Company
History, mission, values and vision.
Kelly+Partners, 2006 and beyond
Kelly+Partners Accountants opened its doors in North Sydney, New South Wales, on 12 June 2006. Its founders were Brett Kelly, his wife Rebecca Kelly, Scott Elwin, Ada Poon and Craig Bullock. They shared a vision: to work with private business owners who wanted to go somewhere, and to help them Be Better Off through specialist accounting, taxation and audit services delivered in a coordinated, personal, excellent and discreet way.
Twenty years on, the team has worked through the global financial crisis and COVID-19 and grown from a single North Sydney office into an international network across Australia, the United States, Ireland and Hong Kong, with a back office in the Philippines.
Kelly Partners Group Holdings Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol KPG and quoted on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol KPGHF.
At a glance
- Year founded
- 2006
- Team members
- 711
- Operating partners
- 105
- Listed on the ASX
- 2017
- Listed on OTCQX
- 2024
2006 to 2026
| Year | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Kelly+Partners opens its doors in North Sydney on 12 June. Founders: Brett Kelly, Rebecca Kelly, Scott Elwin, Ada Poon and Craig Bullock. |
| 2007 | The first three firms join: The Harris Group, Pritchard Adams and Nexus Financial Group. Scott Elwin opens the Central Coast office. |
| 2016 | Kenneth Ko opens Kelly+Partners Hong Kong, the first office outside Australia. |
| 2017 | Kelly Partners Group Holdings lists on the Australian Securities Exchange as KPG. Sydney CBD opens with BMF Chartered Accountants. |
| 2019 | SBG Accountants joins, establishing Kelly+Partners Melbourne CBD, the first office in Victoria. |
| 2020 | The first KPG Owners' Manual is published on 25 November. Version 5.0 followed in August 2026. |
| 2021 | Hadrill Accounting joins, establishing the first office in Canberra. Twenty-one firms join in 2021 and 2022. |
| 2023 | Landau, Swartz & McCarty becomes the first partnership in the United States, forming Kelly+Partners Woodland Hills. |
| 2024 | FRSCPA joins, opening St Petersburg, Florida and Cary, North Carolina. Kudos International follows in September. |
| 2025 | Asple & Co joins, forming Kelly+Partners Wexford in Ireland. Wrkpod joins in the Philippines late in the year. |
| 2026 | Dublin office opens, the second in Ireland. FY2026 revenue $159.2 million, up 18%. Twenty years on, sixty-five firms have joined. |
Mission, values, vision
We exist to help our People, Private Business Owners and the Communities we work in Be Better Off.
- 1We want the best for others.
- 2We do what we say.
- 3One team, one best way.
- People
- First Choice Employer for accounting professionals.
- Clients
- First Choice Accountant to Private Business Owners in Australia and any market in which we operate.
Firms that have joined Kelly+Partners
| Years | Chapter | Firms | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 to 2010 | The early vision | 7 | Beyond North Sydney to the Central Coast and Western Sydney. |
| 2011 to 2015 | Growing together | 6 | South and west: South West Sydney, Norwest, Wollongong, Oran Park and the Southern Highlands. |
| 2016 to 2020 | Scaling up | 11 | Hong Kong opens in 2016. Listing on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2017. Sydney CBD, Inner West, Northern Beaches, Blue Mountains and Melbourne CBD. |
| 2021 to 2022 | Building momentum | 21 | The fastest chapter yet: Newcastle, Canberra, Bendigo, Hunter Region, Leeton, Palm Beach, Maitland and Brisbane. |
| 2023 to 2025 | Going global | 20 | Woodland Hills and Burbank in California, St Petersburg and Cary, Wexford in Ireland, Mission Viejo, and Wrkpod in the Philippines. |
| 2006 to 2025 | Twenty years | 65 | Firms that have joined Kelly+Partners |
Partners in their own words
‘It was sheer determination that this won't fail, because we won't let it fail.’
‘There are a couple of points in my life where meeting somebody has changed my life. One of those was meeting Brett.’
‘If we keep doing what we're doing, the group will continue to grow for a long, long time.’
From Be Better Off: The First 20 Years.