Top 30 UK firm
MPS Accountancy vs Bishop Fleming
Bishop Fleming is a UK top-30 accountancy firm with nine offices spanning the South West and West Midlands, including Worcester and Birmingham. It is a member of Kreston Global, a network of around 170 firms across more than 120 countries, and is the leading audit provider to multi-academy trusts in the UK.
Bishop Fleming
- Based in
- Nine offices across the South West and West Midlands, including Worcester and Birmingham
- Distance
- About 15 miles from Bromsgrove to the Worcester office
- Established
- Long-established; the firm reports turnover of £38.4m and recent growth of 15.5%
Facts verified against the sources listed below.
Quick answer
Is Bishop Fleming or MPS Accountancy right for my business?
Bishop Fleming is a UK top-30 firm with nine offices including Worcester and Birmingham, offering audit, insolvency, corporate finance, forensic accounting and international support through Kreston Global — the right choice for larger organisations, academy trusts and businesses needing audit. MPS Accountancy is a small Bromsgrove firm serving owner-managed businesses with accounts, tax, VAT, payroll and tax planning on a fixed monthly fee.
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At a glance
MPS Accountancy and Bishop Fleming, side by side
Every row below is drawn from public sources — Companies House and each firm’s own website. Where a firm doesn’t publish something, we say so rather than guessing.
Be honest
When Bishop Fleming is the better choice
We are not the right accountant for everyone, and pretending otherwise wastes your time and ours. Here is when you should pick up the phone to them instead.
You are an academy trust or education-sector organisation — Bishop Fleming is the UK's leading auditor in that sector, and nothing we do competes with that.
You need insolvency or business recovery, forensic accounting, or litigation support.
You trade internationally and want a firm plugged into a global network for cross-border tax and reporting.
You need a statutory audit from a registered auditor.
Where we fit
When MPS Accountancy is the better fit
The reasons clients have moved to us from firms like Bishop Fleming.
You are a small or owner-managed business. A top-30 firm's cost base and engagement process are built for larger clients, and the fee will reflect that.
You want the same person on the phone every time rather than a team that changes as staff rotate.
You want a fixed monthly fee covering ad-hoc questions rather than time-based billing.
Services
What each firm covers
Services as published by each firm. A longer list isn’t automatically better — it usually means a bigger firm with a wider remit, and a fee structure to match.
MPS Accountancy
- Accounts preparation
- Corporation tax returns
- Self Assessment
- VAT
- Payroll and CIS
- Tax planning
We do not offer statutory audit, corporate finance or FCA-regulated financial advice. If you need those, we’ll tell you and point you to someone who does.
Bishop Fleming
- Audit and assurance
- Business, personal and international tax
- Corporate finance
- Business recovery and insolvency
- Wealth management
- Payroll services
- Accounting software solutions
- Forensic and litigation support
- VAT advice
As published on their website. Check directly for the current position.
FAQs
Questions people ask when comparing us
Why would I pick a two-person firm over a top-30 firm?
For a lot of businesses you shouldn't, and we will say so. But if you are an owner-managed company doing accounts, corporation tax, VAT and payroll, a top-30 firm's structure adds cost and layers without adding much you'll notice. The honest test is whether you need audit, insolvency, international or sector-specialist work. If yes, go to Bishop Fleming.
Can MPS handle my accounts if I trade internationally?
We can advise on place-of-supply rules, overseas VAT treatment and cross-border transactions as part of our VAT and tax work. For genuinely complex international structures — transfer pricing, overseas subsidiaries, multi-jurisdiction reporting — a firm inside a global network like Kreston is better equipped.
Do you audit academy trusts?
No. MPS Accountancy does not offer statutory audit of any kind, and academy trust audit is a specialist field where Bishop Fleming is the UK market leader.
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Where these facts come from
Everything on this page about Bishop Fleming is taken from public records and their own published material, last checked on . Firms change their services, staff and pricing — always confirm the current position with them directly. If you spot something out of date here, tell us and we will correct it.
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