Resources to help members with practice stationery.
Free approval service
If your firm is registered with ICAEW, you are entitled to use our free approval service to ensure your firm name and stationery comply with ICAEW requirements.
Please submit your letterhead to the appropriate team based on your firm’s regulatory status:
Regulated firms (providing Audit, DPB, or Probate)
regulatory.support@icaew.com
Insolvency firms:
Insolvency@icaew.com
Unregulated firms:
firms.admin@icaew.com
Sample letterheads and checklists
Advisory Services have also produced letterhead templates, checklists and examples to assist you:
Further guidance
Further guidance on the selection of practice names and the requirements for use of descriptors, legends etc. for letterheads and other formal stationery.
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Update History
- 01 Nov 2017 (12: 00 AM GMT)
- First published
- 21 Apr 2022 (12: 00 AM BST)
- Changelog created, helpsheet converted to new template
- 21 Apr 2022 (12: 00 AM BST)
- Updated the letterhead checklists for sole practitioners, partnerships, Ltd companies and LLPs. Removal of 'Ireland' and other small amendments made. Added some headings to break up the content.
- 10 May 2022 (12: 00 AM BST)
- Minor changes to footers: Letterhead template (Ltd Co) – changed “Ltd” to “Limited” Letterhead template (LLP) - added "(if an LLP name ends with the abbreviation LLP, the letterhead must display that it is a limited liability partnership)"
- 04 Aug 2022 (12: 00 AM BST)
- Change to contact email address. Bullet points changed to link list icons
- 18 Jul 2025 (12: 00 AM BST)
- Update to wording and email addresses in Free approval service section
