Up front budget: £250,000
Current turn over circa: £800,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2010
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses ensuring you are able to leverage a premium for your business.
- This firm has acquired successfully on two occasions, with retention in excess of 95% demonstrating a proven track record of success and ensuring you are more likely to receive every penny for the business.
- Principals are chartered accountants with a strong qualified team of staff below them ensuring quality goodwill and service is protected and continued post transition encouraging higher retention.
SELLER REQUIREMENTS
- Turnover/GRF in excess of £75,000 or more
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181410 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £75,000
Current turn over circa: £200,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 1990
Locations: Worcestershire
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward flexibly at your own pace
- Very keen to take on and acquire quality, qualified members of staff with experience
- Ideally looking for opportunities portable into their existing offices in Worcestershire
- This is a family firm with very strong client relationships and a very person centric approach ensuring quality goodwill is protected
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181377 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £75,000
Current turn over circa: £100,000
Cash offer: up to 1.2x GRF
Established since: 2023
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.2x GRF for the right businesses
- Mostly cash funded so can move forward at your own pace
- Wealth of experience working on acquisitions in industry with PE backed firms despite having not acquired personally before
- Open to retaining staff and premises to ensure full continuity
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181371 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £100,000
Current turn over circa: £0
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2012
Additional Notes:
- My client is an ACCA qualified accountant with a practising certificate and over 13 years experience in the industry looking to acquire and establish independently for the first time.
- This purchaser has dealt with clients with revenue up to tens of millions of pounds and managed/signed off larger client portfolios in full time employment for larger organisations.
- Ideally seeking a small established firm or block of fees to begin building up their own practice. Open to retaining staff, premises and work with existing principals post sale to ensure as much continuity as possible.
- Cash funded so can move forward flexibly at your own pace. Able to move forward quickly for the right businesses
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181365 ask for Abi Barker
Up front budget: £750,000
Current turn over circa: £3,000,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 1990
Additional Notes:
- Supported by a secured funding line, this firm is able to move forward swiftly and flexibly at your own pace, offering flexible payment terms tailored to your needs.
- With a proven track record in successful acquisitions historically, this firm boasts consistently strong client retention and growth, ensuring a smooth transition and safeguarding the future of your clients while ensuring you achieve every penny for your life's work.
- My client is prepared to acquire 100% of your business from day one, though, depending on your firm's size, they may offer an opportunity for you to retain equity moving forward.
- Outside of this they can be flexible on your exit plans, allowing you to leave after a short warm handover or staying on in a longer term consultancy role, giving you complete flexibility to suit your needs.
- This firm is committed to retaining employees, providing significant growth and career development opportunities to ensure long-term job security and advancement.
- My client is fully equipped for MTD and has a robust, proven process in place to seamlessly transition your clients, ensuring they are well-supported and compliant with the upcoming regulations able to handhold them through this process.
Seller Requirements
- Turnover £200,000+
- Principal must be willing to offer warm handover
- Must be based in West Midlands
- Established 10 years+
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181323 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £10,000,000
Current turn over circa: £70,000,000
Cash offer: Up to 1.5x turnover
Established since: 1990
Additional Notes:
- My client is a top 100, well-established accountancy practice actively seeking like-minded firms looking for centralised support and a succession strategy.
- Backed by private equity, this firm is positioned to move quickly, offering flexible payment terms tailored to meet your specific needs.
- With a proven track record in acquisitions, they boast strong retention and growth rates, demonstrating a thoughtful, seamless transition process that ensures the future security of your clients.
- In this arrangement you will retain significant equity within your business providing continuity and incentive for employees who will later look to step into a partner role.
- You will benefit from centralised resources including HR, compliance, software, recruitment and more, with a goal of allowing you to focus on the areas of your business you enjoy.
- This firm will offer additional support and services including audit, advanced tax advice, consultancy work and more, helping foster future growth.
- Employees are offered significant growth and progression opportunities, ensuring their security and long-term career development.
- This presents an excellent opportunity, especially for those with partners looking to exit the business while others wish to remain, offering a practical succession solution.
Vendor requirements:
- Turnover £2,000,000+
- Continuation of some partners/seniors
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181310 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £200,000
Current turn over circa: £1,100,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2000
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward flexibly at your own pace
- This is a very well established chartered firm with a fantastic reputation in the local area ensuring quality goodwill is protected and typically we tend to find clients settle better with the likes of such well respected and client orientated firms
- Very flexible approach to acquisitions, open to retaining premises, staff and working with existing principals in a phased handover to ensure as much continuity and client retention as possible
- Able to offer the full range of service to clients from your typical compliance, business advisory, audits, tax planning and more
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181303 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £500,000
Current turn over circa: £70,000,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF or 7x EBITDA
Established since: 1960
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes: - My client is a top 100, well-established accountancy practice actively seeking like-minded firms looking for centralised support and a succession strategy.
- Prepared to pay up to 1.5x GRF for the right businesses / up to 7x EBITDA for the right businesses
- Backed by private equity, this firm is positioned to move quickly, offering flexible payment terms tailored to meet your specific needs.
- Very flexible approach to acquisitions, open to either smaller blocks of fees/one man bands which they can bolt into their existing structures or larger well established practices where they can provide plenty of continuity to encourage high retention
- Despite being a large, well established firm this acquirer prides themselves on their personal, approachable and relaxed culture ensuring quality goodwill is protected
- Fantastic reputation across the West Midlands with a proven track record in acquisitions, they boast strong retention and growth rates, demonstrating a thoughtful, seamless transition process that ensures the future security of your clients.
- Open to retain existing principals in ongoing consultancy arrangements to ensure autonomy and flexibility
- You have the option to retain equity, allowing you to cash out while still maintaining control of your practice.
- Clients benefit from centralised resources, unlocking valuable cross-selling opportunities to foster future growth.
- Employees are offered significant growth and progression opportunities, ensuring their security and long-term career development.
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181302 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £50,000
Current turn over circa: £70,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF
Established since: 2017
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay a premium for the right businesses - will pay up to 1.5x GRF and willing to put up to 60% down upfront on day one
- Cash funded so can move forward at your own pace
- Principal AAT qualified
- Ideally seeking small portable, cloud based opportunities/blocks of fees to port into their existing structures but flexible and wouold be open to taking on a premises and staff if based locally
- This is a very client centric firm, with fantastic client testimonials online having won local business awards with a great reputation locally.
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181285 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £400,000
Current turn over circa: £1,200,000
Cash offer: up to 1.4x GRF
Established since: 1990
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.4x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward flexibly at your own pace with the security they will not be letting you down at the 11th hour struggling with their financing
- Acquired successfully on three occasions demonstrating a proven track record ensuring you are likely to receive every penny for your business
- This is a chartered firm who pride themselves on the quality of their work and service, ensuring a client centric approach to protect goodwill and encourage high retention
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181283 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £200,000
Current turn over circa: £400,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2020
Locations: Warwickshire
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses
- This firm has a wealth of experience not just within the accountancy space, but across financial and legal sectors offering a broad and diverse range of services to clients
- This is a technologically savvy, Xero based firm well placed to assist clients transition towards MTD
- Strong team of qualified and experienced staff in place including AAT, ACCA and more
- This is a firm with a strong client focus, ensuring quality and tailored personal service across a diverse range of services ensuring quality client goodwill is protected
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181277 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £50,000
Current turn over circa: £120,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF
Established since: 2020
Locations: Warwickshire
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.5x GRF for the right businesses
- Ideally looking for small portable blocks of fees to bolt within their existing structures but also open to taking on smaller established firms with offices
- Cash funded so can move forward at your own pace
- Both business partners are chartered accountants with plenty of years experience in industry and practice with an exceptional client centric approach to ensure quality goodwill is protected.
- very flexible with approach to acquisitions ensuring you can find a flexible exit strategy to suit your needs
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181276 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £250,000
Current turn over circa: £700,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2000
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses
- Acquired their existing firm so proven track record of taking on and servicing quality client good will with high retention
- This is a tech driven and technologically savvy Xero based firm with a strong team of qualified and experienced team including ACCA, CTA and more in place with plenty of capacity to take on new work
_ tis firm has an excellent reputation locally with numerous positive client testimonials online demonstrating their client centric approach
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181275 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £200,000
Current turn over circa: £700,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF
Established since: 2018
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.5x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward at your own pace
- Looking to acquire for the first time - ideally a small block of fees they can port within their existing structures but open to taking on staff or offices for the right opportunities
- This is a modern, tech driven and dynamic firm with a fantastic reputation in the local area
- Principal has strong experience, being chartered with an award winning team behind them with plenty of capacity to take on new work
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181274 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £1,000,000
Current turn over circa: £4,000,000
Cash offer: up to 1.3x GRF
Established since: 2000
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.3x GRF for the right businesses.
- Funding secured and ready to go so can move forward very quickly for the right opportunities.
- This is an award winning, chartered firm who have acquired on several occasions successfully with very high retention demonstrating a proven track record so you are much more likely to receive every penny for your business.
- Full team of qualified and experienced staff including chartered certified accountants, CTAs and more with plenty of capacity to take on new work.
- Ideally looking for opportunities which are either turning over in excess of £1,000,000 or which are portable within their existing structures in the Warwickshire or Leicestershire area. Will consider anything from £400,000 in turnover or more if portable.
- Open to taking on new premises with opportunities turning over in excess of £1,000,000 or more. Happy to look nationwide for the right businesses.
- This is a people orientated firm, who do not look to go in and uplift fees on day one but instead spend time understanding clients and building and protecting quality longstanding goodwill hence why retention on previous acquisitions is usually sitting in excess of 90% or more.
- Experience with all types of clients, with notable strengths in the healthcare/medical sector, aviation and agriculture
- Audit registered and able to offer wealth planning
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181256 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £750,000
Current turn over circa: £2,000,000
Cash offer: up to 1.4x GRF/8x EBITDA
Established since: 2010
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.4x GRF / 8x EBITDA for the right businesses.
- Cash funded so can move forward flexibly at your own pace with security in their funding.
- This is an incredibly fast growing and successful firm, yet despite rapid growth maintains that personal touch with clients. This is a firm very much with a people first philosophy with a strong focus on advisory.
- Very flexible with their acquisitions strategy, open to retaining premises, staff, work with existing partners ina consultancy arrangement or and even enable you to retain equity so you can truly find a flexible exit strategy to suit your needs.
- This firm boasts a technologically savvy, young and dynamic team with a wealth of expertise including ACCA, CIMA, CTA and more
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181255 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £500,000
Current turn over circa: £1,300,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF
Established since: 2014
Locations: Greater London,West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.5x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward at your own pace and find a flexible exit strategy to suit your needs
- This firm has a fantastic reputation with over 1,000 five star client testimonials online and having won several business excellence awards in their local area demonstrating their client centric approach and customer service
- This firm is a young, dynamic and tech savvy firm, being a Xero platinum partner
- This is a chartered firm who have acquired with 100% retention on two occasions now demonstrating a proven track record. They look to keep as much continuity as possible in the transitionary period to encourage high retention
- Looking for opportunities across the West Midlands, Manchester or Liverpool
- Ideally portable blocks of fees however always open to retaining premises, staff and finding flexible exit strategies for the right businesses
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181241 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £300,000
Current turn over circa: £800,000
Cash offer: up to 1.4x GRF
Established since: 2016
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.4x GRF for the right businesses
- Funding in place ready to go so can move forward quickly at your own pace
- This firm has acquired before successfully on a number of occasions demonstrating a proven track record of high retention
- Ideally looking to take on good quality and qualified members of staff especially a qualified auditor
- This is a tech savy, energetic and profitable firm with plenty of capacity to take on additional work ensuring a client centric approach to foster goodwill and high retention
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181240 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £50,000
Current turn over circa: £200,000
Cash offer: up to 1.2x GRF
Established since: 2000
Locations: Herefordshire
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.2x GRF for the right businesses
- Happy to retain staff
- Familiar with cloud based softwares including Xero, Quickbooks and more but not put off by taking on opportunities which still have lots of paper records
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181210 ask for Lauren Burnham
Up front budget: £500,000
Current turn over circa: £850,000
Cash offer: up to 1.5x GRF
Established since: 2010
Locations: West Midlands
Additional Notes:
- Prepared to pay up to 1.5x GRF for the right businesses
- Cash funded so can move forward very flexibly at your own pace and quite quickly
- Very flexible approach to acquisitions so happy to look at reduced clawbacks, flexible exit strategies for principals and pay a significant amount upfront for the right businesses
- Expertise across accountancy, taxation, R&D, corporate finance and more
- Strong background in M&A with a very good handle on the process
For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 181207 ask for Lauren Burnham
Retiring Accountant
Unit 6
Highfield Business Park
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 2RN
01765 698 699
