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UK accountants and AML supervision, in numbers

Aggregate figures across the 16,731 AML-registered accountancy practices on our register review. 3% appear on the GOV.UK published-penalties list; 14% have a website on record. These are counts only — no practice is singled out here.

PracticeGuard reviews public registers · Generated 15 Jul 2026

Who supervises them

SupervisionPracticesShare
HMRC-supervised14,69988%
Professional-body / ACSP supervised2,03212%

Source: HMRC AML register + Companies House ACSP / professional-body registration.

By area — and how many appear on the penalties list

AreaPracticesOn penalties list

Source: GOV.UK published-penalties list ("Businesses that have not complied with the Money Laundering Regulations").

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