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

Accounting firms in Manchester 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 17 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
17 of 1,377
Ranked first
RND TAX CREDITS LTD
Average employees of no. 1
67
Data as of

Summary

The list is led by RND TAX CREDITS LTD (opens in a new tab) with 67 average employees; CHADWICK & COMPANY (MANCHESTER) LIMITED (opens in a new tab) and CVS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking uses each company's most recent filed accounts. 17 accounting firms in Manchester qualified. 3 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010. The median listed company was incorporated 9 years ago.

The ranking

Accounting firms in Manchester ranked by number of employees: 17 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 RND TAX CREDITS LTD (opens in a new tab)13193284 – 672025 – – 4
2 CHADWICK & COMPANY (MANCHESTER) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04351426 522023 562024 +4 +7.7% 23
3 CVS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13697305 432023 432024 +0 +0.0% 3
4 MAP ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)09186951 – 292025 – – 11
5 G A HARRIS & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04478782 322023 282024 -4 -12.5% 23
6 YOUR CASHIER LTD. (opens in a new tab)09824560 162023 232024 +7 +43.8% 9
7 STERLING PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06974542 232024 212025 -2 -8.7% 16
8 TUDOR PAYROLL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12878486 202023 202024 +0 +0.0% 4
9 WILLIAMSON CROFT ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10332044 182023 182024 +0 +0.0% 9
10 525 ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08358134 – 152025 – – 12
11 CHRISTIAN DOUGLASS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11177618 142023 142024 +0 +0.0% 7
12 ALEXANDER BURSK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08021691 142023 132024 -1 -7.1% 13
13 SK ACCOUNTANTS (MCR) LTD (opens in a new tab)11033610 122023 122024 +0 +0.0% 7
14 THOMAS & CO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13474030 62023 122024 +6 +100.0% 4
15 CLEARCUT ACCOUNTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07266430 102023 102024 +0 +0.0% 15
16 DEL VIGNA DOBSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08316246 92023 102024 +1 +11.1% 12
17 ROYSTON & ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13879276 12024 102025 +9 +900.0% 3
Download CSV of this ranking 17 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 Manchester.
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 Manchester1,377
Not active−169
Dormant−93
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−559
Average employees not filed in the latest accounts−141
Average employees below 10−398
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list17