No jargon, no sales pitch — practical, detailed advice with worked examples: what your practice is worth, how to sell it, the tax, succession, and how to free up your team. Written by the people who buy and run practices.
Everything in order — valuation, timing, broker vs direct, due diligence, heads of terms, earn-outs, tax, and protecting your clients and staff. The one page that ties it all together.
Read the complete guide →How UK accountancy practices are valued — the recurring-fee multiple by quality tier, a full worked example, how deal structure affects the number, and the adjustments buyers make.
Read guide →Broker vs direct sale for your accountancy practice — a side-by-side on fees, speed, confidentiality and control, plus the questions to ask any buyer before you engage.
Read guide →The tax decisions that determine your net proceeds when you sell your own accountancy practice — asset vs share sale, Business Asset Disposal Relief, and how deferred consideration and earn-outs are taxed.
Read guide →The signals it's time to sell your accountancy practice, the real cost of waiting too long, and how to use a 12–18 month runway to exit from strength.
Read guide →A full due-diligence checklist for selling a UK accountancy practice — the documents a buyer reviews, what each reveals, the red flags, and how to prepare a simple data room.
Read guide →What heads of terms cover when selling an accountancy practice — a clause-by-clause guide to price, structure, timeline, exclusivity and what's actually binding.
Read guide →How earn-outs and deferred consideration work when selling an accountancy practice — why buyers use them, a worked retention example, how to protect yourself, and the tax.
Read guide →A practical guide to succession for UK accountancy practice owners — internal buyout, merger and external sale compared, funding and timelines, and protecting clients and staff.
Read guide →Management buyout vs external sale for your accountancy practice — funding mechanics, certainty, price, tax and a side-by-side comparison, plus how hybrid deals work.
Read guide →Seven practical ways to increase the value of a UK accountancy practice before a sale — with the impact of each and a worked before-and-after example.
Read guide →The factors that quietly reduce the value of a UK accountancy practice — owner dependency, concentration, under-pricing, weak recurring income and messy systems — with the fix for each.
Read guide →How UK accountancy firms move clients from compliance to advisory without burning out the team — the capacity maths, a first-90-days plan, and where to start.
Read guide →How to price and package advisory services in an accountancy firm — moving off the hour, three-tier packages with example pricing, and building recurring advisory retainers.
Read guide →A practical guide to outsourcing bookkeeping and compliance for UK accountancy practices — what to outsource in order, quality controls, the capacity maths, and a transition plan.
Read guide →The handful of KPIs that tell you whether your accountancy firm is really working — with what each means, how to calculate it, and a sensible target for each.
Read guide →Occasional, genuinely useful notes for practice owners on valuation, selling and running a better firm. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.