The Society of Incorporated Accountants, founded in 1885 as the Society of Accountants, was a professional association of accountants in England. It was known from 1908 to 1954 as the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors, and from 1954 to 1957 as the Society of Incorporated Accountants.
History The Society of Accountants was established in 1885, initially in reaction to the restrictive practices of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), founded in 1880.Records of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and its predecessor bodies at Guildhall Library, Guildhall Library Members were known as 'Incorporated Accountants'.Incorporated Accountants' Journal Initially, members were mainly elected by the Society's Council, but in 1889 examinations were introduced and the Society established itself as an examining body.Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors examinations
In 1889 the Society began publishing a quarterly journal Incorporated Accountants' Journal, which became a monthly in 1895 and was renamed Accountancy in 1938. After the merger with ICAEW in 1957 Accountancy became the journal of the ICAEW. The Society was housed at Two Temple Place (Incorporated Accountants' Hall) from 1928 to 1957. In 1959 the building was sold by ICAEW.
Presidents Charles Henry Wilson (1902), of Leeds Charles Hewetson Nelson (1913-1916) Thomas Keens (1926–29) Bertram Nelson (1954-1956)
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Further reading A. A. Garrett, History of the Society of Incorporated Accountants, 1885-1957, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961
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