PPC Audits and Optimisation · UK

PPC Audits and Optimisation Company in the UK: Make Your Ads Pay for Themselves

If your ad costs keep rising while leads stay flat, something in the account is wrong. Our PPC audit finds it. A specialist reviews your campaigns, search terms, tracking, bidding and landing pages by hand, then shows you exactly where the money is going. You get a prioritised list of fixes with the expected impact of each. If you want, we then make the fixes and optimise the account for 90 days.

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Illustration of a PPC account audit report showing 31% of spend wasted, where the money went and fixes in order of impact
31%Average spend wasted in accounts we audit
  • Google Ads
  • Performance Max
  • Microsoft Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Conversion tracking
Wasted spend

Is Your PPC Budget Being Wasted?

These are the signs that usually lead businesses to ask us for an audit.

31%Average share of spend wasted in accounts we audit
  1. 01
    Performance

    Spend Keeps Rising but Leads Stay Flat

    Cost per lead has crept up month after month and nobody can explain why, or what to change.

  2. 02
    Search terms

    Nobody Checks Your Search Terms

    Search term reports have not been reviewed for months, so you are paying for irrelevant searches every day.

  3. 03
    Transparency

    Your Agency’s Reports Hide the Detail

    You get a monthly PDF with clicks and impressions, but no access to the account and no clear view of results.

  4. 04
    Settings

    Settings Were Left on Google’s Defaults

    Display network switched on in search campaigns, broad location targeting and auto-applied recommendations quietly waste budget.

Illustration of a PPC Audits and Optimisation account audit showing wasted spend and the four problems on this page
What we manage

Our PPC Audits and Optimisation Services

Choose a one-off audit, or an audit followed by fixes and 90 days of optimisation.

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01

Google Ads Account Audit

A full manual review of structure, keywords, search terms, ads, bidding, budgets, audiences, settings and tracking. Every finding is backed by data from your account, ranked by how much money it is costing you.

  • Wasted spend
  • Structure review
  • Bidding review
02

Multi-Platform Audit

Google, Microsoft and Meta reviewed together, with budget split recommendations.

  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Meta
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03

Conversion Tracking Audit

Checks for missing, duplicate or wrongly valued conversions in GA4 and the ad platforms.

  • GA4
  • Duplicates
  • Consent mode
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04

Landing Page Review

How well each landing page matches its ads, loads on mobile and turns clicks into enquiries.

  • Message match
  • Speed
  • Forms
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05

Fixes and Rebuilds

We make the changes from the audit, or rebuild campaigns that cannot be saved.

  • Negatives
  • Restructure
  • New ads
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06

90-Day Optimisation

Weekly optimisation for three months after the audit, with results tracked against the baseline.

  • Weekly changes
  • Baseline report
  • Handover
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Small businesses

PPC Audits for Small Businesses

An audit is often the best value first step for a small business. If you spend £1,000 a month on ads and a quarter of it is wasted, a one-off audit pays for itself in the first couple of months.

You can then make the fixes yourself, have us make them or move to ongoing management. There is no obligation either way.

Single-platform audit£450One-off, credited against month one if you hire us
02Audit only

You get the report and fix list, plus a walkthrough call.

Plan my starting budget
03Audit and 90 days

Audit, fixes and three months of weekly optimisation.

Plan my starting budget
Results

PPC Audits and Optimisation: What We Measure

We report these measures using your own account data. Sample figures are not presented as verified client results.

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TrackedReported monthly
GA4Conversion data
Lead generation

Qualified leads from paid advertising

Monitor lead quality and source rather than counting every click as a lead.

TrackedReported monthly
GA4Conversion data
Ecommerce

Return on ad spend and sales

Track revenue and conversion value alongside campaign spend.

How we work

Our PPC Audits and Optimisation Process

A fixed scope, a fixed price and a report you can act on within five working days.

  1. 1. Read-Only Access

    You give us read access. We never change anything without permission.

  2. 2. Manual Review

    A specialist checks more than 40 areas of your account by hand.

  3. 3. Find the Waste

    We calculate how much budget is going to searches and settings that do not convert.

  4. 4. Prioritised Fix List

    Every fix ranked by money saved and effort required.

  5. 5. Walkthrough Call

    We go through the findings with you and agree next steps.

Pricing

How Much Does a PPC Audit Cost in the UK?

Paid PPC audits in the UK typically cost £300 to £900 for a single platform, with larger or multi-platform audits costing more. Our audits are fixed-price, excluding VAT.

PPC Audits and Optimisation prices
AuditPriceCoversDelivered inAction
Single platformOne ad account£450 one-offGoogle, Microsoft or Meta5 working daysGet a quote
Audit and 90 daysAudit, fixes and optimisation£1,950 totalOne platform, fixes includedFixes start in week 1Get a quote

If you move to ongoing management within 60 days, the audit fee is credited against your first month.

What you receive

What You Get With Every Audit

Every audit, whatever its size, includes the same things.

  • A written audit report

    Plain-English findings with screenshots and data for each one.

  • Wasted spend breakdown

    How much is going where, and what it would save to fix.

  • A prioritised fix list

    Every fix ranked by impact and effort, ready to action.

  • A walkthrough call

    A call with the specialist who audited your account.

  • No ongoing commitment

    A one-off fee. You choose what happens next.

Start with a free audit
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Industries

Industries We Run PPC For

We have run paid campaigns for businesses in these sectors, so we already know what a good lead is worth to them.

  • Trades and home servicesPlumbers, heating engineers, electricians and roofers
  • AccountantsPractices winning clients on high-intent searches
  • Law firmsSolicitors where one lead is worth thousands
  • PropertyEstate agents, lettings and developers
  • Healthcare and clinicsDental, aesthetics, physio and private clinics
  • Ecommerce and retailOnline shops selling across the UK
  • Home improvementKitchens, windows, solar and landscaping
  • Education and trainingCourse providers, tutors and training firms
Why CodeCrackers

Why Choose CodeCrackers as Your PPC Audit Agency

Our audits are written by people who run ad accounts every day, so every recommendation is practical.

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  • 01
    Checked by hand

    A specialist reviews your account. No automated tool reports.

  • 02
    Ranked by money saved

    We focus on the fixes that make the biggest difference.

  • 03
    Read-only access

    We never change your account without your permission.

  • 04
    UK specialists

    Your audit is done by our UK team, not outsourced.

FAQs

PPC Audits and Optimisation FAQs

Short answers to common questions about PPC audits.

Still have a question?

Send it to us. A PPC specialist, not a salesperson, will reply within one working day.

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Our audit covers account structure, keywords and search terms, ads and assets, bidding and budgets, audiences, location and device settings, conversion tracking and landing pages. You get a written report, a wasted spend breakdown and a prioritised fix list.

FREE AUDIT

Get a Free PPC Mini Audit

Give us read-only access to your ad account. We will check it and send you the five biggest problems we find, with an estimate of how much they cost you each month.

  • Top 5 issues in your account
  • Wasted spend estimate
  • Tracking spot-check
  • Recommended next step

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