Between January and December 1989, the respected accounting historian Peter Boys prepared a series of simplified family trees showing the development of the big accountancy firms of the day. The series is a key resource for accounting historians grappling with the tangled history of mergers and demergers in the accountancy sector.
Peter Boys compiled and revised a new edition of 'What's in a name: Firms' simplified family trees on the web' which was published in February 2003. A further revision updated the trees to May 2005, the 125th anniversary of the ICAEW. The new edition was published on the ICAEW Library & Information Service website in November 2005.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Peter Boys explains the impetus for the original series and the new online edition.
Introduction
An introduction to the new edition of the family trees, in which Peter Boys explains the background to the development of accountancy firms since 1880, the criteria for including firms in the family trees and how to find a firm of chartered accountants in the family trees. May 2005.
A-Z Index to Firms
Use the A-Z to find the firm you are looking for in the family trees.
About the author
A short introduction to Peter Boys and his work.
The trees created for the series (entitled 'What's in a name') are reproduced here with the kind permission of Peter Boys and Accountancy magazine with the addition of updates, a new introduction and an index to the firms prepared by Peter Boys.
© Original trees are copyright of Accountancy Magazine and CCH.
© The A-Z index, updates and the revised article are copyright of Peter Boys.
Compiled and revised by Peter Boys, BA FCA, May 2005.