The profit attributable to Kennedys’ highest paid member fell 11% last year despite a 19% rise in operating profit, the firm’s accounts reveal.

Kennedys Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) accounts for the year to 30 April 2014, filed at Companies House, showed operating profit rose 19% to £35.6m from £29.9m the previous year on the back of the acquisition of Kennedys Aviation LLP, formerly Gates and Partners, in June 2013.