part is rarely gathering the underlying data; it's building an estimate that holds up to standards-based scrutiny. We help you prepare estimates that are defensible, well-documented, and consistent year to year.
Optimising Financial Reporting Processes
A slow, error-prone close doesn't just frustrate your team — it delays the decisions that depend on it. We work with finance teams to improve data quality, shorten the record-to-report cycle, and remove the manual steps that make month-end harder than it needs to be, freeing your team to spend less time closing the books and more time acting on what they say.
Correction of Errors & Change in Accounting Policies
Accounting errors, misapplied standards, and voluntary changes in accounting policy all trigger a retrospective restatement — a research-heavy, evidence-heavy exercise that still has to happen alongside the day-to-day running of the business. We help you investigate the issue, quantify the correction, and apply the restatement correctly, without derailing your reporting timetable.
IFRS Conversion
Moving from UK GAAP to IFRS is, for most businesses, a once-in-a-lifetime project — which means there's rarely in-house experience to draw on. We provide a structured transition roadmap covering opening balance sheet adjustments, policy alignment, and disclosure requirements, drawing on experience gained across multiple conversions so you're not learning IFRS and applying it under deadline pressure at the same time. Businesses that convert typically report greater transparency for investors and lenders, stronger credibility with international counterparties, and improved comparability with global peers.
Deep Technical Accounting Experience Across Sectors
From high-growth SaaS to private equity portfolio companies, we bring sector-specific IFRS expertise to every engagement.
Technology & SaaS
Revenue recognition, share-based payments, and business combinations for high-growth tech.
Healthcare
Advisory for hospitals, clinics, pharmaceuticals, and medical technology companies.
Manufacturing
Inventory valuation, impairment, fixed assets, and complex operational accounting.
Energy & Infrastructure
Lease accounting, project accounting, and long-term contract reporting.
Real Estate
Investment property accounting, development costs, and joint arrangements.
Financial Services
Financial instruments, expected credit losses, and consolidation support.
Private Equity
Acquisition accounting, purchase price allocation, and audit readiness for portfolio companies.
Venture-Backed Startups
Technical accounting support for fundraising, investor reporting, and financing arrangements.
From Your Problem to a Standards-Based Solution
A simple, three-step advisory process — no jargon, no ambiguity, and a deliverable your board and auditors can rely on.
You Tell Us the Problem
You describe the accounting question or transaction you're facing — in plain language, no technical jargon required.
We Apply the Law & Standards
Our specialists research and apply the relevant IFRS standards and regulations to your specific facts and circumstances.
You Receive a Clear Solution
We deliver our conclusion as a position paper (PDF) or presentation — showing the problem, the applicable standards, and our standards-based solution.
The People Behind IFRION
A specialist leadership team with the technical grounding and professional discipline of the world's leading accounting firms.
IFRS 18 Readiness Checklist
Fifteen checks to complete before annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027 — covering the new income statement categories, management-defined performance measures, and restated comparatives.
Technical Accounting Perspectives
IFRS updates, technical guides, and financial reporting best practices from our advisory team.
Revenue Recognition Under IFRS 15: Five Judgment Calls That Trip Up Finance Teams
Where the five-step model gets genuinely difficult — and how to document your conclusion.
IFRS 16 Lease Accounting: Building a Defensible Discount Rate
A practical framework for determining the incremental borrowing rate auditors won't challenge.
The Pre-Audit Health Check: Ten Areas We Review Before Auditors Do
The recurring findings that turn a smooth audit into a drawn-out one — and how to get ahead of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from finance leaders considering technical accounting and IFRS advisory support.
When does a business need IFRS advisory support?
Most businesses need specialist IFRS advisory support when facing a transaction or reporting requirement that falls outside routine bookkeeping — such as a business combination, a new revenue arrangement, a lease portfolio, a first-time IFRS adoption, or preparing for external audit. If your existing accountant is unsure how to treat a transaction, that's a strong signal to bring in a technical accounting specialist.
What is the difference between technical accounting advisory and bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping records day-to-day transactions. Technical accounting advisory determines the correct accounting treatment for complex or judgmental transactions under IFRS — such as revenue recognition, lease accounting, business combinations, and financial instruments — and documents that judgment in a way that withstands audit scrutiny. We offer both as distinct services, so you can engage us for either or both under one roof.
Do you work with UK businesses only, or international groups too?
IFRION Advisory is UK-based and works with UK businesses, multinational subsidiaries reporting under IFRS, and international groups with UK operations, including private equity portfolio companies and venture-backed startups.
How quickly can IFRION Advisory help with audit readiness?
Response time depends on the scope of the engagement, but we typically respond to enquiries within one business day and can scope an audit readiness review or technical accounting position paper quickly once we understand the transaction and your audit timeline.
Do you provide ongoing accounting advisory or one-off engagements?
Both. Many clients engage us for a single complex transaction or position paper, while others retain us on an ongoing basis for periodic financial reporting, accounting policy maintenance, and audit support across multiple reporting periods.
Do you replace our external auditor?
No — we work alongside your external auditors, not in place of them. We resolve technical accounting questions and prepare audit-ready documentation on your side of the table, so fewer issues surface for the first time during fieldwork.
How is IFRION different from a Big Four firm or a generic accountant?
We bring Big Four–calibre technical discipline without the overhead of a full-service firm, and unlike a generalist accountant, we specialise in the complex, judgment-heavy transactions that routine bookkeeping doesn't cover. You work directly with the partner on your engagement, not a rotating team.