Family tree
Amendments
Albert Goodman began in practice in 1866 (Chartered Accountants in England and Wales: A Guide to Historical Records, Wendy Habgood (ed), Manchester University Press, 1994).
Update
Ten Moores Rowland offices amalgamated with BDO Stoy Hayward from 1 March 1999, the new firm practising under the latter name. The Glasgow office went partly to Moores Stephen Booth White and partly to Scott-Moncrieff Downie Wilson, the Manchester office joined Hacker Young, while the other offices appear to have remained independent; for example, the Warrington office adopted the style Moores Rowland Warrington. Moores Rowland International, a world-wide association of independent accountancy firms including many from the UK, continued to operate under that name (Accountancy, March 1999, p.6 and The Official ICAEW Directory of Firms 2000-2005).
What's in a name: Firms' simplified family trees
Between January and December 1989, accounting historian Peter Boys prepared a series of simplified family trees showing the development of the big accountancy firms of the day.
The original trees from 1989 have been reproduced here with a series of textual updates from Peter Boys which have taken the story forward to May 2005, the 125th anniversary of ICAEW. Since then, the staff of the ICAEW Library & Information Service have added notes on further changes that have taken place.
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