WELCOME TO THE LATEST ACCOUNTANCY AGE TOP 50 +50 SURVEY OF THE UK’S BIGGEST FIRMS.
Please find links to the tables containing the top 50 firms, and also the +50 survey of firms from 51 to 100.
We will continue to update this page with further analysis of the survey data over the coming days and weeks.
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CLICK HERE for the 2012 Top 50 survey in PDF format.
CLICK HERE for the +50 survey of firms between 51 and 100 in PDF format.
CLICK HERE for the firms ranked 101 to 110
View the 2011 Top 50 +50 survey HERE.
The Top 50 in 2012
| Rank 2012 (2011) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2011) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] name change (50) Montpelier Professional [2] Accountancy Age estimate (30) Rawlinson Hunter [3] Estimated fees ((5) Grant Thornton UK; (6) BDO; (22) Chantrey Vellacott)) [4] Last year’s figures included offshore practices, this year does not (12) PKF [5] Includes figures for Guernsey but not Geneva office (16) Saffery Champness [6] Firm sold discretionary portfolio for £616,000 of turnover (29) Reeves & Co [7] (46) Bishop Fleming acquired the Bath office of Target
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| 1 (1) | PwC | 2,461.00 | 6.00 | 30/06/11 | 863 | 2.85 |
| 2 (2) | Deloitte | 2,098.00 | 7.00 | 31/05/11 | 991 | 2.12 |
| 3 (3) | KPMG | 1,707.00 | 7.00 | 30/09/11 | 602 | 2.84 |
| 4 (4) | Ernst & Young | 1,465.00 | 8.00 | 30/06/11 | 549 | 2.67 |
| 5 (5) | Grant Thornton UK [3] | 387.00 | 2.65 | 30/06/12 | 203 | 1.91 |
| 6 (6) | BDO [3] | 281.50 | -1.00 | 29/06/12 | 196 | 1.44 |
| 7 (7) | RSM Tenon Group | 234.30 | -0.25 | 31/12/11 | 244 | 0.96 |
| 8 (9) | Smith & Williamson | 178.60 | 4.00 | 30/04/12 | 254 | 0.70 |
| 9 (8) | Baker Tilly | 171.00 | -5.00 | 31/03/12 | 107 | 1.60 |
| 10 (11) | Moore Stephens UK | 138.30 | 0.00 | 31/12/11 | 156 | 0.89 |
| 11 (12) | Mazars | 114.40 | 4.10 | 31/08/12 | 115 | 0.99 |
| 12 (10) | PKF (UK) [4] | 103.30 | -4.70 | 31/03/12 | 70 | 1.48 |
| 13 (14) | Haines Watts | 61.70 | 6.80 | 31/03/12 | 117 | 0.53 |
| 14 (13) | Begbies Traynor | 61.50 | -1.86 | 30/04/11 | 86 | 0.71 |
| 15 (15) | Crowe Clark Whitehill | 59.30 | 13.75 | 31/03/12 | 72 | 0.82 |
| 16 (16) | Saffery Champness [5] | 56.08 | 9.23 | 31/03/12 | 59 | 0.95 |
| 17 (17) | UHY Hacker Young | 48.80 | 8.48 | 30/04/12 | 83 | 0.59 |
| 18 (18) | Kingston Smith | 40.63 | -0.82 | 30/04/12 | 60 | 0.68 |
| 19 (19) | MHA MacIntyre Hudson | 35.20 | 8.50 | 31/03/12 | 42 | 0.84 |
| 20 (21) | Wilkins Kennedy | 30.23 | 7.55 | 30/04/12 | 57 | 0.53 |
| 21 (23) | Johnston Carmichael | 29.63 | 6.40 | 31/05/12 | 45 | 0.66 |
| 22 (22) | Chantrey Vellacott DFK [3] | 29.00 | 1.58 | 30/06/12 | 46 | 0.63 |
| 23 (22) | Menzies | 28.59 | 2.44 | 36/06/11 | 34 | 0.84 |
| 24 (25) | HW Fisher & Company | 23.37 | 6.80 | 30/04/11 | 28 | 0.85 |
| 25 (26) | Buzzacott | 23.64 | 7.67 | 30/09/11 | 23 | 1.03 |
| =26 (29) | TaxAssist Accountants | 21.80 | 16.00 | 31/12/11 | 179 | 0.12 |
| =26 (-) | FRP Advisory | 21.80 | 4.20 | 30/04/12 | 27 | 0.81 |
| 28 (33) | Francis Clark | 21.14 | 25.30 | 31/03/12 | 48 | 0.44 |
| 29 (27) | Reeves & Co [6] | 20.30 | 1.50 | 31/05/12 | 39 | 0.52 |
| =30 (34) | Price Bailey | 19.50 | 17.50 | 31/03/12 | 22 | 0.87 |
| =30 (28) | Rawlinson & Hunter [2] | 19.50 | 2.00 | – | – | |
| 32 (31) | Frank Hirth | 18.80 | 8.70 | 30/06/12 | 15 | 1.25 |
| 33 (32) | Armstrong Watson | 18.05 | 6.35 | 31/01/12 | 27 | 0.67 |
| 34 (40) | SJD Accountancy | 17.60 | 25.7 | 31/10/12 | 1 | 17.60 |
| 35 (35) | haysmacintyre | 17.43 | 6.15 | 31/03/12 | 23 | 0.76 |
| 36 (38) | Hazlewoods | 17.31 | 13.80 | 30/04/12 | 24 | 0.72 |
| 37 (37) | Duncan & Toplis | 17.14 | 3.21 | 31/03/12 | 27 | 0.63 |
| =38 (36) | Streets | 16.90 | 0.30 | 30/06/12 | 18 | 0.94 |
| =38 (30) | Littlejohn | 16.90 | 3.00 | 31/05/12 | 31 | 0.55 |
| =40 (39) | Cooper Parry | 15.78 | 10.25 | 30/04/12 | 22 | 0.72 |
| 41 (40) | Leonard Curtis | 15.30 | 10.00 | 30/04/12 | 14 | 1.09 |
| 42 (44) | Anderson Anderson & Brown | 14.16 | 4.78 | 31/03/12 | 12 | 1.18 |
| 43 (46) | Lovewell Blake | 13.90 | 3.75 | 30/09/11 | 26 | 0.53 |
| 44 (42) | Shipleys | 13.69 | 0.60 | 30/04/12 | 17 | 0.80 |
| 45 (47) | Larking Gowen | 13.50 | 1.50 | 31/03/12 | 20 | 0.68 |
| 46 (58) | Bishop Fleming [7] | 13.20 | 28.00 | 31/05/12 | 25 | 0.53 |
| 47 (48) | Mercer & Hole | 12.05 | 4.21 | 31/03/12 | 19 | 0.63 |
| 48 (51) | Barnes Roffe | 11.63 | 0.43 | 31/12/11 | 18 | 0.65 |
| 49 (53) | Hillier Hopkins | 11.41 | 5.45 | 31/03/12 | 22 | 0.52 |
| =50 (42) | Scott-Moncrieff | 11.30 | -16.90 | 30/04/12 | 16 | 0.70 |
| =50 (52) | Henderson Loggie | 11.30 | 2.70 | 30/11/11 | 24 | 0.47 |
| =50 (48) | Montpelier Professional[1] | 11.30 | -2.30 | 31/12/11 | 24 | 0.47 |
The next 50 in 2012
| Rank 2011 (2010) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2010) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [8] Previously EQ Chartered Accountants | ||||||
| 53 (57) | Moore and Smalley | 11.00 | 5.70 | 31/03/12 | 17 | 0.65 |
| 54 (54) | Silver Levene | 10.90 | 2.00 | 31/05/12 | 15 | 0.73 |
| 54 (60) | James Cowper | 10.90 | 9.00 | 30/04/12 | 14 | 0.78 |
| 56 (48) | Beever & Struthers | 10.40 | -10.30 | 30/09/12 | 24 | 0.43 |
| 57 (61) | Barber Harrison & Platt | 10.05 | 1.20 | 31/12/11 | 13 | 0.77 |
| 57 (56) | Simmons Gainsford | 10.05 | -5.40 | 31/03/12 | 14 | 0.72 |
| 59 (-) | Brookson Limited | 9.72 | -10.00 | 30/09/11 | 4 | 2.43 |
| 60 (62) | Rothman Pantall | 9.70 | 2.50 | 31/03/12 | 20 | 0.48 |
| 61 (68) | SRLV | 9.10 | 0.00 | 3/06/12 | 9 | 1.01 |
| 62 (64) | Spofforths | 9.08 | 4.26 | 31/12/11 | 17 | 0.54 |
| 63 (-) | Scrutton Bland | 8.77 | 7.45 | 31/03/12 | 12 | 0.73 |
| 64 (64) | Thomas Westcott | 8.64 | -1.01 | 30/04/12 | 17 | 0.51 |
| 65 (69) | Critchleys | 8.50 | 5.00 | 31/05/12 | 13 | 0.65 |
| 66 (-) | Carter Backer Winter | 8.40 | -5.00 | 31/03/12 | 13 | 0.65 |
| 67 (71) | RGL | 8.20 | 5.10 | 31/03/12 | 6 | 1.37 |
| 68 (70) | Brebners | 8.07 | 0.90 | 05/04/12 | 16 | 0.50 |
| 69 (67) | Berg Kaprow Lewis | 8.02 | -7.00 | 31/03/12 | 12 | 0.67 |
| 70 (73) | Goodman Jones | 7.65 | 4.37 | 31/05/11 | 15 | 0.51 |
| 71 (72) | Dains | 7.40 | 1.00 | 31/03/12 | 13 | 0.57 |
| 72 (74) | Mitchell Charlesworth | 7.35 | 3.09 | 30/04/12 | 16 | 0.46 |
| 73 (75) | Chiene & Tait | 6.00 | 2.00 | 30/09/12 | 7 | 0.86 |
| 74 (-) | HJS | 5.65 | 9.63 | 31/12/11 | 8 | 0.71 |
| 75 (78) | Taylorcocks | 5.64 | 11.50 | 31/12/11 | 9 | 0.63 |
| 76 (76) | Harris Lipman | 5.30 | -2.40 | 31/03/12 | 8 | 0.66 |
| 76 (77) | Jeffreys Henry | 5.30 | 3.90 | 30/04/12 | 7 | 0.76 |
| 78 (-) | Shelley Stock Hutter | 5.00 | 13.25 | 31/03/12 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 79 (80) | Creaseys | 4.85 | 3.00 | 30/04/12 | 7 | 0.69 |
| 80 (81) | Broomfield & Alexander | 4.69 | 0.00 | 31/03/12 | 12 | 0.39 |
| 81 (78) | Bird Luckin | 4.60 | -6.60 | 30/09/11 | 12 | 0.39 |
| 82 (84) | HURST | 4.41 | 10.20 | 30/04/12 | 12 | 0.37 |
| 83 (85) | Moore Thompson | 4.20 | 7.90 | 31/12/11 | 9 | 0.47 |
| 84 (89) | Bennett Brooks & Co | 3.92 | 10.76 | 29/02/12 | 8 | 0.49 |
| 85 (87) | LB | 3.88 | 8.54 | 31/08/12 | 7 | 0.55 |
| 86 (88) | Howard Worth | 3.82 | 7.00 | 31/12/11 | 7 | 0.55 |
| 87 (90) | EQ Accountants [8] | 3.80 | 8.50 | 31/03/12 | 9 | 0.42 |
| 88 (86) | Raffingers Stuart | 3.67 | -3.77 | 31/12/11 | 8 | 0.46 |
| 89 (92) | SMP Accounting and Tax | 3.62 | 6.00 | 31/12/11 | 7 | 0.52 |
| 89 (-) | Moorfields Corporate Recovery | 3.62 | -2.69 | 30/04/12 | 4 | 0.90 |
| 90 (91) | Hilton Sharp & Clarke | 3.59 | 3.60 | 31/03/12 | 7 | 0.51 |
| 92 (-) | Wright Vigar | 3.50 | 3.67 | 31/03/12 | 6 | 0.58 |
| 93 (101) | Begbies Chartered Accountants | 3.25 | 69.00 | 31/03/12 | 6 | 0.54 |
| 94 (99) | Wellden Turnbull | 3.20 | 39.00 | 30/06/12 | 2 | 1.60 |
| 95 (95) | Ellacotts | 3.10 | 14.80 | 31/05/12 | 7 | 0.44 |
| 96 (-) | Whitley Stimpson | 3.04 | 6.39 | 31/12/11 | 8 | 0.38 |
| 97 (97) | Lamont Pridmore | 2.80 | 19.20 | 31/03/12 | 3 | 0.93 |
| 98 (-) | Landau Morley | 2.72 | -13.27 | 30/09/11 | 11 | 0.25 |
| 99 (98) | WSM Partners | 2.53 | 9.70 | 31/12/11 | 4 | 0.63 |
| 100 (-) | BWMacfarlane | 2.40 | – | 31/03/12 | 6 | 0.40 |