For UK business owners

Find the right accountant for your business

Tell us a little about your business and what you need. We'll help you understand your options and identify suitable accountants.

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Seven kinds of finance support
Our check looks at seven kinds of finance support, from bookkeeping to finance leadership. Your result shows which ones you told us you have, and which you may benefit from. This picture is an example.

What this site does

The Right Accountant helps UK business owners work out what financial support they need, from bookkeeping to a part-time finance director, and explains how to find, check or change an accountant. Our research uses Companies House data on all 63,661 companies on the register that chose an accountancy activity code (54,295 of them trading). We do not rate or score firms, and we do not give tax or accounting advice.

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What brings you here?

I need my first accountantYou are starting a business, or have done the books yourself until now.I want to check my current accountantYou have an accountant and want to know if they cover what you need.My business has changedYou have grown, taken on staff, borrowed money or started selling abroad.I need a specialistOne area needs someone who knows it well, such as online selling.I'm not sureSomething is not working and you want help working out what.

How it works

Four steps

01
Your business
Type your company name. We fill in what Companies House shows, and you correct anything that is wrong.
02
Your current support
Tell us who helps you now and what they do. If you name your accountant, we show the public facts we hold on their firm.
03
Your result
We compare what you told us you have with what we would expect for a business with your turnover, number of staff and situation, using draft rules. You also get questions to ask your current accountant.
04
An introduction, if you want one
If you want a firm and one taking part matches your answers, we show up to two participating firms that meet the most of your needs, with the reasons. This is not a rating or a recommendation. We share nothing with a firm unless you agree.

Your result

Eight possible results

Each result is based only on your answers. If your answers suggest your current support covers what we check, we say so.

KeepYour current support appears to cover the main areas we check.
ImproveIt may be worth asking your current accountant for more.
AddYou may benefit from extra support alongside your accountant.
Step upYou may benefit from more forward-looking financial support.
SpecialistOne area may need specific experience.
SwitchIt may be worth comparing other firms.
FindYou may benefit from an accountant, and here is what kind.
Further reviewYour answers need a closer look first.

Our research

What Companies House records show about UK accountancy companies

54,295registered companies that list accounting, bookkeeping or tax as their activity and are trading

92.4%list only individuals as their owners (50,178 of 54,295)

776have a company owner that also owns 3 or more companies on our list

Source: Companies House company data (1 October 2026) and people with significant control data (12 October 2026). A company is not the same as a practice: one practice can run several companies. How we counted.

Look up a firm

Look up an accountancy company

Search by name, town or postcode. Each page shows the company's staff number, ownership and age from Companies House records, with the date and source of each fact.

How we are paid

Firms pay us when they accept an introduction

You never pay us. Our rule is that payment does not decide which firm we show you, or in what order. How we choose firms.

How we match

We match on what a firm can do

We look at the services you need, the size of your business and any specialist area. Location counts only if you want someone local. How our method works.