Every fee, pay or exam figure on this site comes from the pages below. We read each page on 13 November 2026. If we could not verify a figure from the body's own page, we left it out.
AAT
- AAT: qualification fees and funding options, checked 13 November 2026.
- AAT: 2026/27 training provider, student and qualification fees (PDF, fees from 1 September 2026), checked 13 November 2026.
- AAT: Level 2 Certificate in Accounting, checked 13 November 2026.
- AAT: Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, checked 13 November 2026.
- AAT: Level 4 Diploma for Professional Accounting Technicians, checked 13 November 2026.
ACCA
- ACCA: fees and charges (UK), checked 13 November 2026.
- ACCA: how the ACCA Qualification works, checked 13 November 2026.
- ACCA: frequently asked questions on registering to study, checked 13 November 2026.
- ACCA: book an exam, checked 13 November 2026.
ACA (ICAEW)
- ICAEW: ACA fees, checked 13 November 2026.
- ICAEW: discover the ACA, checked 13 November 2026.
- ICAEW: how ACA training works, checked 13 November 2026.
- ICAEW: minimum entry requirements for the ACA, checked 13 November 2026.
- ICAEW: study the ACA independently, checked 13 November 2026.
CIMA
- CIMA: how to apply for the CGMA qualification, checked 13 November 2026.
Apprenticeships and minimum pay
- Find apprenticeship training (GOV.UK service): accounting courses, checked 13 November 2026.
- Skills England: Accountancy or taxation professional (ST0001), checked 13 November 2026.
- Skills England: Accountancy professional (ST0001, revised version), checked 13 November 2026.
- Skills England: Assistant accountant (ST0002, version 2.0), checked 13 November 2026.
- Skills England: Professional accounting technician (ST0003, version 2.0), checked 13 November 2026.
- ACCA: apprenticeship costs and funding, checked 13 November 2026.
- AAT: Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship standard v2.0, checked 13 November 2026.
- GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates, checked 13 November 2026.
Salaries and CVs
- ONS: Earnings and hours worked, occupation by four-digit SOC (ASHE Table 14), 2026 provisional, released 22 October 2026, checked 13 November 2026.
- National Careers Service: Accounting technician job profile, checked 13 November 2026.
What we left out
- CIMA exam and subscription fees: not verifiable from CIMA's own pages when we checked.
- Salaries for trainees specifically: no sourced figure exists in the data we used, so we show broad pay data with clear limits.