is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2014 saffery champness type partnership industry professional services founded 1855 headquarters london united kingdom key people rob elliott managing partner saffery champness products accounting audit corporate finance outsourcing tax trusts vat revenue 64.85 million gbp 2014 number of employees 600 2014 website www.saffery.com saffery champness is the 12th largest firm of chartered accountants in the uk based on the accountancy age top 50 50 survey 2015 with a turnover of 70.50 million . 1 saffery champness is a member firm of nexia international a worldwide network of accounting and consulting firms . 2 rob elliott is the firm s managing partner . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 1855 1982 1.2 1982 present 2 locations 3 references 4 external links history edit 1855 1982 edit saffery champness was founded in 1855 by joseph john saffery at london s guildhall chambers . in 1880 the institute of chartered accountants in england and wales icaew was formed . joseph john saffery was a founding member of the first council and its president between 1889 1891 . 4 5 1982 present edit on 1 july 1982 safferys and champness cowper & co merged to practise as saffery champness . 6 in 1986 the international network sc international was founded by the firm . this went on to merge with nexia international in 2007 to create a global provider of audit and advisory services . 7 in 2010 jonathan fox became the firm s managing partner the first non accountant to lead a top 20 firm . 8 on 1 october 2012 the firm announced the acquisition of the film & tv unit of rsm tenon . the transaction of the 17 strong team enabled them to build their sports and entertainment group . 9 in 2013 saffery champness was involved in developing and lobbying for the uk tax relief and were the advisers for the production s cultural test application . 10 the film & tv unit contributed to preparing the groundwork for the tax relief 11 which supports the film animation high end television and video games industries . in may 2015 rob elliott became the firm s managing partner . 12 rob was previously the firm s managing partner from 2002 10 and has also served as the firm s finance partner . the firm celebrated its 160th anniversary in 2015 . locations edit saffery champness has nine offices in the uk in bournemouth bristol edinburgh harrogate high wycombe inverness london manchester and peterborough . they also have offices in geneva guernsey and zurich . references edit 1 nexia international saffery champness elects rob elliott as new managing partner saffery champness family tree past presidents of the icaew firm focus champing at the bit accountancy live january 2008 accounting firm nexia to buy sc international reuters august 2007 best practice saffery champness jonathan fox accountancy age july 2013 saffery champness confirms acquisition of tenon film unit staff accountancy age october 2012 saffery champness advises on first tv drama to qualify for uk tax relief the production guild april 2013 uk aims to be go to destination for high end tv production nexia international june 2013 saffery champness elects rob elliott as new managing partner external links edit saffery champness retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saffery champness chartered accountants & oldid 715198327 categories 1885 establishments in the united kingdomaccounting firms of the united kingdomcompanies based in londoneconomics consulting firmshidden categories orphaned articles from august 2014all orphaned 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 14 april 2016 at 08 56 . 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