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Accounting firms in Bristol ranked by employee growth

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . All 16 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
16 of 668
Ranked first
CORRIGAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
Top headcount increase
+10 employees
Data as of

Summary

At the top is CORRIGAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab), which went from 30 to 40 average employees, a change of +10 (+33.3%). STREETS STEELE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) and GODFREY WILSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking compares each company's latest two annual accounts. 16 accounting firms in Bristol qualified. ADAMS ROOT LIMITED, incorporated in 2023, is the newest company on the list. Across the list, average headcount rose from 191 to 227.

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 CORRIGAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 30 (2024) to 40 (2025) +33.3%
  2. Rank 2 STREETS STEELE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 15 (2024) to 20 (2025) +33.3%
  3. Rank 3 GODFREY WILSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 36 (2024) to 39 (2025) +8.3%
  4. Rank 4 ADAMS ROOT LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2024) to 7 (2025) +40.0%
  5. Rank 5 GORDON WOOD SCOTT & PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 6 (2024) to 8 (2025) +33.3%
  6. Rank 6 SPECTRUM ACCOUNTANCY SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 7 (2024) to 9 (2025) +28.6%
  7. Rank 7 FULLER & ROPER LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 8 (2024) to 10 (2025) +25.0%
  8. Rank 8 LAWES & CO UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 13 (2024) to 15 (2025) +15.4%
  9. Rank 9 PURE PROFESSIONALS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2024) to 6 (2025) +20.0%
  10. Rank 10 R S PORTER & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2024) to 6 (2025) +20.0%
All bars share one scale, so the increases can be compared directly. Every figure is also in the full table below.

The ranking

Accounting firms in Bristol ranked by employee growth: 16 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous average employees, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Average employees Latest accounts Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 CORRIGAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11670978 302024 402025 +10 +33.3% 7
2 STREETS STEELE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10834052 152024 202025 +5 +33.3% 9
3 GODFREY WILSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04537489 362024 392025 +3 +8.3% 23
4 ADAMS ROOT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)15367566 52024 72025 +2 +40.0% 2
5 GORDON WOOD SCOTT & PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08896829 62024 82025 +2 +33.3% 12
6 SPECTRUM ACCOUNTANCY SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09860034 72024 92025 +2 +28.6% 10
7 FULLER & ROPER LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07694757 82024 102025 +2 +25.0% 14
8 LAWES & CO UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08462322 132024 152025 +2 +15.4% 13
9 PURE PROFESSIONALS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09035041 52024 62025 +1 +20.0% 12
10 R S PORTER & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09065461 52024 62025 +1 +20.0% 12
11 FOCUS ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06377770 62024 72025 +1 +16.7% 18
12 TAXPARTNER LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04410082 72024 82025 +1 +14.3% 24
13 ROBERTS & CO (BRISTOL) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04768496 72024 82025 +1 +14.3% 23
14 JAY & JAY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04433976 112024 122025 +1 +9.1% 24
15 PHILLIP J DOLMAN LTD (opens in a new tab)11398597 142025 152026 +1 +7.1% 8
16 KELLER ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04329241 162024 172025 +1 +6.3% 24
Download CSV of this ranking 16 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
  • 69201 – Accounting and auditing activities
  • 69202 – Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203 – Tax consultancy
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Bristol.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts against its accounts for the year before. Companies whose two latest accounts are not for consecutive years are left out.
Ranking
Ranked by the increase in average employees between the latest two consecutive annual accounts, then by percentage increase. Companies must have started with at least 5 average employees.
Exclusions
Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it). Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
  • headcount more than 10 times the year before
  • an employee number identical to the net assets figure, or above 100,000
  • more employees than the company's accounts category allows (micro: 50, small: 250, with a margin)
  • less than £5,000 of turnover per employee, or a round number of thousands with no turnover to check it against
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Bristol668
Not active−30
Dormant−53
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−103
Figure missing for one of the two years−131
Starting figure below the minimum−294
No increase−41
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list16