Summary
Manchester Chartered Accountants The original Manchester "Institute" of Chartered Accountants was founded by twelve local practitioners on 12 December 1870 at a meeting at the Clarence Hotel. It is one of the four 'Founding Societies' alongside Liverpool, London and Sheffield which formed the basis in 1880 for the establishment of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Today's Manchester Chartered Accountants (MCA) has 4,722 members, of whom around 2000 are in practice in firms ranging from 'Big 4' to sole practitioners, and 1,700 working at all levels across all sectors of the Manchester's economy. At the present time, approximately 550 students are currently training for their ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant) qualification across the region.
The remaining membership comprises chartered accountants working in the public sector, not-for-profit and charity organistions, and also 500 retired members as well as some taking career breaks. The MCA organise events and courses, both social and professional, keeping members up-to-date with CPD, inter-acting with other regional stake-holders and providing a two-way flow of information from and to local members, who are in touch with the region's main economic and business issues. This intelligence helps inform and direct the Institute's national policy-making decisions, which in turn are fed into government. MCA has one branch society, the Bolton Society of Chartered Accountants.