Accountancy Age Top 50+50 Survey 2015
Accountancy Age is delighted to present the 2015 Top 50+50 Survey, supported by Wolters Kluwer
WELCOME TO THE 2015 ACCOUNTANCY AGE TOP 50+50 SURVEY,
SUPPORTED BY WOLTERS KLUWER
Accountancy Age is delighted to present the 2015 Top 50+50 Survey, supported by Wolters Kluwer. Please find our latest analysis of the survey results, a PDF version of the table, and a link to last year’s research.
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Firms grow fees despite navel-gazing
Audit market fee growth continues upward trajectory
Partner numbers fall
Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by practices
Gormenghastian gloom pervades insolvency market
Firms’ tax service lines resilient following uncertain year
The Top 50 in 2015
| Rank 2015 (2014) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2014) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Denotes information taken from Companies House
** Moore Stephens and Chantrey Vellacott DFK merged on 1 May 2015
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| 1 (1) | PwC | 2,814.00 | 5.00 | 30/06/14 | 854 | 3.29 |
| 2 (2) | Deloitte | 2,550.00 | 1.40 | 31/05/14 | 967 | 2.63 |
| 3 (3) | KPMG | 1,874.00 | 5.16 | 30/09/14 | 628 | 3.19 |
| 4 (4) | EY | 1,860.00 | 8.60 | 30/06/14 | 622 | 2.99 |
| 5 (5) | Grant Thornton UK | 515.00 | 0.52 | 30/06/15 | 188 | 2.78 |
| 6 (6) | BDO | 395.00 | 3.00 | 07/03/15 | 227 | 1.75 |
| 7 (7) | Baker Tilly | 294.00 | 20.00 | 31/03/15 | 125 | 2.35 |
| 8 (8) | Smith & Williamson | 213.90 | 7.50 | 30/04/15 | 238 | 0.9 |
| 9 (9) | Mazars | 145.42 | 9.57 | 31/08/15 | 130 | 1.12 |
| 10 (10) | Moore Stephens ** | 136.90 | 3.76 | 31/12/14 | 151 | 0.91 |
| 11 (11) | PKF UKI | 81.67 | 7.40 | 31/05/15 | 128 | 0.64 |
| 12 (12) | Saffery Champness | 70.50 | 8.72 | 31/03/15 | 70 | 1.00 |
| 13 (13) | Haines Watts | 65.30 | 3.80 | 31/03/15 | 108 | 0.60 |
| 14 (14) | Crowe Clark Whitehill | 63.90 | 4.58 | 31/03/15 | 73 | 0.88 |
| 15 (16) | UHY Hacker Young | 52.60 | 5.35 | 30/04/15 | 81 | 0.65 |
| 16 (15) | Begbies Traynor | 45.80 | -10.40 | 30/04/14 | 55 | 0.67 |
| 17 (18) | MHA McIntyre Hudson | 44.80 | 7.18 | 31/03/15 | 44 | 1.06 |
| 18 (17) | Kingston Smith | 43.65 | 3.43 | 30/04/15 | 61 | 0.70 |
| 19 (19) | Wilkins Kennedy * | 33.60 | 10.52 | 30/04/14 | 68 | 0.49 |
| 20 (22) | Menzies * | 32.22 | 6.30 | 30/06/14 | 40 | 0.80 |
| 21 (21) | Chantrey Vellacott DFK ** | 31.60 | 1.30 | 31/12/14 | 38 | 0.83 |
| 22 (23) | Buzzacott | 30.24 | 7.90 | 30/09/14 | 31 | 0.99 |
| 23 (26) | FRP Advisory | 29.79 | 21.23 | 30/04/15 | 31 | 0.93 |
| 24 (25) | TaxAssist Accountants | 29.70 | 9.00 | 31/12/14 | 187 | 0.15 |
| 25 (24) | Francis Clark | 29.22 | 6.40 | 31/03/15 | 49 | 0.60 |
| 26 (27) | HW Fisher & Company | 24.30 | 5.70 | 30/04/14 | 29 | 0.83 |
| 27 (38) | Anderson Anderson & Brown | 22.52 | 32.00 | 31/03/15 | 15 | 1.50 |
| 28 (31) | Price Bailey | 21.84 | 7.70 | 31/03/15 | 26 | 0.84 |
| 29 (29) | Kreston Reeves | 21.64 | 6.60 | 31/05/15 | 40 | 0.54 |
| 30 (28) | Frank Hirth | 21.60 | 0.00 | 30/06/15 | 22 | 1.00 |
| 31 (32) | SJD Accountancy | 21.50 | 7.50 | 31/10/14 | 4 | 5.30 |
| 32 (33) | haysmacintyre | 21.31 | 8.20 | 31/03/15 | 27 | 0.79 |
| 33 (30) | Armstrong Watson | 20.45 | 1.00 | 31/03/15 | 31 | 0.66 |
| 34 (34) | Hazlewoods | 19.40 | 3.81 | 30/04/15 | 22 | 0.88 |
| 35 (35) | Duncan & Toplis | 18.89 | 2.43 | 31/03/15 | 27 | 0.67 |
| 36 (38) | Bishop Fleming | 17.50 | 5.10 | 31/05/15 | 28 | 0.65 |
| 37 (43) | ASE | 17.01 | 30.34 | 31/12/14 | 7 | 2.43 |
| 38 (39) | Old Mill | 16.39 | 0.92 | 31/03/15 | 23 | 0.71 |
| 39 (40) | Lovewell Blake | 15.70 | 0.00 | 30/09/14 | 26 | 0.54 |
| 40 (41) | Larking Gowen | 15.30 | 9.68 | 31/03/15 | 22 | 0.69 |
| 41 (48) | Barber Harrison & Platt | 13.78 | 12.20 | 31/12/14 | 18 | 0.80 |
| 42 (42) | Mercer & Hole | 13.59 | 2.36 | 31/03/15 | 18 | 0.75 |
| 43 (61) | Lubbock Fine | 13.50 | 39.00 | 30/11/14 | 13 | 1.04 |
| 44 (46) | Forrester Boyd | 13.48 | 8.70 | 31/03/15 | 13 | 1.04 |
| 45 (44) | James Cowper Kreston | 13.30 | 3.80 | 30/04/15 | 13 | 1.00 |
| 46 (50) | Barnes Roffe | 12.97 | 8.26 | 31/12/14 | 17 | 0.76 |
| 47 (45) | Hillier Hopkins | 12.72 | 12.16 | 31/03/15 | 18 | 0.71 |
| 48 (49) | Moore & Smalley | 12.60 | 7.80 | 31/03/15 | 18 | 0.67 |
| 49 (59) | SRLV | 12.33 | 23.00 | 30/06/14 | 13 | 0.95 |
| 50 (51) | Silver Levene | 12.00 | 8.00 | 31/05/15 | 17 | 0.79 |
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| Rank 2015 (2014) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2014) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
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| 51 (57) | Simmons Gainsford | 11.81 | 14.11 | 31/03/15 | 17 | 0.69 |
| 52 (56) | Carter Backer Winter |
11.80 | 13.46 | 31/03/15 | 18 | 0.65 |
| 53 (-) | Ensors | 11.53 | 4.60 | 31/03/15 | 16 | 0.73 |
| 54 (52) | Scott-Moncrieff | 11.35 | 3.23 | 30/04/15 | 18 | 0.63 |
| 55 (47) | Shipleys | 11.26 | -9.00 | 30/04/15 | 12 | 0.93 |
| 56 (54) | Rothmans | 10.86 | 3.40 | 31/03/15 | 20 | 0.54 |
| 57 (58) | Beever and Struthers | 10.40 | 3.40 | 30/09/14 | 21 | 0.45 |
| 58 (64) | French Duncan | 10.25 | 10.00 | 30/04/15 | 18 | 0.50 |
| 59 (53) | Henderson Loggie | 10.20 | -3.23 | 30/11/14 | 22 | 0.46 |
| 60 (60) | Dains | 10.13 | 4.11 | 31/03/15 | 19 | 0.53 |
| =61 (-) | Danbro * | 10.00 | 22.3 | 31/03/14 | 2 | 5.00 |
| =61 (67) | BKL | 10.00 | 14.00 | 31/03/15 | 14 | 0.72 |
| 63 (68) | Gerald Edelman | 9.66 | 7.30 | 31/03/15 | 13 | 0.71 |
| =64 (65) | Spofforths | 9.00 | 2.00 | 31/12/14 | 16 | 0.56 |
| =64 (66) | Cowgill Holloway | 9.00 | 0.00 | 31/05/15 | 13 | 0.69 |
| 66 (-) | Beavis Morgan | 8.80 | 17.10 | 31/10/14 | 16 | 0.55 |
| 67 (70) | Thomas Westcott | 8.40 | 2.40 | 30/04/15 | 16 | 0.52 |
| 68 (71) | Critchleys | 8.24 | 5.10 | 31/05/14 | 10 | 0.82 |
| 69 (69) | Brebners | 8.10 | -5.15 | 05/04/15 | 18 | 0.45 |
| 70 (73) | Clearsky Accounting | 8.04 | 33.00 | 30/03/15 | – | – |
| 71 (72) | Mitchell Charlesworth | 7.71 | 3.20 | 30/04/15 | 18 | 0.44 |
| 72 (-) | Goodman Jones | 7.68 | 5.93 | 31/05/14 | 13 | 0.59 |
| 73 (75) | TGS Taylorcocks | 7.29 | 17.00 | 31/12/14 | 8 | 0.91 |
| 74 (74) | Shelley Stock Hutter | 6.99 | 8.55 | 31/03/15 | 5 | 1.40 |
| 75 (78) | HJS Solutions | 6.54 | 13.77 | 31/12/14 | 9 | 0.73 |
| 76 (79) | Jeffreys Henry | 6.20 | 10.70 | 30/04/15 | 10 | 0.62 |
| =77 (-) | EQ Accountants | 6.00 | 50.00 | 31/03/15 | 16 | 0.38 |
| =77 (81) | RDP Newmans | 6.00 | 19.40 | 31/05/15 | 10 | 0.60 |
| =77 (=76) | Chiene + Tait | 6.00 | 0.00 | 30/09/15 | 8 | 0.75 |
| 80 (=76) | Bennett Verby | 5.96 | 2.30 | 31/12/15 | 10 | 0.60 |
| 81 (-) | BSG Valentine | 5.95 | 1.17 | 30/09/14 | 12 | 0.46 |
| 82 (82) | Broomfield & Alexander | 5.30 | 11.57 | 31/03/15 | 8 | 0.66 |
| 83 (80) | Bird Luckin | 5.20 | 2.84 | 30/09/14 | 11 | 0.52 |
| 84 (97) | Crunch | 5.14 | 50.00 | 31/03/15 | 3 | 1.71 |
| 85 (84) | Bennett Brooks & Co | 4.97 | 11.30 | 28/02/15 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 86 (-) | Rouse Partners | 4.90 | 9.00 | 31/03/15 | 9 | 0.54 |
| 87 (-) | Creaseys | 4.70 | 2.60 | 31/05/15 | 8 | 0.58 |
| =88 (88) | Ecovis Wingrave Yeats | 4.57 | 9.85 | 30/06/14 | 5 | 0.91 |
| =88 (95) | Raffingers Stuart | 4.57 | 20.26 | 31/12/14 | 7 | 0.65 |
| =90 (-) | Nixon Williams | 4.50 | 3.90 | 31/10/14 | 4 | 1.10 |
| =90 (=92) | Jackson Stephen | 4.50 | 12.50 | 30/04/15 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 92 (86) | HURST | 4.41 | -1.34 | 31/03/15 | 9 | 0.49 |
| 93 (89) | The MPA Group | 4.35 | 6.10 | 31/05/15 | 2 | 2.15 |
| =94 (87) | LB Group | 4.30 | 2.40 | 31/08/14 | 6 | 0.72 |
| =94 (94) | Ellacotts | 4.30 | 10.30 | 31/01/15 | 7 | 0.61 |
| 96 (-) | Whitley Stimpson | 4.27 | 9.60 | 31/03/15 | 13 | 0.33 |
| 97 (=92) | Grunberg & Co | 4.20 | 5.00 | 31/03/15 | 5 | 0.84 |
| 98 (-) | PM+M | 3.92 | 19.75 | 30/04/15 | 10 | 0.39 |
| 99 (98) | Lamont Pridmore | 3.76 | 10.73 | 31/03/15 | 3 | 1.25 |
| 100(-) | Bevan & Buckland | 3.68 | 10.00 | 30/04/15 | 6 | 0.61 |
