Updated List of Accounting Firm Average Partner Profits In the UK For 2021
Hey Grant Thornton UK partners, how y’all livin’? Probably not too bad these days, now that the average profit for those of you in the club went up 34% to £611,000 in 2021. With GT releasing its 2021 average partner pay yesterday, as well as firm profits and net revenue, we’ve updated our list of […]
So to Recap, Partners At the Largest Accounting Firms In the UK Are Swimming In Money
On Tuesday morning we got a tip from a source across the pond confirming the big news of the day at the Queen’s KPMG: Big pay day at KPMG UK for the partners. Unbelievable. Treat the staff rough but still come out on top. We’ve written a lot in the past few years about how […]
Don’t Worry About Deloitte Partners In the UK, They’re Doing Just Fine
The Financial Times yesterday wrote about the rich getting richer at the Queen’s Deloitte: Deloitte’s UK partners will receive an average payout of about £1m after the accounting firm’s profits rebounded from a pandemic slump last year, helped by the sale of its restructuring division. The share of profits to 700 equity partners is the […]
So How Much Did PwC U.K. Partners Rake In This Year?
Ferrari, Aston Martin, McLaren, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz dealerships in and around London probably have been bustling more than usual lately, and here’s why: PwC’s UK partners took home record pay this year after the firm’s profits rose by a quarter to a fresh high of almost £1.2bn on the boom in corporate dealmaking. Average profit […]
KPMG U.K. Partners Took One For the Team
Those partners at KPMG U.K. who are living a lavish lifestyle might have to cut back on the golfing and become more frugal after the firm slashed their pay by 11% so more of their subordinates can stay employed. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday: Average partner profit distribution has been cut by 11 per […]
Number of the Day: £518,000
That is the average profit per partner before tax at BDO U.K. in the 2020 financial year that ended June 30, down 14% from the £602,000 in profits each partner took home the previous year, according to the Financial Times and The Telegraph. Overall, the Queen’s BDO had revenue of £660 million for 2020, up […]
Let’s All Shed a Tear For Deloitte Partners In the U.K.
Sadly, Deloitte partners are probably going to have to put off buying that new McLaren 720S or Mercedes-Benz S-Class until next year. The Times reported today: Partners at Deloitte are in line for a 17 per cent pay cut after revenue growth slowed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 709 equity partners of Deloitte’s British arm […]
KPMG U.K. Shocks the World by Having Somewhat Decent Revenue In 2019
When reports from across the pond started surfacing in September about the cost-cutting frenzy (you know, Project Zebra) going on at KPMG, accounting blabbermouths (like us) were salivating at the thought of how bad the firm’s 2019 revenue would be when the numbers were released in December. Well, that day has finally come, and believe […]
PwC Equity Partner Pay Isn’t Too Shabby In the U.K.
Equity partners at PwC in the U.K. didn’t quite get the haul that their fellow equity partners at Deloitte U.K. got recently, but let’s just say they aren’t going hungry anytime soon. From the Financial Times: More than 900 equity partners, who share in PwC UK’s profits, will receive an average £765,000 for the year […]
It’s Good Being a Deloitte U.K. Equity Partner These Days
The big news out of the Queen’s Big 4 yesterday wasn’t that Deloitte U.K.’s 2019 revenue (which also includes income from Switzerland) increased 10.9% from £3.58 billion in 2018 to £3.97 billion. Nope. The big news (or good news if you’re an equity partner at Deloitte) was: Hundreds of partners at the UK arm of […]
Which Big 4 Firm Makes More From Consulting Than Audit and Tax Combined?
Did you wake up this morning and think "gee, I really would love to know how much Big 4 firms make from consulting as share of overall revenue!" Boy, are you in luck. A recent report called Cheques and the City by the non-partisan but totally hater-y High Pay Centre looks at the top accounting […]