Cooperatives When you look at building a balance sheet, ensuring the viability of the company, and ensuring that the equity of the owners is going to be returned at a profit, you need an audit firm who is familiar with all the aspects of your business. While performing an audit, we familiarize ourselves with every nook and cranny of your co-op. For example, if you have grain bins, we’ll put our own boots on and climb in to count inventory. It’s an advantage to our clients that we do this ourselves, unlike most firms, because it gives us more first-hand knowledge of how the co-op operates. We involve the board of directors and show them things they typically don’t get to see like our processes, possible inventory quality issues that may be draining profits, and areas where minor improvements in operation can reap huge benefits on the balance sheet. This means you’ll have a more accurate assessment of inventory and other asset values.