A powerful global presence within the profession, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) inspires its members and students towards greater success and prosperity. With centres across the United Kingdom, members and students have round-the-clock access to a wealth of valuable resources and support.

ACCA is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development. We aim to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We seek to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers, innovating our qualifications and their delivery to meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.

What do they do?

ACCA works to strengthen a global profession based on the application of consistent standards, which we believe best supports international business and the desire of talented people to have successful, international careers. We champion the needs of small and medium sized business (SMEs) and emerging economies, and promote the value of sustainable business.

To achieve this we work with global bodies such as the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and with more than 80 global accountancy partnerships. Above all, we seek to bring long-term value to economies in which we develop and support professional accountants.

Members

We support our 233,000 members and 536,000 students in 178 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills needed by employers. We work through a network of 100 offices and centres and 7,400 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development.

ACCA works in the public interest, assuring that its members are appropriately regulated for the work they carry out and, promoting principles-based approaches to regulation. We actively seek to enhance the public value of accounting in society through international research and we take a progressive stance on global issues to ensure accountancy as a profession continues to grow in reputation and influence.

Qualifications

At the heart of all the qualifications we offer is the ACCA Qualification. It delivers the cross-sector accounting and finance knowledge, skills and professional and ethical values needed in all organisations and every industry.

Find out more about the ACCA qualification here.