Do DIFC family office entities require an audit?

Every DIFC-incorporated entity requires a mandatory statutory audit regardless of size. Bin Ghannam audits non-financial holding entities, foundations and SPVs; DFSA-regulated entities and Public Interest Entities fall outside our audit scope.

Can Bin Ghannam support a regulated fund inside a family office structure?

Yes — as advisor, not auditor. We provide tax, transfer pricing and financial advisory to regulated fund and wealth-management arms while auditing the non-financial entities we are approved to audit.

The fastest-growing segment in the UAE market

Family office structures in ADGM and DIFC are growing faster than anywhere else in the UAE. We know exactly where we fit in yours.

Audit for your non-financial holding entities, and full tax and advisory support across every entity in the structure — including any regulated fund or wealth-management arm where we act as advisor, not auditor.

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10,018: DIFC active companies, Q1 2026
13,353: ADGM active licences, Q1 2026
$740B: Projected GCC family-office AUM by 2030

Discretion and continuity matter more as the structures get bigger

DIFC family entities are up 61% year-on-year; foundations up 66%.

Every DIFC-incorporated entity requires a mandatory statutory audit regardless of size — but DFSA-regulated entities and Public Interest Entities fall outside our audit scope in DIFC and ADGM. As family offices add entities — holding companies, foundations, SPVs, and sometimes a regulated fund or wealth manager — we audit what we're approved to audit, and advise across everything else, under one continuous relationship.

How the engagement works

The same partner, across generations of the same family.

Holding entity audits

Statutory audit for non-financial holding companies, foundations and SPVs across mainland, ADGM and DIFC.

Advisory for regulated entities

Tax, transfer pricing and financial advisory for any regulated fund or wealth-management arm — where we support, not audit.

ADGM & mainland liquidation

Incorporation through to approved liquidation for ADGM and mainland entities, under one relationship.

Regulatory scope, precisely

ADGM: Approved Auditor & Liquidator.
UAE Mainland: Approved Auditor & Liquidator.
DIFC: Approved to audit non-financial services entities. Regulated entities and Public Interest Entities fall outside our audit scope.
Banking, insurance & finance clients: Full tax and advisory support UAE-wide, including for regulated entities we cannot audit directly.

This distinction is deliberate: audit independence rules restrict who may audit DFSA/FSRA-regulated entities and Public Interest Entities in DIFC and ADGM. Where we are not the auditor, we remain available for tax, advisory and compliance support.

“A firm that knows your business by name — and knows exactly where our audit mandate ends and our advisory role begins.”

Partner-level engagement model, Bin Ghannam Family Office practice

Discuss your family office structure directly.

A confidential first conversation about your current ADGM or DIFC setup.

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