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Top 25 Accountancy executive search firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Accountancy executive search firms based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 2,944 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,944 accountancy executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 35,899 professional contacts across them, including 13,938 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers accountancy executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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35,899Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest accountancy executive search firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,944 accountancy executive search firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to accountancy executive search firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Antal International	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,979 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Saffery	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,230 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A partner-led and people-focused top 20 accountancy firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	PKF Littlejohn	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	702 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a fast-growing firm of accountants and business advisers based in London’s Canary Wharf, Leeds and in Manchester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Haysmac	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	655 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HaysMac is an award‑winning accountancy, tax and advisory firm, known for delivering expert, partner‑led advice to ambitious organisations and individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	UHY Hacker Young	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	577 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The UHY Hacker Young Group is an award winning Group of UK chartered accountants with offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Page Executive	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	450 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Transearch	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	450 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TRANSEARCH International is a global executive search and leadership consulting organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	GRS	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	425 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The GRS Group is an international executive search consultancy whose services include retained search, contingency search, advertised selection and interim solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Bhp, Chartered Accountants	Partial evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	409 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BHP is one of the largest firms of chartered accountants in Yorkshire, providing high-quality assurance, advisory, corporate finance and tax services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Dains Accountants & Advisers	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	374 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your success matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Larking Gowen	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	336 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Larking Gowen Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors One of the UK’s top 50 accountancy firms, specialising in corporate finance, personal tax, legal, medical, business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	PSD Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	335 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PSD is a leading international executive recruitment consultancy, specialising in executive, management and board level recruitment with over 35 years of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Mercer & Hole	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	284 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A forward-thinking accountancy firm with our clients’ vision at the centre of everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	EM Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	222 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since its formation in 1993, EM Group through its divisions EM Finance, EM Consulting, EM Legal and EM Financial Services has delivered executive search solutions to companies…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Carpenter Box, Part Of The Sumer Group	Partial evidence	Worthing, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	198 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Award-winning Carpenter Box is a leading accountancy firm in the South-East, recognised for innovation, client service, and team excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Westcotts Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers	Indirect evidence	Exeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	196 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Westcotts have been offering experienced and talented partners and specialists to support a diverse range of individuals and businesses, operating in local, national and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Monahans, Part Of The Sumer Group	Indirect evidence	Swindon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	191 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over a century, Monahans has been at the heart of local business communities in the South West and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Green Park	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	187 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Green Park is a specialist executive search and advisory firm trusted by organisations seeking stronger, more future-ready leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Milsted Langdon LLP	Partial evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Milsted Langdon is an independent firm of chartered accountants in Bath, Bristol, London, Taunton and Yeovil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	EQ Accountants, Part Of The Sumer Group	Partial evidence	Dundee, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	167 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In 2023, EQ Accountants became part of Sumer – a collaboration of renowned regional accountancy practices with a shared vision to champion local small to medium-sized enterprises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Henderson Loggie	Partial evidence	Dundee, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	167 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chartered Accountants, Tax and Business Advisors based in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Mackenzie Stuart	Strong evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	165 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in May 2005, Mackenzie Stuart was founded to deliver bespoke, sector-specific services & expertise and in doing so, establish a new standard within Executive Search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Scrutton Bland, Part Of The Sumer Group	Indirect evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	164 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From offices in Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Norwich and Ipswich, Scrutton Bland serves a range of clients from small owner-managed businesses to large corporate organisations and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	The SR Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	160 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are The SR Group, a global recruitment company comprising specialist search and recruitment consultancies Brewer Morris, Carter Murray, Frazer Jones and Taylor Root.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Dixon Wilson	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	153 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dixon Wilson is one of the leading firms of Chartered Accountants based in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: accountancy executive search firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names accountancy executive search firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of accountancy executive search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name accountancy executive search firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Accountancy executive search firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

38.8%Verified-email coverage

12.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

39.0%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,929

11-50

828

51-200

131

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 2,944 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among accountancy executive search firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “accountancy executive search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names accountancy executive search firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among accountancy executive search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 13,938 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names accountancy executive search firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many accountancy executive search firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 2,944 accountancy executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Antal International, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most accountancy executive search firms?

London leads with 1149 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (79) and Birmingham (62).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 13,938 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,944 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.