Your indicative price
Indicative value range
Indicative only. Worked out with the same method as our
practice valuation calculator, from your client list and your answers. It is not a formal valuation, not advice and not an offer.
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What your client list shows
What would add most to the price
Ranked by the effect on the mid-point of your range. Each figure re-runs the whole valuation with that one change made to your own list.
What a buyer will check before paying
These do not move the multiple in the calculation. They decide how much of the price is paid on completion, how much is held back until clients have stayed, and how long due diligence takes.
Your handover plan
Email me this analysis
We'll send the price, the changes ranked by value and your handover plan, with a written note from Andy on the order he would tackle them in. We receive the totals and percentages only, never a client's name or fee. NDA on request.
How the analysis works
The price uses the method set out in full on the practice valuation calculator. Recurring fees are multiplied by a starting multiple of 1.00×, which is Practice Group's own working assumption for a general UK practice and which you can change. That multiple moves up or down for five things, each by a stated amount: your hours on client work, the size of the team, the advisory share of fees, how much of the fee base sits with the ten largest clients, and how long clients typically stay. The result is held between 0.40× and 1.60×, and shown as a range of 0.10× either side.
The client list supplies the recurring fee total, the share held by the ten largest clients and, where it has a start year, the typical tenure. Clients marked as one-off are left out of the recurring total. The rest of the analysis counts and adds up what is in the list: fee bands, client types, year ends, who looks after which clients, and when fees were last reviewed.
The changes are priced by making each one to your own figures and running the valuation again. Raising small fees to your minimum assumes every one of those clients accepts. Some will leave instead, and a buyer would usually rather they left before the sale than after it.
What it cannot see
It cannot tell whether your staff will stay, whether your fees match the work involved, what your lease commits a buyer to, or how your clients feel about you. It also cannot see the deal structure, which often matters more than the headline figure. Two offers at the same price are worth very different amounts depending on how much is paid on completion and how much depends on clients staying afterwards. Tax on the sale depends on your own position; HMRC explains Business Asset Disposal Relief on GOV.UK.
Frequently asked questions
Does my client list get sent anywhere?
No. The file is read by your own browser and the analysis is worked out there. Nothing is uploaded. If you ask us to email the result, we receive the totals and percentages shown in the summary, never a client's name or fee.
What columns does my client list need?
Only a fee for each client. Everything else is optional and adds to the analysis: client type, services, the year they joined, their year end, who looks after them, and when their fee last went up. Most client record systems can export these, and the analyser lets you match your column names to them.
Is the price a formal valuation?
No. It is an indicative range using the same method as our practice valuation calculator: a starting multiple of recurring fees that you can change, adjusted for owner hours, team, advisory work, client concentration and client tenure. It is not a formal valuation, not advice and not an offer.
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