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Accounting firms in Leeds 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 14 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
14 of 600
Ranked first
NORTHERN ACCOUNTANTS LTD
Top headcount increase
+11 employees
Data as of

Summary

Of the 600 accounting firms in Leeds that we checked, 14 met the rules for this list by growing their average employees between their latest two annual accounts. NORTHERN ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab) leads after its average employees moved from 17 to 28 (+64.7%), ahead of EESS EDUCATION GROUP LTD and HENTONS (YORK) LTD.

  • Median company age: 12 years
  • Median change on the list: +20.0%
  • Combined average employees: 185 in the earlier year, 224 in the latest

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 NORTHERN ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab) 17 (2023) to 28 (2024) +64.7%
  2. Rank 2 EESS EDUCATION GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab) 9 (2024) to 15 (2025) +66.7%
  3. Rank 3 HENTONS (YORK) LTD (opens in a new tab) 14 (2023) to 18 (2024) +28.6%
  4. Rank 4 THOMAS COOMBS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 30 (2023) to 34 (2024) +13.3%
  5. Rank 5 HCA ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab) 5 (2023) to 7 (2024) +40.0%
  6. Rank 6 SYERS MCGILL LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 9 (2024) to 11 (2025) +22.2%
  7. Rank 7 CUTLER & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 10 (2023) to 12 (2024) +20.0%
  8. Rank 8 KIRK NEWSHOLME LTD (opens in a new tab) 50 (2023) to 52 (2024) +4.0%
  9. Rank 9 KINGSWOOD HART LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2023) to 6 (2024) +20.0%
  10. Rank 10 MAK ACCOUNTING LTD. (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 Leeds ranked by employee growth: 14 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 NORTHERN ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)06231215 172023 282024 +11 +64.7% 18
2 EESS EDUCATION GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)12723732 92024 152025 +6 +66.7% 5
3 HENTONS (YORK) LTD (opens in a new tab)11155433 142023 182024 +4 +28.6% 7
4 THOMAS COOMBS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08191791 302023 342024 +4 +13.3% 12
5 HCA ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)06208449 52023 72024 +2 +40.0% 18
6 SYERS MCGILL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12401689 92024 112025 +2 +22.2% 5
7 CUTLER & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07872704 102023 122024 +2 +20.0% 13
8 KIRK NEWSHOLME LTD (opens in a new tab)03492421 502023 522024 +2 +4.0% 27
9 KINGSWOOD HART LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07456759 52023 62024 +1 +20.0% 14
10 MAK ACCOUNTING LTD. (opens in a new tab)11198124 52024 62025 +1 +20.0% 7
11 STRATOS TAXATION LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08826861 72024 82025 +1 +14.3% 11
12 SPENCER WOODS (LEEDS) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10666806 72024 82025 +1 +14.3% 8
13 IMPALA ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11374158 82023 92024 +1 +12.5% 7
14 FARRAR SMITH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04856900 92023 102024 +1 +11.1% 21
Download CSV of this ranking 14 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 Leeds.
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 Leeds600
Not active−82
Dormant−37
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−255
Figure missing for one of the two years−63
Starting figure below the minimum−134
No increase−15
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list14