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Accounting firms in Leeds 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 13 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
13 of 600
Ranked first
KIRK NEWSHOLME LTD
Average employees of no. 1
52
Data as of

Summary

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

KIRK NEWSHOLME LTD (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with 52 average employees, followed by HENTONS LIMITED with 48.

The median listed company was incorporated 12 years ago. 5 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010.

The ranking

Accounting firms in Leeds ranked by number of employees: 13 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 KIRK NEWSHOLME LTD (opens in a new tab)03492421 502023 522024 +2 +4.0% 27
2 HENTONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11385061 482023 482024 +0 +0.0% 7
3 J S WHITE & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09336448 – 442024 – – 10
4 THOMAS COOMBS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08191791 302023 342024 +4 +13.3% 12
5 NORTHERN ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)06231215 172023 282024 +11 +64.7% 18
6 BEECH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04512652 272023 272024 +0 +0.0% 22
7 MONTPELIER PROFESSIONAL (GALLOWAY) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06025692 232023 222024 -1 -4.3% 18
8 HENTONS (YORK) LTD (opens in a new tab)11155433 142023 182024 +4 +28.6% 7
9 EESS EDUCATION GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)12723732 92024 152025 +6 +66.7% 5
10 EE ACCOUNTAX LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08324739 132023 132024 +0 +0.0% 12
11 CUTLER & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07872704 102023 122024 +2 +20.0% 13
12 SYERS MCGILL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12401689 92024 112025 +2 +22.2% 5
13 FARRAR SMITH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04856900 92023 102024 +1 +11.1% 21
Download CSV of this ranking 13 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. 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 Leeds600
Not active−82
Dormant−37
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−255
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−46
Average employees below 10−167
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list13