Who owns UK companies in Accounting and auditing activities?

12,674 of the 45,623 companies registered under SIC 69201 (Accounting and auditing activities) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 26,330 individual shareholders and 4,281 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 54% file micro-entity accounts, compared with 38% of all UK companies.
• 5.3% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
• 6.3% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 2,656 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 11.3 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Bookkeeping activities SIC 69202 · 6,262 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Tax consultancy SIC 69203 · 3,804 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Solicitors SIC 69102 · 3,544 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities n.e.c. SIC 69109 · 2,109 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Barristers at law SIC 69101 · 173 companies · 6.9% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 69201, out of 4,220 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 526 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 7 February 2019 and 12 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.