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Top 25 Back office accounting firms based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 3,714 back office accounting firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 19,506 professional contacts across them, including 5,089 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers back office accounting 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 27, 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.
The 25 largest back office accounting firms based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 477 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Outbooks is a leading provider of outsourcing services to accounting and bookkeeping firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 379 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to the new era of accountancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 322 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At SKS, we pride ourselves on being different.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Accounting services for sole traders and SME’s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Galloways is the fastest growing accounting services firm in Sussex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For your business to succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 140 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Burgess Hodgson are a Kent based accountancy firm with the skills and expertise to rival any other accountancy firm in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FLB is a firm of accountants providing core accounting services to a range of clients from start-ups, owner-managed businesses and private clients, to large corporates and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Online Accounting Service | Bookkeeping | Payroll | Personal Tax Return Filing to HMRC | Corporation Tax Filing | HMRC ONLINE FILING: Our aim is to help small business owners` tax…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SJD is now Caroola Accountancy!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Rayner Essex, we believe your accountant should do a lot more than just report on how your business is doing - he or she should help you identify opportunities to improve your…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Affinity Outsourcing is an accountancy outsourcing company that specialises in outsourcing for Accounting Practices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1995 Sutton McGrath Hartley has been providing professional accountancy services from our offices in Sheffield and Chesterfield.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Isosceles Finance Helping ambitious businesses grow Isosceles is a business services company supporting rapidly growing and investor-backed companies with fractional CFO services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Affinity Associates Limited is a leading accounting firm based in Wembley, London, UK, and is regulated and authorised for public practice by both the ICAEW (Institute of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Oasis Accountants we make sure to keep your business profitable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Legal Cashiering Services Payroll Services Management Accounting Statutory Accounts Credit Control Consultancy Projects The Cashroom understands that you just want to get on with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are on a mission to help accountants to grow their accountancy practice and become more profitable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Acenteus Accounting, legally known as Acenteus CCA Global Ltd is a UK-registered outsourced accounting and finance partner delivering secure, cloud-enabled support for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DSL is one of the UK's leading small business accountancy firms, helping businesses grow since 1997.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Artifin Accountants we strive to provide a more open experience of accounting services for business owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Now part of acumon UK the UK arm of acumon a fiercely independent global audit, accounting and tax firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Empowering Businesses to Thrive Through Financial Clarity | Adroit Accountax We're a team of passionate and experienced accountants dedicated to your business success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help reduce your stress and deal with all your company accounts and advice We handle all your payroll requirements We deal with your tax returns and pension requirements You…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: back office accounting 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 back office accounting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of back office accounting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name back office accounting 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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Back office accounting firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
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 3,714 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 back office accounting 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 “back office accounting 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 back office accounting 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 back office accounting 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, 5,089 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 27, 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.
Back office accounting firms by metro
- Back office accounting firms in London635
- Back office accounting firms in Manchester67
- Back office accounting firms in Birmingham54
- Back office accounting firms in Bristol47
- Back office accounting firms in Glasgow30
- Back office accounting firms in Leeds28
- Back office accounting firms in Milton Keynes27
- Back office accounting firms in Leicester26
- Back office accounting firms in Liverpool26
- Back office accounting firms in Harrow25
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 back office accounting 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 back office accounting firms are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 3,714 back office accounting 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?
Outbooks, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most back office accounting firms?
London leads with 635 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (67) and Birmingham (54).
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 5,089 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,714 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 27, 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.
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