Accountants or the like?

Do all accountancy firms which are large enough appear in the top 100 firms of accountants?

• Do all accountancy firms which are large enough appear in the top 100 firms of accountants? I am joining a firm of accountants which has 16 partners and around 90 members of staff which sounds like it should be a fair size yet doesn't appear in the accountancy age top 100. The firm in 100th place in the top 100 have a fee income of £2.07million. If the firm I'm joining had a fee income of £2.07million that would mean an average salary of £23000 if all the firm's income was spent on salaries which of course it wouldn't. To me, it would seem that a firm of this size should appear somewhere in the top 100.

• Answer:

  I find it exceptionally unlikely that they are being paid £23000 or less, so you have to ask yourself, top 100 in what? In turnover? In something that has notihng to do with that? Is fee income their main / only source of income? You should be able to do a quick search on your accoutancy firm to see if it is legit, check the accounts they filed for last tax year - this is publicly available information.