Find an auditor by city
Median audit fees and the leading audit firms in 105 UK cities, from 31,677 fees filed with Companies House. Each city has fifty or more fees on file; the national median is £15,000.
| City | Companies | With a fee | Median fee | vs national | Audit firms | Largest firm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 57,177 | 6,814 | £15,710 | +5% | 826 | Saffery LLP (5.5%) |
| Manchester | 3,034 | 578 | £16,000 | +7% | 127 | Hurst Accountants Limited (11.3%) |
| Birmingham | 2,304 | 295 | £12,490 | -17% | 102 | Brindleys Limited (5.2%) |
| Bristol | 2,261 | 379 | £15,000 | +0% | 100 | Bishop Fleming Audit Limited (8.4%) |
| Edinburgh | 2,255 | 240 | £11,158 | -26% | 61 | Johnston Carmichael LLP (11.6%) |
| Leeds | 2,242 | 396 | £17,590 | +17% | 102 | Johnston Carmichael LLP (17.6%) |
| Glasgow | 1,887 | 384 | £16,000 | +7% | 75 | Azets Audit Services (16.7%) |
| Belfast | 1,444 | 208 | £9,270 | -38% | 57 | GMcG BELFAST (12%) |
| Nottingham | 1,343 | 232 | £15,000 | +0% | 67 | UHY Hacker Young (41.1%) |
| Reading | 1,219 | 125 | £18,850 | +26% | 57 | Azets Audit Services (16.1%) |
| Altrincham | 1,014 | 109 | £13,450 | -10% | 56 | Hurst Accountants Limited (17.3%) |
| Sheffield | 1,007 | 223 | £15,005 | +0% | 64 | BHP LLP (22.1%) |
| Cambridge | 969 | 99 | £18,300 | +22% | 46 | Price Bailey LLP (11.5%) |
| Liverpool | 950 | 223 | £15,000 | +0% | 57 | DSG Audit (19.5%) |
| Milton Keynes | 942 | 163 | £16,500 | +10% | 60 | Mercer & Hole LLP (9.9%) |
| Leicester | 916 | 222 | £15,000 | +0% | 73 | Mark J Rees LLP (15.9%) |
| Aberdeen | 872 | 178 | £17,624 | +17% | 39 | Johnston Carmichael LLP (14.9%) |
| Cardiff | 851 | 162 | £14,825 | -1% | 50 | Azets Audit Services (9.7%) |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 825 | 134 | £12,500 | -17% | 32 | Robson Laidler Accountants Limited (32.6%) |
| Coventry | 747 | 121 | £15,632 | +4% | 41 | Luckmans Duckett Parker Limited (11.7%) |
| Warrington | 707 | 119 | £17,550 | +17% | 43 | Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited (8.9%) |
| Northampton | 688 | 135 | £16,500 | +10% | 45 | MHA (15.8%) |
| Norwich | 682 | 68 | £15,038 | +0% | 28 | Price Bailey LLP (14.7%) |
| Oxford | 591 | 81 | £16,053 | +7% | 28 | Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited (21.2%) |
| Southampton | 581 | 149 | £13,620 | -9% | 40 | Azets Audit Services (13.6%) |
| Cheltenham | 577 | 139 | £10,010 | -33% | 31 | Hazlewoods LLP (32%) |
| Derby | 569 | 118 | £15,000 | +0% | 35 | PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited (19.6%) |
| Watford | 548 | 91 | £18,000 | +20% | 41 | Hillier Hopkins LLP (10.6%) |
| Preston | 537 | 137 | £12,285 | -18% | 41 | MHA (22%) |
| Salford | 531 | 77 | £19,250 | +28% | 29 | Lopian Gross Barnett & Co (15.3%) |
| Slough | 520 | 79 | £17,050 | +14% | 38 | Oury Clark (10%) |
| York | 495 | 116 | £14,212 | -5% | 41 | Azets Audit Services (22.1%) |
| Stockport | 492 | 142 | £15,000 | +0% | 49 | Hurst Accountants Limited (14.4%) |
| Hull | 491 | 103 | £15,000 | +0% | 35 | Smailes Goldie (23.6%) |
| Doncaster | 483 | 132 | £15,849 | +6% | 61 | Xeinadin Audit Limited (15.7%) |
| Uxbridge | 465 | 58 | £14,500 | -3% | 32 | Moore NHC Audit Limited (22.2%) |
| Stoke-On-Trent | 447 | 139 | £14,200 | -5% | 33 | DJH Audit Limited (26%) |
| Maidenhead | 445 | 54 | £16,825 | +12% | 31 | WP Audit Limited (12.7%) |
| Guildford | 441 | 62 | £15,000 | +0% | 29 | Forvis Mazars LLP (15.4%) |
| Swindon | 438 | 99 | £12,500 | -17% | 27 | Melinek Fine LLP (32.1%) |
| Ipswich | 431 | 155 | £14,000 | -7% | 38 | Ensors (15.8%) |
| Peterborough | 417 | 123 | £14,000 | -7% | 39 | Azets Audit Services (31.1%) |
| Bradford | 414 | 96 | £15,125 | +1% | 33 | Azets Audit Services (20.5%) |
| Colchester | 411 | 93 | £16,000 | +7% | 38 | Affinia (Colchester) (11.4%) |
| Wolverhampton | 409 | 82 | £12,675 | -15% | 37 | BK Plus Audit Limited (11.8%) |
| Harrow | 391 | 129 | £10,000 | -33% | 54 | RDP Newmans LLP (10.5%) |
| Fareham | 383 | 77 | £16,745 | +12% | 31 | TC Group (9.7%) |
| Exeter | 377 | 59 | £13,505 | -10% | 22 | Thompson Jenner LLP (20%) |
| Woking | 376 | 67 | £9,000 | -40% | 20 | HLB IRELAND AUDIT SERVICES LIMITED (45.8%) |
| Bolton | 359 | 119 | £16,208 | +8% | 36 | Sumer Auditco Limited (27.6%) |
| Gloucester | 358 | 84 | £17,700 | +18% | 27 | Azets Audit Services (18.6%) |
| Rotherham | 356 | 92 | £15,000 | +0% | 32 | Xeinadin Audit Limited (12.6%) |
| Chesterfield | 355 | 68 | £15,736 | +5% | 37 | BHP LLP (15.1%) |
| High Wycombe | 354 | 72 | £19,850 | +32% | 31 | Azets Audit Services (10.8%) |
| Chester | 342 | 75 | £11,500 | -23% | 28 | Sedulo Audit Limited (10.9%) |
| Bournemouth | 341 | 68 | £14,500 | -3% | 21 | Saffery LLP (20%) |
| Basingstoke | 339 | 60 | £14,090 | -6% | 24 | Ernst & Young LLP (31.6%) |
| Poole | 321 | 91 | £13,315 | -11% | 29 | Azets Audit Services (26.3%) |
| Worcester | 320 | 54 | £17,515 | +17% | 24 | Hazlewoods LLP (18%) |
| Brighton | 319 | 77 | £16,560 | +10% | 39 | Feist Hedgethorne Limited (13.2%) |
| Harrogate | 318 | 60 | £13,664 | -9% | 28 | Sumer Auditco Limited (14.5%) |
| Hemel Hempstead | 297 | 53 | £19,500 | +30% | 29 | Affinia (Stratford) (10.4%) |
| Chelmsford | 295 | 77 | £16,200 | +8% | 31 | Rickard Luckin Limited (28.6%) |
| Huddersfield | 291 | 72 | £13,548 | -10% | 30 | Wheawill & Sudworth Limited (23.9%) |
| Crawley | 285 | 59 | £21,900 | +46% | 22 | Richard Place Dobson Services Limited (17.4%) |
| Borehamwood | 278 | 84 | £17,168 | +14% | 23 | Co LLP (23.2%) |
| Wembley | 277 | 136 | £6,452 | -57% | 14 | Co LLP (44.6%) |
| Telford | 269 | 58 | £15,000 | +0% | 28 | WR Partners (17.3%) |
| Maidstone | 269 | 82 | £15,000 | +0% | 32 | Azets Audit Services (12.5%) |
| Surrey | 263 | 55 | £14,150 | -6% | 32 | Menzies LLP (13.7%) |
| Bedford | 263 | 70 | £16,642 | +11% | 29 | MHA (14%) |
| St. Albans | 261 | 78 | £14,760 | -2% | 37 | Gilberts (9.6%) |
| Lincoln | 254 | 53 | £15,000 | +0% | 19 | Wright Vigar Limited (20%) |
| Ashford | 253 | 64 | £17,304 | +15% | 18 | Magee Gammon Corporate Limited (31.7%) |
| Loughton | 250 | 141 | £2,000 | -87% | 20 | Buzzacott Audit LLP (61.5%) |
| Croydon | 247 | 71 | £13,920 | -7% | 32 | KPMG LLP (14.1%) |
| Wokingham | 243 | 71 | £14,950 | 0% | 31 | FLB Audit LLP (10.5%) |
| Blackburn | 243 | 70 | £11,817 | -21% | 21 | Pierce C A Limited (23.9%) |
| Gateshead | 243 | 56 | £14,175 | -5% | 17 | Azets Audit Services (30.4%) |
| Richmond | 242 | 56 | £17,425 | +16% | 19 | White Hart Associates (London) Limited (33.3%) |
| Newport | 237 | 56 | £10,087 | -33% | 18 | UHY Hacker Young (35.2%) |
| Bury St. Edmunds | 230 | 60 | £15,000 | +0% | 20 | Ensors (18.8%) |
| Dartford | 222 | 60 | £16,966 | +13% | 26 | Barnes Roffe Audit Limited (38.2%) |
| Chorley | 221 | 52 | £14,912 | -1% | 18 | MHA (20%) |
| Basildon | 220 | 70 | £19,234 | +28% | 36 | Rickard Luckin Limited (6.6%) |
| Wigan | 219 | 67 | £14,160 | -6% | 26 | Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd (20.3%) |
| Cheshire | 218 | 64 | £16,265 | +8% | 27 | Hurst Accountants Limited (10.9%) |
| Swansea | 211 | 65 | £15,675 | +5% | 20 | Bevan Buckland LLP (14.3%) |
| Stockton-On-Tees | 205 | 52 | £11,475 | -23% | 16 | Anderson Barrowcliff Limited (18.2%) |
| Wakefield | 205 | 52 | £11,650 | -22% | 20 | Lakeview Southern Audit Limited (20.9%) |
| Banbury | 203 | 65 | £14,950 | 0% | 33 | Ellacotts Audit Services Limited (14.5%) |
| Loughborough | 200 | 61 | £14,000 | -7% | 24 | Newby Castleman LLP (16.1%) |
| Bury | 198 | 68 | £13,642 | -9% | 16 | DJH Audit Limited (30.3%) |
| Essex | 195 | 57 | £14,004 | -7% | 30 | Alwyns LLP (12.3%) |
| Halifax | 194 | 55 | £9,250 | -38% | 24 | B M Howarth Ltd (11.8%) |
| Oldham | 194 | 56 | £13,097 | -13% | 26 | Edwards Veeder (UK) Limited (13.8%) |
| Barnsley | 186 | 57 | £12,250 | -18% | 27 | GBAC Limited (13.8%) |
| Blackpool | 182 | 50 | £15,000 | +0% | 13 | MHA (40.8%) |
| Shrewsbury | 179 | 63 | £12,000 | -20% | 19 | WR Partners (29.3%) |
| Macclesfield | 178 | 57 | £14,750 | -2% | 21 | Forvis Mazars LLP (23.9%) |
| Truro | 178 | 50 | £13,500 | -10% | 9 | RRL LLP (36.7%) |
| Durham | 175 | 50 | £13,818 | -8% | 29 | Azets Audit Services (8.9%) |
| Godalming | 132 | 61 | £7,000 | -53% | 16 | Azets Audit Services (50%) |
| Rochester | 130 | 50 | £13,425 | -10% | 21 | Barnes Roffe Audit Limited (12.2%) |
| Spalding | 125 | 55 | £17,500 | +17% | 12 | Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited (40%) |
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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.