Unaudited Financial Statements in Singapore
Proper SFRS-compliant financial statements for your small company, prepared correctly and ready for ACRA, IRAS and your AGM. We prepare them; you stay compliant.
What are unaudited financial statements?
Unaudited financial statements are a company's year-end accounts prepared to Singapore Financial Reporting Standards but not examined by an external auditor. A complete set includes the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, notes to the accounts, and a signed Director's Statement. Audit-exempt small companies file these instead of audited accounts.
Unaudited does not mean informal. The statements still have to follow SFRS structure and presentation, and the directors still sign a legal declaration that the accounts give a true and fair view of the company.
We prepare the full set from your bookkeeping records, formatted to SFRS, so they're ready for ACRA, IRAS and your shareholders.
*All 5 required, a Xero P&L is not a statement set
Meet any 2 of 3 for 2 consecutive years
Exempt = no audit needed
But you still must prepare proper financial statements
*ACRA 2026, self-assessed each year
Does your small company need an audit or just unaudited statements?
Most small companies in Singapore are exempt from audit. Your company qualifies for the audit exemption if it meets at least two of three criteria for the past two consecutive financial years: annual revenue under S$10 million, total assets under S$10 million, and 50 or fewer employees. If you qualify, you prepare unaudited statements instead of a full statutory audit.
Audit exemption needs no approval from ACRA. You assess your eligibility each year and declare your status when you file your Annual Return. The exemption only removes the audit, not the duty to prepare proper statements.
- ✗ Not SFRS-formatted
- ✗ No Director's Statement
- ✗ No notes to the accounts
- ✗ Not accepted by ACRA/IRAS
- ✗ Not accepted by banks
- ✓ SFRS-formatted presentation
- ✓ Signed Director's Statement
- ✓ Full notes and disclosures
- ✓ Accepted by ACRA and IRAS
- ✓ Suitable for banks and grants
*The numbers may be right, the format and completeness are not
Isn't your Xero or QuickBooks report enough?
No. A profit and loss report and balance sheet exported from Xero or QuickBooks are useful, but they are not financial statements in the eyes of ACRA and IRAS. A proper set must follow SFRS presentation, include notes and a Director's Statement, and tie together as a complete, defensible record. That's the gap we close.
This is the single most common mistake we see. Owners assume the software output is their statements, then find it doesn't meet what regulators expect or what a bank asks for. The numbers may be right; the format and completeness are not.
What is the Director's Statement and who signs it?
The Director's Statement is a signed legal declaration confirming that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the company's affairs and that the company is solvent. It is a required part of every set of Singapore financial statements, and the responsibility for it sits with the directors. It cannot be delegated away.
We prepare the statements and the supporting figures. The directors review and sign the declaration. That split keeps the legal responsibility where it belongs while taking the preparation work off your plate.
In the opinion of the directors:
The financial statements are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the affairs of the company at the end of the financial year.
At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
Director's signature
Date
Legal responsibility
Cannot be delegated. Directors must review and sign.
*We prepare the statements; you sign the declaration
Who prepares, audits and files your financial statements?
Three separate roles. We prepare your unaudited statements to SFRS. If your company is not audit-exempt, an ACRA-registered public accountant audits them, which is a service we don't provide. Your company or your tax agent then files them with ACRA and uses them for IRAS. Clear roles keep everything compliant.
We prepare
SFRS-compliant statements built from your bookkeeping records, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, notes and Director's Statement.
An auditor audits
Only if your company is not audit-exempt. Must be an ACRA-registered public accountant. This is a service we don't provide.
You or your tax agent file
With ACRA and IRAS, using the statements we prepared. Clean roles keep everything compliant.
What a complete set includes
| Component | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 1 Statement of comprehensive income | Your revenue, costs and profit for the year |
| 2 Balance sheet | Assets, liabilities and equity at year-end |
| 3 Cash flow statement | How cash moved through the business |
| 4 Notes to the accounts | SFRS disclosures and accounting policies |
| 5 Director's Statement | Signed true-and-fair declaration |
Why choose accountantforsmallbusiness.com?
Because your statements are prepared by a Financial Controller with 15+ years of experience, formatted properly to SFRS, and built straight from clean books. Mehdi Javed prepares statements that hold up to ACRA, IRAS, banks and grant applications, and tells you plainly what we do and what stays with your auditor or tax agent.
- ✓ Statements come straight from accurate bookkeeping, so there's no year-end scramble to reconstruct the numbers.
- ✓ We're clear about scope, we prepare, we don't audit or file.
Key Facts
Frequently Asked Questions
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