Hear from the judging panel, view the menu and read the full shortlist
Welcome to the virtual programme for the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards! Below you’ll find everything you need to know about the awards ceremony, from who’s hosting and what’s on the menu, to the all-important shortlist.
Jump to:
26 February 2026, New Dock Hall, Leeds
Dress code: Black tie
Kicking off the programme below is an introduction from Graham Batty, President of the AAT, who chaired the independent judging panel.
“Tonight is about celebrating the achievements of you, the accountants of Yorkshire. Thank you to all those shortlisted, you certainly did not give the judges an easy time. There were some outstanding entries and a lot of debate to arrive at the final decisions.“
Timings
19:00 Welcome reception
20:00 Dinner
21:45 Awards
23:00 Afterparty
01:00 Carriages
Menu
Your host
Our host this year is Gary Delaney! Gary is a Double Sony Award Winner, a Chortle Award nominee, and is the only comic ever to have got two gags in the same top 10 for Dave’s Funniest Jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe.
TV and Radio includes Live at the Apollo (BBC1), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC2), Mock The Week (BBC2), The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4), Elephant in the Room (Radio 4), and Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4). Gary has also written extensively for TV and Radio including 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, A League Of Their Own, The Royal Variety Performance, The Jason Manford Show, 10’Clock Live, The British Comedy Awards, and The News Quiz. He also has a book out ‘Pundamentalist: 1,000 jokes you probably haven’t heard before’.
Gary is widely regarded as being the most quotable one-liner comic in the country. He projects the barely hidden delight of a cheeky schoolboy and the audience can’t help but be carried along by his infectious charm, so much so that he has sold over a quarter of a million tickets on his tours across the UK and Ireland.
Gary regularly performs at corporate and branding events, and through Twitter he’s become one of the most followed and retweeted comedians in the country. Well known followers include Ricky Gervais, Tyson Fury, Jack Whitehall, Caitlin Moran, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Krishnan Guru-Murphy.
Your entertainment this evening
For our entertainment for the evening is Hipster! Hipster are a Cheshire and Staffordshire based band who travel UK wide playing a unique blend of classic rock, pop and indie.
Since forming in 2000 they have played at over 1000 weddings and parties, large and small. They were also the headline band at the Batman Live World Premiere after party and even played for Prince Harry on New Years Eve in 2011!
