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Founded in 1869, MHA is a leading professional services provider of audit and assurance, tax, accountancy and advisory services, based in the UK with an international presence.

The original firm that became MacIntyre Hudson was established in 1869 and was a founding member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. MHA and its predecessor firms have since expanded across the UK both organically and through strategic acquisitions. The past 15 years in particular have seen a significant period of corporate activity for the Group.

We have a diversified service offering, working with a large and diverse client base across multiple sectors and low customer and sector concentration risk.

Our client base is large and diverse, ranging from large public and private companies to individual wealth management clients. We service companies across multiple industries and have no reliance on any particular sector.

 

MHA Group history until 1990

1880

Practice was one of the first 587 firms to form The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

1924

The name MacIntyre Hudson appeared for the first time in 1924, after Robert Hamilton MacIntyre and John Farrer Hudson became partners in the firm.

1924

The opening of our first office outside of London, in Paris, France.

1959

We opened our first non-London UK office in Bedford.

1960s

Acquisition of Wandness Son & Wade.

1960s

Shares taken in Hawkins & Wale of Canterbury.

1960s

Closure of our Paris office due to legislation.

1960s

Amalgamation with Norman & Whitehead of London.

1970

Opened an office in Wellinborough.

1971

Amalgamation with Sprague Nicholson Morgan & Co of London, bringing in their offices in Richmond and High Wycombe.

1971

Amalgamation with Howard Jolly Rowe & Co in Bedford.

1973

Amalgamation with Townsend, Watson & Stone, bringing their office in Wetford.

1975

Opened an office in Milton Keynes.

1976

Opened an office in Northampton.

1977

Amalgamation of Northampton office with that of Greshams and the Bedford office of Mold Reffin & Winter, bringing in their offices in Leicester and Peterborough.

1980

Amalgamation of Whetstone office with that of Tubbs Clarke & Co.

1988

Merger with Meeson Makinson Smith in Richmond.

1989

Closure of Wellingborough Office as it merged with the Northampton office.

MHA Group history from 1990

1991

We demerged from our Central London office which continued to practice as Maclntyre & Co.

1994

Our Northampton office acquired the business of Messrs Ford and Moser.

1995

We re-opened an office in Wellingborough due to a merger with Phillips and Halliday located in the town.

1996

We joined Kreston, an international association of Accountants.

1999

We merged with Hughes Allen Chartered Accountants and acquired offices in the City of London and Chelmsford.

2001

Wellingborough office closed, with staff and clients moving to our new premises in Northampton.

2007

Our Leicester office merged with Moore Stephens Leicester, doubling the firm’s business in the area.

2008

Our London City office merged with the London office of MGl Midgley Snelling and acquired a block of fees from Websters.

2009

Our London City office acquired the West End office of Haines Watts.

2010

We launched MHA, a national association of independent accountancy firms, of which MacIntyre Hudson was the founder member.

2010

We merged with Coppards, in London's West End focusing on the media and entertainment industry.

2011

We merged with Gotham Erskine, a leading London practice specialising in Not for Profit.

2013

We merged with Reading based HMT Assurance LLP and with Larkings, adding Canterbury and Maidstone offices to our locations.

2014

We became the UK member of Baker Tilly International, a network of independent accountancy and business advisory firms.

2015

We merged with MHA Bloomer Heaven in Birmingham, who had been part of MHA since 2011, and also merged with Spain Brothers, adding Folkestone to our office locations.

2016

We acquired with KP Audit, a Cayman Financial Services practice, establishing our first office outside of Europe.

2018

Acquistion of Bell & Co.

2020

We merged with Milton Keynes based KSK LLP, increasing the number of our Milton Keynes clients.

Business overview

We deliver our services through four divisions:

Audit and Assurance Division

Audit and Assurance is our primary service line. Core services within this division include external audit, financial reporting, governance, risk and compliance and grant and royalty audit. 

The Audit and Assurance division has been our largest growth driver in recent years, achieved through winning larger clients and higher value PIE audits. The number of audit reports issued for PIE audit clients increased from 16 in FY22 to 38 in FY24.

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Tax Division

We offers a range of tax services for businesses and individuals, with expertise in both domestic and international tax compliance and advice. 

In FY24, the Tax division contributed approximately 19% of the Group’s total revenue.

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Accounting & Business Advisory Division

We provides a range of accountancy, business advisory and outsourcing services including corporate finance, restructure and recovery, corporate forensic accounting, HR solutions, payroll, bookkeeping and cloud accounting. 

In FY24, the Accounting & Business Advisory division contributed approximately 27% of the Group’s total revenue.

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Wealth Management Division

Wealth management is a more recently established service line and was introduced in its current form through the acquisition of Cave & Sons, a Northampton based financial adviser, in April 2022.

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