Strong contracts are essential to Effective and Responsible Advertising – but without independent oversight, even the best agreements can fall short in delivering full value and minimal financial risk.
Our Contract Compliance Audits provide a thorough, independent review of your agency contracts, uncovering discrepancies, verifying financial transparency, and confirming that every pound is spent as agreed. With actionable insights and clear recommendations, you can strengthen agency relationships built on transparency and trust.
Why it matters
Contracts govern billions in marketing investment – but without structured compliance checks, value can go missing. We help clients:
On average, we identify 3% of audited spend in potential returns. This puts hard cash back into your business.
Identify unbilled media, unpaid rebates, credit balances, and other missed returns
Confirm delivery against fee structures, scope-of-work terms, and media commitments
Reconcile accounts, settle obligations, and close contracts with no loose ends
Use audit findings to refine contract terms and improve governance going forward
Unmatched scale and specialism: 500+ audits annually across all major agency holding groups and disciplines – including media, digital, creative, and production
Truly independent: We work only for advertisers, and never on a contingency basis, ensuring our findings are objective and actionable
Global reach with local expertise: Our team of 60+ compliance professionals brings both centralised consistency and local, in-market understanding
Proven partner for impact: Over $900m in hard returns recovered in the past five years, with many client partnerships lasting over a decade
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