Top 50+50 Firms 2016
WELCOME TO THE ACCOUNTANCY AGE 2016 TOP 50+50 SURVEY, SUPPORTED BY SAGE
Welcome to the Accountancy Age Top 50+50 Survey for 2016, supported by Sage.
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2016 analysis: UK’s top accounting firms smash through £12bn fee income barrier
The Top 50 in 2016
| Rank 2016 (2015) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2015) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | PwC | 3,083.00 | 10.0 | 30/06/15 | 969 | 3.12 |
| 2 (2) | Deloitte | 2,714.00 | 6.4 | 31/05/15 | 981 | 2.77 |
| 3 (4) | EY | 2,010.00 | 7.6 | 03/07/16 | 698 | 2.88 |
| 4 (3) | KPMG | 1,958.00 | 2.6 | 30/09/16 | 617 | 3.11 |
| 5 (5) | Grant Thornton UK | 534.20 | 2.6 | 30/06/16 | 186 | 2.87 |
| 6 (6) | BDO | 425.00 | 7.6 | 01/07/16 | 204 | 1.88 |
| 7 (7) | RSM | 292.00 | 1.0 | 31/03/16 | 130 | 2.23 |
| 8 (8) | Smith & Williamson | 221.50 | 3.6 | 30/04/16 | 233 | 0.95 |
| 9 (10) | Moore Stephens | 164.39 | 22.8 | 31/12/15 | 182 | 0.90 |
| 10 (9) | Mazars | 158.42 | 8.9 | 31/08/16 | 137 | 1.17 |
| 11 (11) | PKF UKI | 125.74 | 53.2 | 31/05/16 | 192 | 0.65 |
| 12 (12) | Saffery Champness | 72.90 | 3.4 | 31/03/16 | 72 | 0.99 |
| 13 (13) | Haines Watts | 69.00 | 5.7 | 31/03/16 | 104 | 0.66 |
| 14 (14) | Crowe Clark Whitehill | 67.20 | 5.1 | 31/03/16 | 72 | 0.93 |
| 15 (15) | UHY Hacker Young | 56.70 | 7.7 | 30/04/16 | 83 | 0.68 |
| 16 (17) | MHA MacIntyre Hudson | 50.60 | 13.0 | 31/03/16 | 47 | 1.08 |
| 17 (16) | Begbies Traynor Group | 50.10 | 10.0 | 30/04/16 | 56 | 0.89 |
| 18 (18) | Kingston Smith | 44.90 | 3.9 | 30/04/16 | 62 | 0.72 |
| 19 (19) | Wilkins Kennedy | 40.50 | 20.5 | 30/04/15 | 69 | 0.59 |
| 20 (20) | Menzies | 34.00 | 5.5 | 30/06/15 | 43 | 0.83 |
| 21 (24) | TaxAssist Accountants | 33.65 | 13.0 | 31/12/15 | 203 | 0.16 |
| 22 (22) | Buzzacott | 32.68 | 8.1 | 30/09/15 | 31 | 1.03 |
| 23 (23) | FRP Advisory | 32.24 | 8.2 | 30/04/16 | 35 | 0.92 |
| 24 (29) | Kreston Reeves | 31.76 | 47.8 | 31/05/16 | 50 | 0.64 |
| 25 (24) | HW Fisher & Company | 27.10 | 9.8 | 30/04/16 | 30 | 0.90 |
| 26 (28) | Price Bailey | 24.49 | 12.2 | 31/03/16 | 27 | 0.91 |
| 27 (32) | haysmacintyre | 23.50 | 10.3 | 31/03/16 | 29 | 0.81 |
| 28 (27) | Anderson Anderson & Brown | 22.02 | -2.2 | 31/03/16 | 15 | 1.47 |
| 29 (31) | SJD Accountancy | 21.63 | 12.0 | 31/10/15 | 4 | 5.40 |
| 30 (30) | Frank Hirth | 21.60 | 0.0 | 30/06/16 | 18 | 1.20 |
| 31 (34) | Hazlewoods | 20.90 | 6.2 | 31/04/16 | 22 | 0.95 |
| 32 (33) | Armstrong Watson | 20.17 | -1.0 | 31/03/16 | 31 | 0.65 |
| 33 (36) | Bishop Fleming | 19.90 | 13.6 | 29/05/16 | 29 | 0.69 |
| 34 (35) | Duncan & Toplis | 19.82 | 4.9 | 31/03/16 | 33 | 0.58 |
| 35 (37) | ASE | 18.87 | 10.9 | 31/12/15 | 6 | 3.14 |
| 36 (-) | Streets | 18.07 | 5.0 | 30/06/16 | 20 | 0.90 |
| 37 (41) | Barber Harrison & Platt | 17.61 | 27.7 | 31/12/15 | 26 | 0.73 |
| 38 (40) | Larking Gowen | 17.10 | 11.5 | 31/03/16 | 23 | 0.74 |
| 39 (-) | Leonard Curtis | 17.00 | 2.0 | 31/05/15 | – | – |
| 40 (41) | Old Mill | 16.39 | 1.3 | 31/03/16 | 45 | 0.37 |
| 41 (39) | Lovewell Blake | 16.20 | 3.2 | 30/09/15 | 25 | 0.57 |
| 42 (49) | SRLV | 14.57 | 1.0 | 30/06/16 | 15 | 1.00 |
| 43 (44) | Forrester Boyd | 14.55 | 7.9 | 31/03/16 | 12 | 1.12 |
| 44 (42) | Mercer & Hole | 14.33 | 5.4 | 31/03/16 | 16 | 0.89 |
| 45 (46) | Barnes Roffe | 14.32 | 10.4 | 31/12/15 | 17 | 0.84 |
| 46 (48) | Moore & Smalley | 14.10 | 11.0 | 31/03/16 | 19 | 0.69 |
| 47 (43) | Lubbock Fine | 13.90 | 3.0 | 30/11/15 | 13 | 1.07 |
| 48 (51) | Simmons Gainsford | 13.80 | 16.9 | 31/03/16 | 17 | 0.81 |
| 49 (52) | Carter Backer Winter | 13.40 | 9.5 | 31/03/16 | 17 | 0.79 |
| 50 (67) | Thomas Westcott | 12.61 | 50.7 | 30/04/16 | 25 | 0.50 |
| Firms that provided details after the entry deadline include: | ||||||
| James Cowper Kreston | 14.30 | 11.0 | 30/04/16 | 14 | 1.02 | |
| Hillier Hopkins | 13.55 | 6.7 | 31/03/16 | 17 | 0.80 | |
The next 50 in 2016
| Rank 2016 (2015) |
Name of firm | UK Fee Income (£m) |
% change (vs 2015) | Year end | UK partners |
Fees per partner (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Merger of Rickard Keen and Bird Luckin (previously 83rd) | ||||||
| 51 (54) | Scott-Moncrieff | 12.49 | 10.00 | 30/04/16 | 19 | 0.66 |
| 52 (50) | Silver Levene |
12.48 | 4.0 | 31/05/16 | 17 | 0.73 |
| 53 (53) | Ensors | 12.45 | 8.0 | 31/03/16 | 16 | 0.78 |
| 54 (-) | Smith Cooper | 12.16 | 18.0 | 31/03/16 | 19 | 0.64 |
| 55 (56) | Rothmans | 11.95 | 10.0 | 31/03/16 | 19 | 0.63 |
| 56 (61) | BKL | 11.89 | 18.6 | 31/03/16 | 22 | 0.54 |
| 57 (57) | Beever and Struthers | 11.31 | 7.7 | 30/09/15 | 25 | 0.50 |
| 58 (55) | Shipleys | 10.73 | -0.1 | 30/04/16 | 14 | 0.77 |
| 59 (58) | French Duncan | 10.35 | 100.0 | 30/04/16 | 18 | 0.58 |
| 60 (60) | Henderson Loggie | 10.30 | 1.0 | 30/11/15 | 21 | 0.49 |
| 61 (66) | Beavis Morgan | 9.30 | 5.7 | 31/10/15 | ||
| 62 (68) | Critchleys | 9.20 | 8.3 | 31/05/16 | 16 | 0.57 |
| 63 (72) | Goodman Jones | 8.81 | 14.8 | 31/05/15 | 14 | 0.63 |
| 64 (71) | Mitchell Charlesworth | 8.80 | 10.9 | 03/04/16 | 19 | 0.46 |
| 65 (-) | Rickard Luckin | 8.42 | 1.0 | 18 | 0.50 | |
| 66 (69) | Brebners | 8.40 | 3.4 | 04/05/16 | 19 | 0.44 |
| 67 (75) | HJS Solutions | 8.20 | 25.5 | 31/03/16 | 11 | 0.75 |
| 68 (73) | TGS Taylorcocks | 8.07 | 10.7 | 31/12/15 | 8 | 1.01 |
| 69 (-) | Milsted Langdon | 7.95 | – | 03/04/16 | 19 | 0.42 |
| 70 (74) | Shelley Stock Hutter | 7.18 | 2.8 | 31/03/16 | 6 | 1.20 |
| 71 (76) | Jeffreys Henry | 6.98 | 15.0 | 30/04/16 | 10 | 0.70 |
| 72 (84) | Crunch | 6.72 | 33.9 | 31/03/16 | 4 | 1.68 |
| 73 (77) | EQ Accountants | 6.26 | 4.3 | 31/03/16 | 15 | 0.42 |
| 74 (77) | RDP Newmans | 6.22 | 3.6 | 31/05/16 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 75 (81) | BSG Valentine | 6.10 | 2.5 | 30/09/15 | 12 | 0.51 |
| 76 (88) | Ecovis Wingrave Yeats | 6.07 | 11.0 | 30/06/15 | 6 | 1.01 |
| 77 (82) | Broomfield & Alexander | 5.86 | 10.6 | 31/03/16 | ||
| 78 (-) | Churchill Knight & Associates | 5.60 | 9.0 | 31/01/15 | 2 | 2.80 |
| 79 (85) | Bennett Brooks & Co | 5.47 | 16.9 | 29/02/16 | 10 | 0.55 |
| 80 (90) | Nixon Williams | 5.34 | 12.5 | 31/10/15 | 4 | 1.34 |
| 81 (94) | LB Group | 5.32 | 23.7 | 31/08/15 | 6 | 0.70 |
| 82 (93) | The MPA Group | 5.29 | 22.0 | 31/05/16 | 2 | 2.65 |
| 83 (88) | Raffingers | 5.05 | 10.5 | 31/12/15 | 7 | 0.72 |
| 84 (86) | Rouse Partners | 4.95 | 1.0 | 31/03/16 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 85 (90) | Jackson Stephen | 4.90 | 8.9 | 30/04/16 | 7 | 0.70 |
| 86 (87) | Creaseys | 4.90 | 4.3 | 31/05/16 | 7 | 0.82 |
| 87 (97) | Grunberg & Co | 4.81 | 14.5 | 31/03/16 | 6 | 0.96 |
| =88 (-) | Howard Worth | 4.80 | 12.0 | 31/12/15 | 9 | 0.53 |
| =88 (96) | Whitley Stimpson | 4.80 | 11.6 | 14 | 0.37 | |
| 90 (-) | Ellacotts | 4.77 | 11.0 | 31/05/16 | 7 | 0.68 |
| 91 (-) | Wilder Coe | 4.75 | 5.0 | 31/03/15 | 13 | 0.37 |
| 92 (-) | Moore Thompson | 4.61 | 4.1 | 31/12/15 | 8 | 0.51 |
| 93 (107) | WSM Partners | 4.54 | 8.6 | 30/06/16 | 6 | 0.76 |
| 94 (92) | HURST | 4.52 | 2.5 | 31/03/16 | 8 | 0.57 |
| 95 (105) | Wellden Turnbull | 4.42 | 26.0 | 30/06/16 | 3 | 1.47 |
| 96 (98) | PM+M | 4.32 | 11.0 | 30/04/16 | 12 | 0.36 |
| 97 (-) | Begbies Chartered Accountants | 4.17 | 38.0 | 31/03/16 | 7 | 0.60 |
| 98 (102) | Simpkins Edwards | 4.03 | 10.1 | 31/03/16 | 10 | 0.40 |
| 99 (99) | Lamont Pridmore | 4.00 | 6.3 | 31/03/16 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 100 (104) | Charterhouse | 3.84 | 7.0 | 30/06/15 | 5 | 0.77 |