Top 50 +50 Accountancy Firms 2009

It's a jungle out there for the profession, which is desperately trying to navigate itself through
the dense and oppressive foliage of the recession and emerge fit enough to take advantage of
more clement conditions on the other side.
So far, many firms are wilting in the heat, while just a few of the fittest are standing strong.
The annual Accountancy Age Top 50 survey has found that four in five firms saw growth rate
slow, some dramatically, on previous years - nine posting negative growth figures.
For full coverage of our 2009 Top 50 Firms and +50 Firms, including news, features and
analysis, go to our special report .
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The Top 50
Ranking
2009
(2008)

UK fee
income
(m)

Name of firm

1 (1)

PricewaterhouseCoopers 2244.0

7.00
(6.00)

30/06/08 853

2.60

2 (2)

Deloitte

2010.0

11.5
(15.60)

31/05/08 672

2.99

3 (3)

KPMG

1619.0

0.70
(11.00)

30/09/08 567

2.85

4 (4)

Ernst & Young

1282.0

4.60
(9.00)

30/06/08 493

5 (5)

Grant Thornton

394.1

1.32
(10.2)

30/06/08 291

1.35

6 (6)

BDO Stoy Hayward

353.1

11.00
(10.30)

04/07/08 235

1.50

7 (7)

Baker Tilly

204.0

0.00
(9.20

31/03/09 116

1.75

8 (8)

Smith & Williamson

189.3

6.00
(13.40)

30/04/09 218

0.86

9 (10)

Tenon Group

160.3

17.00
(11.90)

30/06/08 177

0.91

10 (9)

PKF

141.3

-1.00
(10.00)

31/03/09 98

1.44

11 (11)

Moore Stephens

126.1

5.00
(12.00)

31/12/08 163

0.77

12 (12)

Mazars

102.0

1.00
(11.80)

31/08/09 105

13 (13)

Vantis

97.5

3.00
(10.00)

30/04/09 144

14 (14)

RSM Bentley Jennison

80.3

10.91
(13.70)

31/05/09 76

Growth Year
(2008) end

UK
Fees per
partners partner

1.06

15 (-)

Begbies Traynor

61.2

25.00 (-) 30/04/09

16 (15)

Haines Watts

58.2

-3.00
(11.10)

31/03/09 96

0.61

17 (16)

Saffery Champness

51.4

4.9
(9.60)

31/03/09 58

0.89

18 (17)

Horwath Clark Whitehill 46.4

-0.49
(14.00)

31/03/09 69

0.67

19 (18)

UHY Hacker Young

45.0

4.00
(10.00)

30/04/09 88

0.51

20 (19)

Kingston Smith

43.3

4.98
(17.10)

30/04/09 56

0.77

21 (21)

MacIntyre Hudson

30.9

14.00
(11.30)

31/03/09 48

0.64

22 (23)

Wilkins Kennedy

27.4

15.49
(33.90)

30/04/09 45

0.61

23 (22)

Chantrey Vellacott DFK 26.5

4.00
(3.00)

30/06/09 52

0.51

24 (20)

Menzies

26.2

-20.50
(9.20)

28/02/09 31

0.85

25 (24)

Johnston Carmichael

24.4

8.00
(10.00)

31/05/09 42

26 (25)

Rawlinson & Hunter

22.9

14.00 (-) 31/03/09 14

27 (-)

HW Fisher & Company

22.5

9.20 (-)

30/04/08 29

0.80

28 (28)

Buzzacott

19.1

13.00
(13.7)

30/09/08 20

0.95

29 (26)

Armstrong Watson

18.9

-1.30
(7.70)

31/03/09 34

0.55

30 (27)

Littlejohn

18.5

1.93
(6.10)

31/05/09 28

0.66

31 (29)

DTE Group

18.0

7.10 (7.10)

30/04/09 10

32 (31)

Francis Clark

16.5

2.24
(18.80)

31/03/09 33

0.50

33 (34)

Streets

16.4

8.60
(45.20)

30/06/09 19

0.86

34 (32)

haysmacintyre

16.3

3.10
(13.00)

31/03/09 22

0.73

35 (30)

Cooper Parry

15.5

-6.65
(10.7)

30/04/09 22

0.70

36 (35)

Duncan & Toplis

14.7

-2.19
(12.60)

31/03/09 28

0.52

37 (40)

Price Bailey

14.7

9.00
(17.00)

31/03/09 22

0.66

38 (39)

Haslers

14.7

4.71
(7.40)

31/12/08 17

0.82

39 (37)

Shipleys

14.2

0.71
(34.30)

30/04/09 18

0.78

40 (38)

Lovewell Blake

14.1

0.71
(2.20)

30/09/08 21

0.60

41 (33)

Target

13.7

-11.00
(49.5)

31/03/09 11

42 (36)

Hazlewoods

13.6

-3.47
(13.00)

43 (42)

Larking Gowen

13.3

6.40
(6.80)

31/03/09 22

44 (41)

Scott-Moncrieff

13.1

0.00
(4.00)

18

0.73

45 (43)

Reeves & Neylan

12.9

3.27
(11.00)

31/05/08 25

0.52

46 (45)

Mercer & Hole

12.1

8.23
(5.50)

31/03/09 20

0.61

47 (56)

Frank Hirth

11.9

28.00
( 9.3)

31/03/09 8

1.50

48 (47)

Anderson Anderson &

Brown

11.7

13.00
(46.00)

31/03/09 12

0.98

49 (49)

Barnes Roffe

11.5

10.16
(11.70)

31/12/08 16

0.72

50 (46)

Simmons Gainsford

10.9

1.00
(38.00)

31/03/09 16

0.68

17

0.80