Accountancy Age Top 50+50 2014
The industry-leading data outlining the performance of the Accountancy Age Top 50+50 - our survey of the 100 biggest practices
The industry-leading data outlining the performance of the Accountancy Age Top 50+50 - our survey of the 100 biggest practices
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.
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View the Top 50+50, with runners and riders, as a PDF
The Top 50 in 2014
Rank 2014 (2013) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2013) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
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[1] PKF UKI’s results are drawn from an amalgamation of member firms’ figures, comprising PKF Littlejohn, PKF Cooper Parry and PKF Johnston Carmichael [2] Zolfo Cooper’s ranking based on most recent Companies House filing [3] Smith & Williamson’s figures on fee income and profit for the firm are draft numbers as these figures have not yet been audited [4] Saffery Champness’ figures include Guernsey office [5] UHY Hacker Young’s 2012/13 fee income figure reported to AA last year has been adjusted downwards as some estimates were provided by member firms due to timing of data collation [6] KPMG profits are pooled at national level, not internationally. CF details are combined with insolvency and business restructuring. Personal finance/wealth mgt is included in tax figures. Forensic figures are included in consulting. Pensions figures are included in tax. CSR/environmental figures are included in audit [7] Bishop Fleming converted from Partnership to LLP on 1 June 2014 [8] Reeves & Co’s turnover and profit figures are an estimate of the year ended 31 May 2014. In December 2014 Reeves & Co LLP merged with CLB Gatwick. Turnover and profits stated assume a full year of fees/profit from the merged practice [9] Lamont Pridmore’s income relating to pension advice has been included in personal finance/wealth management. Its income relating to business restructuring has been included in consultancy [10] BDO has supplied estimated figures up to its year end [11] Carter Backer Winter’s data includes income from merger of Blackstone Franks LLP [12] Grant Thornton’s figures provided are based on June 30 2014 year end estimates/forecasts [13] As the financial year to 30 June 2014 was not finished at the time Frank Hirth completed the survey, sales figures for May and June have been estimated |
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1 (1) | PwC | 2,689.00 | 3.00 | 30/06/13 | 874 | 3.07 |
2 (2) | Deloitte | 2,515.00 | 8.00 | 31/05/13 | 1008 | 2.49 |
3 (3) | KPMG [6] | 1,782.00 | 0.50 | 30/09/13 | 589 | 3.06 |
4 (4) | EY | 1,721.00 | 6.00 | 30/06/13 | 628 | 2.74 |
5 (5) | Grant Thornton UK [12] | 505.50 | 7.27 | 30/06/14 | 195 | 2.59 |
6 (6) | BDO [10] | 375.00 | 24.00 | 07/04/14 | 245 | 1.53 |
7 (9) | Baker Tilly | 246.00 | 51.00 | 31/03/14 | 111 | 2.20 |
8 (8) | Smith & Williamson [3] | 199.00 | 7.20 | 30/04/14 | 268 | 0.74 |
9 (11) | Mazars | 132.60 | 10.50 | 31/08/14 | 127 | 1.04 |
10 (10) | Moore Stephens UK | 131.73 | -3.15 | 31/12/13 | 149 | 0.88 |
11 (-) | PKF UKI [1] | 76.03 | 7.42 | 31/05/14 | 118 | 0.64 |
12 (14) | Saffery Champness [4] | 64.85 | 10.19 | 31/03/14 | 67 | 0.97 |
13 (12) | Haines Watts | 62.80 | 3.50 | 31/03/14 | 106 | 0.59 |
14 (13) | Crowe Clark Whitehill | 61.10 | 0.69 | 31/03/14 | 69 | 0.89 |
15 (15) | Begbies Traynor | 51.10 | -11.50 | 30/04/13 | 68 | 0.75 |
16 (16) | UHY Hacker Young [5] | 50.00 | 4.08 | 30/04/13 | 82 | 0.61 |
17 (17) | Kingston Smith | 41.81 | 4.37 | 30/04/14 | 60 | 0.71 |
18 (19) | MHA MacIntyre Hudson | 41.80 | 6.40 | 31/03/14 | 42 | 0.99 |
19 (21) | Wilkins Kennedy | 34.98 | 11.19 | 31/04/14 | 68 | 0.55 |
20 (18) | Zolfo Cooper[2] | 34.10 | -12.34 | 31/03/13 | 43 | 0.79 |
21 (22) | Chantrey Vellacott DFK | 31.00 | 5.30 | 31/12/13 | 40 | 0.78 |
22 (23) | Menzies | 30.31 | 6.20 | 31/06/13 | 40 | 0.76 |
23 (25) | Buzzacott | 28.04 | 10.30 | 30/09/12 | 26 | 1.08 |
24 (24) | Francis Clark | 27.45 | 7.30 | 31/03/14 | 49 | 0.59 |
25 (26) | TaxAssist Accountants | 27.21 | 11.00 | 31/12/13 | 190 | 0.14 |
26 (28) | FRP Advisory | 25.96 | 20.57 | 30/04/14 | 35 | 0.76 |
27 (27) | HW Fisher & Company | 23.00 | -2.70 | 30/04/13 | 29 | 0.79 |
28 (30) | Frank Hirth [13] | 21.60 | 4.00 | 30/06/14 | 22 | 1.00 |
29 (31) | Reeves & Co[8] | 21.20 | 4.43 | 31/05/14 | 41 | 0.52 |
30 (34) | Armstrong Watson | 20.50 | 8.10 | 31/03/14 | 30 | 0.63 |
31 (29) | Price Bailey | 20.30 | -3.00 | 31/03/14 | 23 | 0.90 |
32 (32) | SJD Accountancy | 20.00 | 5.00 | 31/10/13 | 1 | 20.00 |
33 (35) | Haysmacintyre | 19.77 | 7.83 | 31/03/14 | 27 | 0.73 |
34 (37) | Hazlewoods | 18.68 | 7.26 | 30/04/14 | 24 | 0.78 |
35 (36) | Duncan & Toplis | 18.44 | 3.65 | 31/03/14 | 25 | 0.71 |
36 (=38) | Streets | 17.10 | 2.39 | 30/06/14 | 20 | 0.85 |
37 (=38) | Anderson Anderson & Brown | 17.04 | 2.10 | 31/03/14 | 12 | 1.42 |
38 (40) | Bishop Fleming [7] | 16.63 | 3.30 | 31/05/14 | 24 | 0.69 |
39 (46) | Old Mill | 16.24 | 13.00 | 31/03/14 | 23 | 0.71 |
40 (42) | Lovewell Blake | 15.70 | 1.57 | 30/09/13 | 26 | 0.54 |
41 (45) | Larking Gowen | 13.96 | 1.88 | 31/03/14 | 20 | 0.70 |
42 (=47) | Mercer & Hole | 13.27 | 7.36 | 31/03/14 | 17 | 0.78 |
43 (=47) | ASE | 13.05 | 6.10 | 31/12/13 | 6 | 2.18 |
44 (51) | James Cowper | 12.88 | 8.41 | 30/04/14 | 13 | 0.99 |
45 (52) | Hillier Hopkins | 12.45 | 6.41 | 31/03/14 | 19 | 0.59 |
46 (-) | Forrester Boyd | 12.40 | 14.90 | 31/03/14 | 14 | 0.88 |
47 (49) | Shipleys | 12.38 | 0.40 | 30/04/14 | 15 | 0.82 |
48 (58) | Barber Harrison & Platt | 12.37 | 20.80 | 31/12/13 | 17 | 0.83 |
49 (53) | Moore and Smalley | 12.12 | 4.48 | 31/03/14 | 18 | 0.67 |
50 (50) | Barnes Roffe | 11.98 | -1.40 | 31/12/13 | 17 | 0.71 |
The next 50 in 2014
Rank 2014 (2013) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2013) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
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51 (56) | Silver Levene | 11.13 | 3.00 | 31/05/13 | 18 | 0.61 |
52 (55) | Scott-Moncrieff |
11.00 | 0.10 | 30/04/14 | 14 | 0.79 |
53 (54) | Henderson Loggie | 10.54 | -4.18 | 30/11/13 | 21 | 0.50 |
54 (60) | Rothmans | 10.50 | 8.50 | 31/03/14 | 20 | 0.53 |
55 (-) | Kinetic Partners | 10.50 | 20.00 | 31/03/14 | 19 | 0.55 |
56 (68) | Carter Backer Winter [11] | 10.40 | 20.00 | 31/03/14 | 16 | 0.65 |
57 (59) | Simmons Gainsford | 10.35 | 4.86 | 31/03/14 | 16 | 0.65 |
58 (61) | Beever and Struthers | 10.06 | 0.60 | 30/09/13 | 21 | 0.41 |
59 (66) | SRLV | 10.00 | 10.00 | 30/06/13 | 13 | 1.00 |
60 (61) | Dains | 9.73 | 4.06 | 31/03/14 | 19 | 0.51 |
61 (63) | Lubbock Fine | 9.70 | 4.60 | 30/11/13 | 14 | 0.69 |
62 (57) | Montpelier Professional | 9.43 | -5.8 | 31/12/13 | 16 | 0.59 |
63 (-) | Scrutton Bland | 9.34 | 5.00 | 31/03/14 | 12 | 0.78 |
64 (68) | French Duncan | 9.30 | 13.00 | 30/04/14 | 20 | 0.47 |
65 (63) | Spofforths | 9.01 | -2.60 | 31/12/13 | 16 | 0.56 |
66 (68) | Cowgill Holloway | 9.00 | 9.60 | 31/05/14 | 11 | 0.81 |
67 (75) | Berg Kaprow Lewis | 8.80 | 10.00 | 31/03/14 | 12 | 0.70 |
68 (68) | Gerald Edelman | 8.71 | 4.68 | 31/03/14 | 12 | 0.73 |
69 (77) | Brebners | 8.54 | 12.36 | 05/04/14 | 16 | 0.53 |
70 (72) | Thomas Westcott | 8.20 | -2.39 | 30/04/14 | 16 | 0.51 |
71 (73) | Critchleys | 7.80 | -8.20 | 31/05/14 | 11 | 0.78 |
72 (78) | Mitchell Charlesworth | 7.47 | 2.60 | 30/04/14 | 17 | 0.44 |
73 (87) | ClearSky Accounting | 6.71 | 43.00 | 31/03/14 | 1 | 6.71 |
74 (83) | Shelley Stock Hutter | 6.44 | 21.14 | 31/03/14 | 5 | 1.29 |
75 (79) | The Taylor Cocks Partnership | 6.25 | 2.45 | 31/12/13 | 8 | 0.78 |
=76 (81) | Bennett Verby | 6.00 | 5.00 | 31/12/13 | 13 | 0.46 |
=76 (80) | Chiene + Tait | 6.00 | 0.00 | 30/09/14 | 8 | 0.75 |
78 (=82) | HJS Solutions | 5.75 | 5.09 | 31/12/13 | 8 | 0.72 |
79 (=82) | Jeffreys Henry | 5.60 | 1.82 | 30/04/14 | 8 | 0.70 |
80 (87) | Bird Luckin | 5.08 | 7.86 | 30/09/13 | 11 | 0.46 |
81 (-) | RDP Newmans | 5.03 | 6.75 | 31/05/14 | 10 | 0.50 |
82 (89) | Broomfield & Alexander | 4.75 | 3.26 | 31/03/14 | 10 | 0.47 |
83 (85) | Harris Lipman | 4.70 | 0.00 | 30/03/14 | 9 | 0.52 |
84 (92) | Bennett Brooks & Co | 4.46 | 5.00 | 28/02/14 | 9 | 0.50 |
85 (93) | Moore Thompson | 4.42 | 4.00 | 31/12/13 | 9 | 0.49 |
86 (91) | Hurst | 4.37 | -2.88 | 30/04/14 | 9 | 0.48 |
87 (94) | LB Group | 4.20 | 5.00 | 31/08/13 | 6 | 0.70 |
88 (95) | Ecovis Wingrave Yeats | 4.16 | 8.00 | 30/06/13 | 6 | 0.68 |
89 (-) | The MPA Group | 4.13 | 130.00 | 31/05/14 | 2 | 2.06 |
90 (95) | Howard Worth | 4.10 | 4.00 | 31/12/13 | 7 | 0.57 |
91 (108) | WSM Partners | 4.04 | 38.00 | 31/12/13 | 4 | 1.01 |
=92 (100) | Grunberg & Co | 4.00 | 13.65 | 31/03/14 | 4 | 1.00 |
=92 (-) | Jackson Stephen | 4.00 | 11.00 | 30/04/14 | 7 | 0.57 |
94 (101) | Ellacotts | 3.90 | 11.00 | 31/05/14 | 7 | 0.56 |
95 (99) | Raffingers Stuart | 3.80 | 2.70 | 31/12/13 | 6 | 0.63 |
96 (-) | Hartley Fowler | 3.50 | 3.00 | 31/03/14 | 6 | 0.58 |
97 (114) | Crunch Accounting | 3.44 | 50.00 | 31/03/14 | 3 | 1.15 |
98 (107) | Lamont Pridmore [9] | 3.40 | 13.70 | 31/03/14 | 3 | 1.13 |
99 (=103) | Wellden Turnbull | 3.35 | 3.00 | 30/06/14 | 2 | 1.67 |
=100(=103) | Begbies Chartered Accountants | 3.19 | 0.00 | 31/03/14 | 4 | 0.80 |
=100 (-) | SMP Accounting & Tax | 3.19 | -2.10 | 31/12/13 | 7 | 0.46 |