Leeds and the Yorkshire region have a strong, close-knit accountancy community, with many long-established independent firms. It is a market where reputation and relationships matter, which is exactly why confidentiality is so important when you are thinking about selling. If you own a practice in Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield or across Yorkshire and you are considering an exit — now or in a few years — we buy directly and keep the conversation completely private.
Why sell your practice directly
We’re a direct buyer, not a broker. You deal with the decision-maker, keep the process confidential, avoid broker commission, and shape the deal around your timeline rather than a broker’s calendar. There is no listing your practice around the market and no parade of tyre-kickers — just a grown-up, private conversation. The full comparison is in our guide to broker vs direct.
How confidential is a practice sale, really?
In a region where firms know each other and staff move between them, a leak is not a theoretical risk — it unsettles clients and it unsettles your team. Selling direct removes the single biggest source of that risk, because nothing is listed, marketed or circulated to a buyer list. Here is who knows what, and when.
| Stage | Who knows about it |
|---|---|
| First conversation | You and us. It can be anonymous — you do not have to name the firm to get a view. |
| Indicative valuation | You and us. No listing, no teaser document, nothing sent to anyone else. |
| Due diligence | You, us and your own advisers. An NDA is available on request. |
| Heads of terms | The same people. Nothing binding on price until you decide it is. |
| Announcement | Only when you are ready. Staff and clients are told on a plan you have agreed. |
What if I am not ready to sell yet?
That is usually a better conversation, not a worse one. If you are two or three years away, the useful work is on the things that decide the multiple — recurring percentage, owner-dependency, client concentration and lockup. Our guide to increasing the value of your practice and the free exit readiness checklist cover what to fix first.
Where in Yorkshire do you buy?
Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax, Harrogate, York, Sheffield, Doncaster and Hull, and across North, South, East and West Yorkshire.
UK practices are usually valued on a multiple of gross recurring fees rather than profit, because owner-managed profit is distorted by how the owner pays themselves. Our valuation guide puts the range for general practice at broadly 0.8× to 1.2× GRF, with weaker firms below that and high-quality fee blocks attracting 1.3× or more.
Our promise as a buyer
- Nothing is listed, marketed or circulated — ever
- Early conversations can be entirely anonymous
- Staff and clients hear it from you, on your timetable
- An NDA is available from the first conversation if you want one
If discretion is the thing holding you back, that is precisely the part of this we are built around — a first conversation about your Leeds practice commits you to nothing.
Ready for a confidential conversation?
Wherever your practice is, you deal directly with the buyer — confidentially, and on your timeline.
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