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Top 25 Accounting executive search firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Accounting executive search firms based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 1,218 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,218 accounting executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 14,339 professional contacts across them, including 4,168 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers accounting 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

1,218Companies

14,339Contacts tracked

4,168Verified emails

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,218 accounting 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 accounting 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	PGC	Indirect evidence	Uk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	320 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 2018 PGC rebranded as Friisberg & Partners International +44 207 062 3603” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	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
8	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
9	LMA Recruitment	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re LMA, part of Empresaria Group plc, a professional recruitment agency that’s powered by curiosity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Taylor Hawkes	Indirect evidence	Rayleigh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Taylor Hawkes is a trusted global leader in accountancy and legal recruitment, specializing in connecting high-caliber talent with businesses across the accountancy, tax, audit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	BPO Recruit	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an executive recruitment firm based in the City of London and are specialists in the search and selection of professionals in Technology, Digital & RPA, BPO, Shared…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Norman Broadbent PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a leading Professional Services firm, we offer five interrelated Talent Acquisition & Advisory Services to help Boards with the challenges they face.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Wilton & Bain	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wilton & Bain is a global executive search and interim leadership firm delivering Board, C-Suite and functional appointments across sectors where leadership defines competitive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Henderson Scott	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Henderson Scott is a leading professional recruitment partner offering expertise across Accountancy & Finance, Legal, Marketing, Sales, and Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	RK Accountancy, Finance Professionals & Business Support RK Group	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RK Group (Accountancy, Finance Professionals and Business Support) is an industry-leading accountancy consultancy specialising in financial and business support recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	The Omerta Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	72 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Omerta Group, a Kingsley Gate company, is an Executive Search firm serving financial services clients globally from offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	NRG	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, NRG has established a strong presence across the UK and has successfully expanded into key USA markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Walker Hamill	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Walker Hamill is a highly regarded executive recruitment and search business, working across various financial disciplines including accountancy & finance, corporate development &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Executive Headhunters EMA Partners UK	Partial evidence	Altrincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Executive Headhunters - a Whole-of-Market, or Cross-Sector, International Headhunting business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Redgrave	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	57 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a leading executive search, interim and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors, and leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Crone Corkill	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’ve been recruiting in London for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	CMC Consulting LTD	Indirect evidence	Hertfordshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Specialists in Financial Recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	AAA Global	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Global, we specialise in finding exceptional talent in all areas of the quantitative and discretionary finance sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Verrus	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An award-winning executive recruitment business with a proven record of success, Verrus operates across a range of established, emerging, and rapid-growth market sectors including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Pro-Recruitment Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Pro-Recruitment Group consists of four specialist divisions; Pro-Tax Pro-Finance Pro-HR Prosero Executive Search We are in-depth market specialists who are bound by our core…” 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: accounting 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 accounting executive search firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of accounting 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 accounting 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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Accounting executive search firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

29.1%Verified-email coverage

11.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

50.5%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

877

11-50

298

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 1,218 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 accounting 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 “accounting 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 accounting 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 accounting 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, 4,168 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 accounting 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 accounting executive search firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,218 accounting 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 accounting executive search firms?

London leads with 615 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (41) and Leeds (29).

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 4,168 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,218 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.