Welcome to the home page for the South Wales Society of Chartered Accountants. Formed in 1913, we serve about 2,300 members throughout South Wales. The society’s members come from accountancy practices small and large and from a range of business, public sector and Third Sector interests. The district society is deeply engaged in the development of the local economy and regards the promotion of the profession – especially among students – as a crucial part of its work.
There were big smiles on the faces of chartered accountants Carly and Ellie Allchurch of Allchurch & Co on Friday 5 April at the Finance Awards Dinner in Cardiff’s City Hall as they became the recipients of the award for “Best Independent Accountancy Firm 2019”.
ICAEW’s local office in South Wales is looking for sole practitioners and members based in smaller practices in the Pontypridd area to support the creation of their own practitioners’ town group.
I have been fortunate to attend a number of events recently promoting these extremely important objectives in the workplace.
ICAEW students beat the January blues by achieving another set of impressive results in their December 2018 ACA Professional Level exams.
ICAEW’s local office in Wales recently met with Ian Gwilym, Duke of Edinburgh's Relationship Manager based in Brecon to find out how ICAEW members and our organisation might help support the work of the Charity. It was an enlightening meeting.
Martin J Warren FCA, ICAEW Regional Director for Wales and the South West, shares his thoughts on business travel around the region.
The 2019 Council Elections take place early next year, with applications for nomination now open, we take a look at the key dates and what’s involved.
Q2 2019: Business confidence hit by ongoing uncertainty and slower profits growth
ICAEW South Wales is keen to support this year’s BASE competition for 16/17 year olds, and would encourage members to act as mentors for participating schools in our region.
Our 2018 annual dinner was held in the iconic City Hall, Cardiff to an audience of 480 business professionals based in South Wales. To date, the South Wales dinner is the best attended ICAEW dinner anywhere in the UK, including London – so thank you to those members who attended, took tables and engaged with our annual event.
Read Martin Warren, Director of Wales blog. He talks about what is happening within the region and current affairs.