History and standard
ACCA is the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body in the world, with over 493,500 members and students in 170 countries. ACCA has an extensive network of almost 80 staffed offices and other centres around the world.
In 1904 eight people formed the London Association of Accountants, in order to provide more open access to the accountancy profession than the two existing accountancy organisations. ACCA went through a number of mergers and amalgamations over the years. In 1984 it became the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants to reflect the fact that, a decade earlier, it had been granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation. In 1996 ACCA became the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Our Members, who are known as Chartered Certified Accountants, are employed in industry, financial services, the public sector, or in public practice. With statutory recognition in the UK and Ireland we have the authority to license our members to work as registered auditors. In the UK, we also authorise our members to undertake insolvency work. Outside the UK, we are recognised under the EU's Mutual Recognition Directive and in many countries around the world.
Mission and values
ACCA's goal is to be the leading global professional accountancy body by reputation, influence and size.
ACCA's mission is to:
- to provide opportunity and access to people of ability around the world and to support our members throughout their careers in accounting, business and finance
- to achieve and promote the highest professional, ethical and governance standards
- to advance the public interest
- to be a global leader in the profession.
ACCA's core values are:
- opportunity: we provide opportunity, free from artificial barriers, to people around the world - whether students, members or employees and we support them in their careers.
- diversity: we respect and value difference, embracing diversity in our people and in our output.
- innovation: we create new and unexpected possibilities, providing innovative solutions for the future.
- accountability: we accept individual and corporate responsibility for our actions, working together to deliver a quality service and to promote the best interests of our stakeholders.
- integrity: we act ethically and work in the public interest, treating people fairly and honestly, we encourage the same from others.
Partners
ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) works through global accountancy partnerships with professional bodies and organisations around the world at regional and national levels. Our partnership arrangements cover many different fields – including joint qualifications, professional development, regulation and monitoring, and technical consultancy. We are committed to the highest global quality standards, while reflecting the needs and aspirations of our partners in the ways in which we work with them. Through inclusive partnerships, ACCA focuses on delivering services which benefit the accountancy profession and which enhance the value of accountants in the workplace.Members
We support our 131,500 members and 362,000 students throughout their careers, providing services through a network of 80 offices and centres. In this section you will find links to the subjects likely to be of interest to ACCA members including CPD, professional standards and ethics and careers information.
