Source: every figure comes from Companies House records and the accounts companies file there. How the figures are produced.

Accounting firms in Bristol ranked by number of employees

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . All 15 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
15 of 727
Ranked first
FORRESTBROWN LIMITED
Average employees of no. 1
114
Data as of

Summary

15 accounting firms with a registered office in Bristol reported average employees of 10 or more in their latest accounts.

FORRESTBROWN LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with 114 average employees, followed by GODFREY WILSON LIMITED with 36.

The youngest company on the list is WEST & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED, incorporated in 2021. 8 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010.

The ranking

Accounting firms in Bristol ranked by number of employees: 15 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 FORRESTBROWN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08004376 1272023 1142024 -13 -10.2% 13
2 GODFREY WILSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04537489 322023 362024 +4 +12.5% 22
3 MELROSE (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04605612 372023 312024 -6 -16.2% 22
4 OAKENSEN (BRISTOL) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11231982 182023 192024 +1 +5.6% 7
5 NORTON TAX SHOPS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03969436 192023 172024 -2 -10.5% 25
6 KELLER ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04329241 162024 172025 +1 +6.3% 23
7 LGRC ASSOCIATES LTD (opens in a new tab)09113787 162024 162025 +0 +0.0% 10
8 MITCHELL GLANVILLE (BRISTOL) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08393953 162024 152025 -1 -6.3% 12
9 EVERETT KING (INNTOBOOKWORK) LTD (opens in a new tab)02480286 142024 142025 +0 +0.0% 35
10 STANLEY JOSEPH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03914730 132024 142025 +1 +7.7% 25
11 FD WORKS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07908816 182023 142024 -4 -22.2% 13
12 PHILLIP J DOLMAN LTD (opens in a new tab)11398597 132023 142024 +1 +7.7% 7
13 JAY & JAY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04433976 112023 112024 +0 +0.0% 23
14 PBTA HANHAM LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04864710 72023 102024 +3 +42.9% 21
15 WEST & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13139989 112023 102024 -1 -9.1% 4
Download CSV of this ranking 15 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. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by the average number of employees in the latest filed accounts. Companies with fewer than 10 employees are left out.
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:
  • 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 Bristol727
Not active−63
Dormant−55
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−268
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−80
Average employees below 10−246
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list15