A report published by the accountancy mental health charity Caba to coincide with Stress Awareness month found that four in five, 79% of accountants believe that stress and poor mental health is a big problem within the industry.

The survey of 795 ICAEW members revealed that the most common reasons for the increased levels of stress in the profession were heavy workloads with 87% of respondents stating that this was the reason, long hours were cited by 73%, and complex work with no room for error which 63% of respondents blamed.