limited company industry professional services founded 1881 headquarters london united kingdom key people david cobb & kevin stopps coceos products accounting corporate services investment management tax number of employees 1 600 including partners website smith.williamson.co.uk smith & williamson is a united kingdom accountancy firm . it is the eighth largest accountancy firm in the uk with revenues of 213.9 million for the year ending 30 april 2015 . 1 smith & williamson is a uk member firm of nexia international a worldwide network of accounting audit and consulting firms . 2 contents 1 history 2 locations 3 panama papers 4 references 5 external links history edit smith & williamson was founded in glasgow in 1881 and has for many years combined an independent firm of chartered accountants with an investment management and private banking house . locations edit smith & williamson has ten offices in the uk in belfast birmingham bristol cheltenham guildford glasgow london manchester salisbury and southampton as well as offices in jersey and dublin . panama papers edit the company s activities came under scrutiny in 2016 when it was revealed that its employees had managed the smith & williamson blairmore global equity fund since 1997 3 earlier in the year hm revenue & customs won a court case against smith & williamson over the treatment of goodwill payments made by the firm to a portfolio manager and his team . 4 references edit accountancy age smith & williamson profits fall as investment plan kicks in accountancy age accessdate may 19 2016 nexia international top ten firm distances itself from blairmore holdings connection . accountancyage . retrieved 9 august 2016 . hmrc wins goodwill payments tax battle against smith & williamson . 20 jan 2016 . retrieved 9 august 2016 . external links edit smith & williamson this accounting related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smith % 26 williamson & oldid 733676925 categories companies established in 1881accounting firms of the united kingdom1881 establishments in the united kingdomaccounting stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view