The Associate Chartered Accountant designation is a mid-level qualification.

There is also a mid-tier qualification called Associate Chartered Accountant with the designatory letters ACA.

Benson qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant in 1932, coming eleventh in the intermediate examination and fourth in the final examination out of 1088 candidates.

The designation Associate Chartered Accountant is not directly comparable to the Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) designation offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.