Nepal S. & Associates, Chartered Accountants

About the firm

How we work

Every engagement follows the same sequence, from the first scoping conversation to the signed report and the follow-up after it.

Scoping before pricing

We start by understanding what the engagement actually requires: your reporting obligations, who relies on the output, the state of your records, and the deadline you are working to. Only then do we scope and price the work.

That order matters. A quote given before anyone has looked at the records is a guess, and the correction usually arrives midway through the engagement when it is most disruptive.

A partner stays on the engagement

The partner who scopes the work stays involved through delivery and signs off on the result. You are not handed to a junior team after the proposal is accepted.

This is the reason we take on a manageable number of engagements at a time rather than maximising volume.

Findings raised when we find them, not at year-end.

A control gap you learn about in time to fix is worth more than the same gap in a management letter.

Findings raised as we go

Control gaps, documentation weaknesses, and compliance risks are raised when we find them, not saved for the final report. A finding you learn about in time to fix before year-end is worth considerably more than the same finding in a management letter.

Where a finding changes the scope or the timeline, we say so at the point we find it.

Plain-language reporting

Reports are written to be acted on by management and boards, with the technical basis available but not obscuring the conclusion. A finding nobody can act on is not useful, however technically correct it is.

We stay available after issuance for the questions that surface when a lender, regulator, or board actually reads the report.