Celebrating 125 years of Smailes Goldie
Our history

1907
Ed Hamilton Drury and WM Percival Holtby (who were in practice), joined forces with Wilfred Smailes and were named ‘Smailes, Drury & Holtby’.
1912
A fourth Partner, Richard Swift Gray, joined and the partnership changed name to ‘Smailes, Holtby & Gray’.
1998
Smailes Goldie joined UK200 Group. Smailes Goldie moved from the premises in Sutton and took over the Hull office of Churchill, Mallet & Co. Smailes Goldie also joined the UK200 Group of Practising Chartered Accountants. This gave the firm a number of benefits such as access to specialist training and advice, access to regular networking events and conferences, and access to other professional advice and guidance.
2008
Smailes Goldie acquired ‘Martin Fish and Co’, which practised in Hull and Barton and this gave the firm an office in North Lincolnshire.
2022
In April 2022, Smailes Goldie acquired three new offices in North Yorkshire from Stephen Watson, who had traded as Moore Stephens. Approx. 30 employees came over following this acquisition and grew our headcount to approx. 160 employees across the 5 offices (Hull, Scarborough, Pickering, Kirkbymoorside, and Barton upon Humber) .