Does the Buff City Soap FDD include unaudited financial statements?
Buff_City_Soap Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Management of Buff City Soap Franchising, LLC
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Buff City Soap Franchising, LLC (the "Company"), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and the related statements of operations, of member's deficit and of cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements").
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Other Matter
The financial statements of the Company for the year ended January 1, 2023 were audited by other auditors whose report, dated September 29, 2023, expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements.
Source: Item 21 — Financial Statements (FDD page 69)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Buff City Soap FDD, the financial statements included have been audited by an independent auditor. The FDD includes a report from independent auditors, indicating that the financial statements of Buff City Soap Franchising, LLC, which comprise the balance sheets as of December 29, 2024, and December 31, 2023, and the related statements of operations, of member's deficit, and of cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes, have been audited.
The auditor's opinion states that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the company as of December 29, 2024, and December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The audit was conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS).
Furthermore, the FDD mentions that the financial statements for the year ended January 1, 2023, were also audited by other auditors, who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements in their report dated September 29, 2023. This indicates that the financial statements included in the FDD have undergone an audit process by independent auditors, enhancing their reliability.