Index of UK and Irish Accountancy and Professional Bodies (including historical and defunct bodies)

About the Index

This index provides information on professional associations, bodies, societies and institutes in the UK and Republic of Ireland that are related to the accountancy profession. It aims to provide a record of current and defunct organisations including historical information such as name changes.

How the Index is organised

Entries are arranged alphabetically by the organisation's name ignoring prepositions, articles and conjunctions. Each entry contains the full name of the organisation with a direct hyperlink its website where available. Initials, acronyms and other forms of abbreviation are provided (in parentheses). The date of formation and, where applicable, dissolution are also given if known. In some cases notes are provided to help clarify what has happened to an organisation or body.

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The index is listed in four parts. Browse the A-B listing or the C-H listing or the I-O listing or the P-Z listing. Alternatively use the A-Z links above. Just click on the first letter of the body you are looking for, and you will be taken to the appropriate place in the listing to browse that section. Each organisation has its own entry in the index. To trace the development of an organisation try looking up the entries for each of its former bodies in the index to get the full history. If you only know the abbreviation of the body you are looking for try searching the Directory of Essential Accountancy Abbreviations on the ICAEW website which now includes over 400 abbreviations.

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A

Accountancy Defence Union, 1992 -

Accountancy Foundation Ltd, 2001 -
Responsibilities taken over by the Financial Reporting Council in 2004

Accountancy Investigation and Discipline Board (AIDB)
Previously known as the Investigation and Discipline Board (IDB), a part of the Accountancy Foundation. The AIDB is a subsidiary board of the Financial Reporting Council and replaces the Joint Disciplinary Scheme operated by ICAEW and ICAS as the new system of regulation also covering ACCA, CIMA & CIPFA.

Accounting History Committee for England and Wales, 1972 - 1974
became the Accounting History Society in 1974

Accounting History Society

Accounting Standards Board (ASB), 1990 -
formerly:
Accounting Standards Steering Committee (ASSC), 1970 - 1976
Accounting Standards Committee (ASC), 1976 - 1990

Accounting Standards Committee (ASC), 1976 - 1990
formerly:
Accounting Standards Steering Committee (ASSC), 1970 - 1976

Accounting Standards Board (ASB) took over the task of setting accounting standards from the (ASC) in 1990.
ASC was a committee of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)

Accounting Standards Steering Committee (ASSC), 1970 - 1976
part of ICAEW, the ASSC became Accounting Standards Committee (ASC) in 1976

Actuarial Profession
see also:
Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland
Institute of Actuaries in England

Added Value Group see Added Value Network

Added Value Network (AVN), 1997 -

Addington Society

Agricultural Law Association, 1972 -

Association for Accounting and Business Affairs, 1997 -

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), 1978 -
formerly:
Association of Technicians in Finance and Accounting (of CIPFA), 1978 - 1980
Institute of Accounting Staff (of ACCA), dissolved 1980

Association of Authorised Public Accountants Ltd (AAPA), 1978 -
became a subsidiary company of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1996

Association of British Independent Accounting Firms Ltd (ABIAF), 1990 -
formerly:
Sourceaid Ltd, 1990-1996

Association of British Insurers (ABI), 1985 -
formerly:
British Insurance Association
Life Offices' Association
Fire Offices Committee
Accident Offices Association

Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3), 2000 -
formerly:
Society of Practitioners of Insolvency (SPI), 1990 - 2000

Association of Certified Accountants, 1971 - 1984
formerly:
Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, 1939 - 1971
renamed Chartered Association Certified Accountants in 1984

Association of Certified Book Keepers (ACB), c1980s
incorporated in 1991

Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, 1939 - 1971
formerly:
London Association of Certified Accountants, 1933 - 1939
absorbed Institution of Certified Public Accountants in 1941
renamed Association of Certified Accountants in 1971

Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1991 -
formerly:
Corporation of Public Accountants, dissolved 2002
absorbed The Society of Public Accountants in 1994

Association of Certified Public Accountants of Great Britain see Association of Certified Public Accountants

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1996 -
formerly:
Corporation of Accountants in Scotland, 1891 - 1939
Institution of Certified Public Accountants, 1903 - 1941
London Association of Accountants, 1904 - 1933
Central Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, 1905 - 1932
London Association of Certified Accountants, 1933 - 1939
Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, 1939 - 1971
Association of Certified Accountants, 1971 - 1984
Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, 1984 - 1996
Association of Authorised Public Accountants (AAPA), 1978 -
 (APPA became a subsidiary of ACCA in 1996)

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Health Service Network
formerly:
Health Service Society of Certified Accountants

Association of Chief Financial Officers in the Hospital Service in England and Wales, 1950 - 1964
renamed Association of Hospital Treasurers (AHT) in 1964

Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers, 1992 -

Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT), 1979 -

Association of Cost and Executive Accountants
see Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants

Association of Financial Controllers and Administrators (AFCA), 1991 -

Association of Health Service Treasurers (AHST), 1974 - 1986
renamed Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), 1986 -
AHST became associated with CIPFA in 1974
Today HFMA and CIPFA are no longer linked but HFMA works closely with all CAAB bodies

Association of Hospital Treasurers (AHT), 1964 - 1974
renamed Association of Health Service Treasurers (AHST) in 1974

Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA), 1995 -

Association of International Accountants Ltd (AIA), 1931 -
incorporated in London in 1932

formerly:
International Accountants Corporation, 1928 - 1932
International Accountants and Executives Corporation, founded 1932 (now dissolved)
Institute of Company Accountants, 1929 - 2003

Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), 1990 -
UK member society of this organisation is the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP)

Association of Lecturers in Accountancy, 1965 -

Association of Newspaper Accountants

Association of Online Accountants

Association of Partnership Practitioners

Association of Practising Accountants (APA), 1987 -

Association of Practising and Commercial Accountants, 1950 - 1961
absorbed by British Association of Accountants and Auditors in 1961

Association of Profit Advisers, 1999 -

Association of Public Service Finance Officers (APSFO), 1920 - 1985
formerly:
Association of Public Finance Officers' (ALGFO)

Today APSFO operates as a small charity called the APSFO Benevolent Fund
Former charitable names of the APSFO Benevolent Fund:
The Association of Public Finance Officers' Benevolent Fund
The Association of Local Government Financial Officers' Benevolent Fund

Association of Social and Ethical Accounting
connected to the Social Venture Network

Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), 1989 -
registered 1989 under sponsorship of the Institute of Taxation - see Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Association of Technicians in Finance and Accounting (of CIPFA), 1978 - 1980
merged with Institute of Accounting Staff (of ACCA) to form Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) in 1981

Association of University Teachers in Accounting, c1967 - 1983
see British Accounting Association

Audit and Assurance Faculty (ICAEW)

Audit Commission, 1846 -
formerly called District Audit Service

Audit Inspection Unit (AIU), 2004 -
Reports to the Professional Oversight Board For Accountancy for Accountancy (POBA) (the POBA is a subsidiary of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The AIU takes over from the Joint Monitoring Unit (JMU) of the professional bodies and is charged with responsibility for monitoring the audit of listed companies, major charities and pension funds.

Auditing Practices Board (APB), 1991 -
a subsidiary of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)

B

Bankruptcy Association of Great Britain and Ireland, 1983 -

BCAB Church Group

Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Society of Chartered Accountants
ICAEW District Society

Birmingham and West Midlands Society of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW)
ICAEW District Society

Black Accountants Society

Board of Chartered Accountants in Business (ICAEW), 1993 - 2000
replaced by:
The Business Focus (ICAEW)

British Accounting Association (BAA), 1947 -
formerly:
Association of University Teachers in Accounting, c1967 - 1983

British Accreditation Bureau (BAB), 1965 -

British Association of Accountants and Auditors, 1923 - 1981
absorbed the Association of Practising and Commercial Accountants in 1961
absorbed by Society of Company and Commercial Accountants in 1981

British Association of Hospitality Accountants (BAHA), 1998 -
formerly:
British Association of Hotel Accountants, 1969 - 1998

British Association of Hotel Accountants, 1969 - 1998
renamed British Association of Hospitality Accountants (BAHA) in 1998

British Association of Licensed Debt Advisers

British Institute of Management, 1974 - 1992

Business and Accounting Developers Association, founded in 1993 (now dissolved)
renamed Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA)

Business Advisory Board (ICAEW)
formerly:
The Business Focus (ICAEW), 2001-2006
Board of Chartered Accountants in Business (ICAEW), 1993 - 2000

Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA)
formerly:
Business and Accounting Developers Association, 1993 -

The Business Focus (ICAEW)
replaced by:
Business Advisory Board (ICAEW)

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