UHY in 2015 Celebrating 90 years

How we got here
1920s
The early years
1924, Johnny Rubens and Mark Hacker qualify as accountants. 1925, rent an office
in Chancery Lane, London and establish Hacker Rubens & Co. Outgrew the office
in three years, moved to 23 Surrey Street, WC2.
1930s and ‘40s
A merger and moves
1930, merge with Horner, St Clair and Gotelee and move again to 329 High
Holborn, London. During the war, move to temporary accommodation in Upper
Regent Street. 1947, move to 18 Maddox Street and stay there until the early
1960s.
1950s and ‘60s
A change of faces and a
national network
Johnny retires, mid 1950s, but works with the firm until late 1960s. Mark retires in
1960. Firm taken over by Michael Phillips (trained with the firm), and Stuart Young,
brother of David Young (Lord Young of Graffham). 1961, name changes to
Hacker, Rubens, Phillips & Young. 1968, move to St Alphage House, Moorgate in
London. Mid 1960s, offices opened in Manchester and Nottingham to facilitate
audits for one of the firm’s largest clients; start of our national network - the
Hacker Young Group.
1970s
A new name
1970, merge again, with Summers Greenbury, headed by Edward Greenbury.
Stuart Young becomes senior partner. 1973, firm changes name to Hacker Young.
1980s
National and international
associations
1980, London firm merges with Farr Rose & Gay, adding three partners and eight
staff. 1982, Philip Oliver appointed partner in charge of Nottingham office.
Following Stuart Young’s sudden death in 1986, Frank Stansil, takes over as senior
partner. Urbach Hacker Young International, founded same year by Hacker Young
in the UK and Urbach Kahn & Werlin in US – start of our international network. End
of 1980s, Hacker Young Group has five offices and more than 30 partners, thanks
to addition of offices in Manchester (JC Allen & Co) and Brighton (Charmak & Co).
1990s
Continued growth
1992, new member firm in Chester and Wrexham, Haswell Brothers & Co. 1995,
Ladislav Hornan becomes managing partner of Hacker Young, having been an
insolvency partner in the firm. 1998, Hacker Young merges with five partners from
Leigh Carr, a West End firm. Hacker Young Group becomes one of the Top 25
groups of chartered accountants in the UK with fees of more than £15million.
1997, Howard Spencer is appointed as the Group’s first Chairman.
2000 - 2005
A new name and national
expansion
Three new member firms join UK Group; Calvert Smith & Co in York, Torgersens in
Sunderland and Newcastle and Winross in Birmingham. 2004, UK Group adopts the
UHY brand, all member firms prefix their names with UHY. UHY Hacker Young
Group becomes a Top 20 UK network; fee income exceeds £26million, over 400
staff and 60 partners.
2005 - 2010
Further national expansion
2006, we expand into Scotland with new member firm Campbell Dallas, adding 14
partners and five offices. Boost UK coverage to 16 offices in 2007 with new
Sheffield firm, Wingfield Slater. 2008, London office moves to impressive new
offices at St Katherine Docks, with views of Tower Bridge. Nottingham office
acquires Jackson Bly and Tower House Associates. 2009, Welsh accountancy firm,
Peacheys, joins the Group. 2010, part of Kent firm, Spain Brothers, also joins Group
taking us to 19 offices across the UK.
2010 - 2015
A Top 15 UK Group
New Group offices open in Bristol and Newcastle, three new offices in the East
through new member WKH Partnership, and further rebranding across the Group,
with 16 offices now branded as UHY Hacker Young. 2014, Jon Warsop succeeds
Howard Spencer as Chair of the Group, following Howard’s 17 year reign. 2015,
we become Top 15 UK Group of accountants, with £50million fee income, more
than 100 partners and over 600 staff working across our 24 UK offices.