Legal

Jacobs Allen Group Limited was acquired by Scrutton Bland Limited in October 2024. Jacobs Allen Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobs Allen Group whose registered office is at 59 Abbeygate St, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 1LB. Registered in England No. 07916295. The directors of Jacobs Allen Limited are Jason Fayers and Chris Kelly.

External Audit

External Audit services are carried out by Sumer Audit.

Sumer Audit is the trading name of Sumer Auditco Limited, a limited company registered in England under company number 14308154.  Registered to carry on audit work in the UK by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

Our registered office is The Beehive, Beehive Ring Road, Crawley, Gatwick, RH6 0PA.  A list of the directors’ names is available for inspection on request, with a full list of offices at www.sumer.co.uk/our-champions.  

Sumer Auditco Limited is independent of Sumer Group Holdings Limited.  Sumer Group Bidco Limited provides services to Sumer Auditco Limited under a formal arm’s length agreement.

Audit registration and regulation

We are members of a chartered accountants’ professional body, ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), of Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA.  ICAEW’s Code of Ethics applies to all our activities.

Details about our audit registration held by Sumer Auditco Limited can be viewed on the Register of Statutory Auditors for the UK, maintained by ICAEW, under reference numbers C011001214. Our statutory audit work is subject to the Audit Regulations and Guidance issued by ICAEW, International Standards on Auditing (UK) and the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards.