Harold Sharp is positioned as a modern, forward thinking SME advisory firm with deep roots in the North West business community. The firm blends traditional client service values with a strong focus on digital transformation, enabling clients to benefit from real time financial insight and improved business decision making.

With a team of around 50 professionals, Harold Sharp is recognised for its strong culture, long standing client relationships, and commitment to supporting entrepreneurial and growth focused businesses.

Harold Sharp joined the ETL GLOBAL UK group in 2021, becoming part of an international professional services platform backed by ETL Global.

The firm continues to operate under its established leadership team, maintaining full operational independence and its distinctive culture, while benefiting from access to a global network of more than 13,000 professionals across tax, audit, legal, and advisory disciplines.

This partnership enables Harold Sharp to offer clients enhanced technical capability, cross border expertise, and access to wider specialist resources when required.

Harold Sharp provides a comprehensive range of accounting and advisory services, including: 

• Audit and assurance
• Corporate and personal tax planning
• Business advisory and growth support
• Cloud accounting and digital transformation services
• Management reporting and financial insight
• Outsourced finance and compliance support 

The firm is particularly known for its strong audit function and its ability to combine technical accuracy with commercially relevant advice. 

Harold Sharp has achieved consistent recognition for both technical excellence and strong team development.

Key highlights include:

• Recognition for talent development, including inclusion of team members in Accountancy Age 35 Under 35
• Sustained double digit revenue growth in recent years
• Significant expansion of its specialist audit division
• Exceptional client retention, including relationships spanning multiple generations and more than a century in some cases

These achievements reflect the firm’s long term stability and continued evolution as a modern advisory practice.

Harold Sharp’s growth strategy is primarily organic, supported by long term client relationships and a strong reputation in the North West market.

Within the wider ETL GLOBAL UK group, the firm also benefits from a collaborative environment where other member firms have supported regional expansion through acquisitions and consolidation activity, strengthening the overall UK platform.

Harold Sharp’s long term vision is focused on strengthening its position as a leading SME advisory firm in the North West.

Key priorities include:

• Driving further digital transformation across accounting and audit services
• Expanding its position as a trusted adviser to tech enabled and growth focused SMEs
• Continuing to invest in talent development and leadership capability
• Leveraging ETL GLOBAL UK capability, backed by ETL Global, to enhance client service offering
• Maintaining its strong regional presence while embracing a more data driven advisory model

Through this approach, Harold Sharp continues to evolve as a modern, technology enabled accounting firm, combining nearly 100 years of heritage with the innovation and international reach of ETL GLOBAL UK.