Robson Rhodes

RSM Robson Rhodes LLP was a partnership of chartered accountants in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was the UK member firm of RSM International, the 6th largest network of professional service firms in the world. With offices throughout the UK and Ireland, the firm offered auditing, consultancy and tax services to a wide variety of organisations in the private and public sectors.

RSM Robson Rhodes was the 12th largest accountancy firm in the UK, with revenues of £85.5 million for the year ending 30th April 2006, and average revenue per partner of £1.007 million [http://www.accountancyage.com/resource/top50] However despite the size of its turnover the firm was loss-making (£3.8m loss in 2006), and heavily in debt (£45m including partner debts). [ [http://www.accountancyage.com/accountancyage/news/2189079/grant-thornton-swoop-heralds Accountancy Age report detailing the financial position of RSM Robson Rhodes] ] It became a part of Grant Thornton on July 1, 2007.

Mergers

In 2006, RSM Robson Rhodes announced that it was to merge with the US firm of RSM International, RSM McGladrey. However, delays in completing the deal due to financial problems at H&R Block, the company which owns RSM McGladrey, led RSM Robson Rhodes to terminate the deal. Prior to this Robson Rhodes had sought a merger previously, including having talks with the UK arm of Mazars which were also unsuccessful.

On April 29, 2007, the partners of RSM Robson Rhodes announced they were to merge with Grant Thornton UK LLP, the UK firm of Grant Thornton International and 6th largest accountancy firm in the UK. The merged entity will use the Grant Thornton brand and Robson Rhodes will no longer exist as a separate name. The deal was completed on July 1, 2007. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/04/29/cnaudits29.xml "Auditors join forces to take on Big Four"] , "Daily Telegraph", 28 April, 2007]

Locations

RSM Robson Rhodes had 10 offices in the UK and Ireland:

* Belfast
* Birmingham
* Bristol
* Cambridge
* Dublin
* Edinburgh
* Hemel Hempstead
* Leeds
* London (Head Office)
* Manchester

Following the merger with Grant Thronton, the Dublin office transferred to Grant Thornton Ireland.

RSM Moffat

RSM Moffat Limited was the firm's information technology division, providing services to the financial services industry. It is now known as Moffat Limited, as a part of Grant Thornton.

References

http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=1782

External links

* [http://www.rsmi.co.uk/rrweb/rrmain.nsf?opendatabase RSM Robson Rhodes LLP]
* [http://www.rsmi.co.uk/rrweb/rrmain.nsf/pages/VWAS-627KWH?opendocument RSM Moffat limited]
* [http://www.consulting-times.com/August2005/10.aspx Article on RSM Robson Rhodes Business Consulting]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3671174.stm The Silent Scream of the Unloved Customer - BBC News Features]
* [http://www.assured.com/downloads/silent_scream_robson_rhodes.pdf The Report - The Silent Scream of the Unloved Customer]