Independent firm · 460 UK mandates
Alternatives to TC Group
TC Group charges a median £15,000, +1% against the market in its revenue bands. 12 firms audit the same cities and sectors; 2 of them at a lower median fee.
TC Group's fee against the market, size for size
| Revenue band | Clients with a fee | TC Group median | Market median | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under £1m | 91 | £15,000 | £12,500 | +20% |
| £1–5m | 23 | £13,500 | £11,350 | +19% |
| £5–10m | 52 | £14,450 | £14,500 | 0% |
| £10–25m | 127 | £14,500 | £15,750 | -8% |
| £25–50m | 68 | £17,500 | £19,500 | -10% |
| £50–100m | 12 | £19,506 | £22,308 | -13% |
| £100m+ | 10 | £28,558 | £28,730 | -1% |
Firms that audit the same cities and sectors
Ranked by how many of TC Group's top cities and sectors they also work in. Median fee is across all their clients; open a firm for its fee by revenue band.
| Firm | Tier | Mandates | Median fee | vs TC Group | Fee change | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big 4 | 66 | £36,625 | +144% | — | 7 | |
| Independent firm | 47 | £9,225 | -38% | +5.0% | 6 | |
| Independent firm | 52 | £10,050 | -33% | +5.1% | 6 | |
| Challenger firm | 58 | £15,000 | +0% | — | 6 | |
| Independent firm | 45 | £15,000 | +0% | 0.0% | 6 | |
| Challenger firm | 704 | £18,514 | +23% | +4.7% | 6 | |
| Challenger firm | 185 | £18,600 | +24% | +8.0% | 6 | |
| Nyman Libson Paul LLP | Independent firm | 76 | £19,600 | +31% | 0.0% | 6 |
| Independent firm | 88 | £20,000 | +33% | +3.5% | 6 | |
| Independent firm | 81 | £20,974 | +40% | +4.7% | 6 | |
| Challenger firm | 491 | £27,000 | +80% | +5.0% | 6 | |
| BKL Audit LLP | Independent firm | 163 | £27,500 | +83% | +5.0% | 6 |
Questions people ask
Is TC Group more expensive than other auditors?
On the filed fees of its clients, TC Group's median is +1% against the market median in the revenue bands where it has five or more clients disclosing a fee. The comparison is by band, so it is size-adjusted.
Which firms audit the same kind of companies as TC Group?
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (66 mandates, median £36,625); Fiander Tovell Limited (47 mandates, median £9,225); Henton & Co LLP (52 mandates, median £10,050); Barnes Roffe LLP (58 mandates, median £15,000); Rayner Essex LLP (45 mandates, median £15,000).
How much do TC Group's fees rise each year?
Across 226 clients with two years of fees on file, the median change was +4.8%, and 20.4% saw a rise of more than 20%.
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Comparison of fees as filed by these firms' clients at Companies House. No affiliation with any firm named is implied, and no firm is recommended over another; the figures are theirs.
Figures are indicative. They are computed from a sample of accounts filed with Companies House and the Norwegian register, read by machine, and are only as good as those filings; they can contain mistakes, and the dataset is not exhaustive. Found a mistake? Report it through the contact form.