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 net assets

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 185 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
185 of 1,377
Ranked first
CVS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Net assets of no. 1
£2,618,476
Data as of

Summary

Of the 1,377 accounting firms in Manchester that we checked, 185 were active, had recent accounts and reported net assets of £10,000 or more. CVS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first with £2,618,476 of net assets in its latest accounts.

  • Newest company: NEXUS BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LTD, incorporated 2023
  • Companies with net assets above £1,000,000: 5
  • Median company age: 12 years

The ranking

Accounting firms in Manchester ranked by net assets: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous net assets, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Net assets Latest accounts Avg. employees Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 CVS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13697305 £2,182,0632023 £2,618,4762024 +£436,413 +20.0% 43 3
2 ROYSTON & ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13879276 £1002024 £2,124,1932025 +£2,124,093 – 10 3
3 CHADWICK & COMPANY (MANCHESTER) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04351426 £2,022,6892023 £1,480,8512024 -£541,838 -26.8% 56 23
4 PAYPARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05056710 £1,038,7382024 £1,147,9332025 +£109,195 +10.5% 7 21
5 WARENTS FEINGOLD & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04695277 £1,109,9222023 £1,140,5712024 +£30,649 +2.8% – 22
6 360 FORENSIC LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09754624 £833,9262023 £967,5532024 +£133,627 +16.0% 8 10
7 WILLIAMSON CROFT ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10332044 £1,012,7332023 £960,3052024 -£52,428 -5.2% 18 9
8 MAP ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)09186951 – £904,5462025 – – 29 11
9 LIANCO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05249936 £791,1012023 £772,1242024 -£18,977 -2.4% 6 20
10 S.W. ACCOUNTANCY (MANCHESTER) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08807027 £583,6982023 £706,4752024 +£122,777 +21.0% 5 11
11 STERLING PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06974542 £387,0772024 £662,4332025 +£275,356 +71.1% 21 16
12 INTEGER ADVISORY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08447357 £576,8082024 £606,5392025 +£29,731 +5.2% 2 12
13 FINANCE TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13862734 £368,4232024 £599,9442025 +£231,521 +62.8% 1 3
14 DAVID POSTLETHWAITE COSTINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07488219 £522,8052024 £571,1472025 +£48,342 +9.2% 2 14
15 ALEXANDER BURSK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08021691 £509,1362023 £509,2132024 +£77 +0.0% 13 13
16 M. SALIM & CO LTD (opens in a new tab)11955573 £264,1632023 £446,8692024 +£182,706 +69.2% 4 6
17 SEDULO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06877348 £388,9242023 £434,6962024 +£45,772 +11.8% – 16
18 CHRISTIAN DOUGLASS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11177618 £335,7132023 £422,4352024 +£86,722 +25.8% 14 7
19 BOYCE & COMPANY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03541650 £372,9312023 £415,5542024 +£42,623 +11.4% – 27
20 SEDULO GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06878216 £46,7982023 £382,1612024 +£335,363 +716.6% – 16
21 C J ROBERTS & PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06531380 £322,4542024 £381,3022025 +£58,848 +18.3% 5 17
22 BROADPAY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13051695 £1,0002023 £372,2152024 +£371,215 +37,121.5% 2 4
23 JT ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06554865 £328,3502024 £369,1552025 +£40,805 +12.4% 2 17
24 J A GUEST LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07549615 £346,5642023 £368,7022024 +£22,138 +6.4% 9 14
25 SEDULO FUNDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10276541 – £359,0972024 – – – 9
26 PARKERS ACCOUNTANTS, TAX & VAT CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09184840 £304,6842023 £307,5882024 +£2,904 +1.0% 3 11
27 FIRST REGIONAL ACCOUNTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09133841 £346,2042023 £304,2732024 -£41,931 -12.1% 3 11
28 WILLIAMSON & CROFT AUDIT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10492101 £188,5062023 £299,7712024 +£111,265 +59.0% 5 8
29 PARSONS, ROYLE & CO. LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03740874 £261,1262023 £245,9302024 -£15,196 -5.8% 9 26
30 PHILIP MARTIN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04917602 £242,7122023 £243,0352024 +£323 +0.1% 5 21
31 INSIGHT (WHITEFIELD) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11386648 £197,8182024 £215,4602025 +£17,642 +8.9% 1 7
32 NEXUS BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LTD (opens in a new tab)15161205 £49,9522024 £195,4092025 +£145,457 +291.2% 5 2
33 MADISON BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03800186 £122,7592023 £194,4732024 +£71,714 +58.4% 8 26
34 SEDULO LEEDS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11075345 £143,6582023 £189,1382024 +£45,480 +31.7% – 7
35 MIDDLETON ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04260616 £138,1442023 £183,9292024 +£45,785 +33.1% – 24
36 KAN & CO ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09998382 £142,7042023 £152,1922024 +£9,488 +6.6% 7 9
37 AR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)04434329 £117,2562023 £132,5112024 +£15,255 +13.0% 3 23
38 SEFTON YODAIKEN & CO LTD (opens in a new tab)06865601 £127,2342023 £131,7852024 +£4,551 +3.6% 6 16
39 G A HARRIS & CO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04478782 £140,9002023 £129,1842024 -£11,716 -8.3% 28 23
40 DEL VIGNA DOBSON LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08316246 £72,4402023 £121,2702024 +£48,830 +67.4% 10 12
41 THOMAS & CO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13474030 £75,9232023 £115,5952024 +£39,672 +52.3% 12 4
42 PORTERS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01484872 £166,8292024 £113,6312025 -£53,198 -31.9% 1 45
43 FERGUSON & CO ACCOUNTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)09231787 £117,4132023 £109,6592024 -£7,754 -6.6% 3 11
44 TRAFALGAR ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02882739 £191,6172024 £108,9242025 -£82,693 -43.2% 1 31
45 BI ACCOUNTANCY LTD (opens in a new tab)09352377 £42,9842024 £108,1832025 +£65,199 +151.7% 9 10
46 CRANEDALE TAX LTD (opens in a new tab)11626768 £27,2322023 £101,5662024 +£74,334 +273.0% 1 6
47 JP GALLAGHER & CO LTD (opens in a new tab)13236446 £130,9502024 £97,9362025 -£33,014 -25.2% 2 4
48 ZERO ONE CONSULTANTS LTD (opens in a new tab)08114008 £93,9412023 £97,8432024 +£3,902 +4.2% 4 13
49 COTTON ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09090241 £88,3812023 £96,1012024 +£7,720 +8.7% 2 11
50 COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02570992 £88,5012024 £88,3472025 -£154 -0.2% 4 34
Download CSV of this ranking 50 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 net assets in the latest filed accounts. Companies with net assets below £10,000 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:
  • net assets above £100,000,000 in micro-entity accounts, or above £1,000,000,000 in small company accounts
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester1,377
Not active−169
Dormant−93
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−559
Net assets not filed in the latest accounts−80
Net assets below £10,000−291
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list185