Your clients keep their accountant
No rebrand, no call centre, no "your account has moved". The firms we buy keep trading under their own name with the team clients already know.
Practice acquisitions
Sell Your Accountancy Practice in Warrington
Warrington sits exactly between the two cities we know best, with a business base that has grown faster than almost anywhere in the North West. If you own a practice here and are weighing an exit or looking for backing, we are a direct buyer thirty minutes down the M62.
Warrington's economy has outgrown its town-sized reputation: logistics parks, professional services, contractors and thousands of owner-managed companies strung along the M62 and the Manchester Ship Canal. The practices serving them are busy, profitable and, increasingly, run by owners starting to think about what comes next.
The conventional next step is a broker, a valuation pack and a spot on a national listing. Ours is different: one direct conversation with a group that already owns four North West practices and keeps every one of them trading under its own name. The back office gets modernised, the compliance strain lifts, and the sign above the door stays exactly as your clients know it.
Geography works in Warrington's favour here. We are close enough to meet you within the week, close enough for the group's firms to provide real cover and support, and local enough to understand that a Stockton Heath client base and a Bewsey client base are not the same thing.
No broker, no commission, no anonymous advert. Tell us about your practice below; it reaches the group's directors only, and you will have a personal reply within two working days.
Why sell to us
A direct buyer, not a broker
Your staff keep their jobs
We buy practices because of the people in them. We support the existing team without overpowering the culture and values that make clients like the firm.
No broker, no commission
We are the buyer, not a middleman. Deal with us directly and there is no listing process, no sale fee and no percentage taken off your price.
Discretion, guaranteed
Nothing reaches your staff, clients or the local grapevine until you decide it should. Early conversations are just that: conversations.
Common questions
Questions sellers ask us
What would you actually base an offer on?
The things that make a practice durable: recurring fee income, client retention, the spread of work, the team, and how the firm runs day to day. Market guides talk in multiples of recurring fees for typical practices, and that context is useful, but we would rather show you our reasoning on your numbers than hide behind a formula. Nothing on this page is an offer; the conversation is where that starts.
How quickly can this happen if I want it to?
Faster than the broker route, because the matching phase does not exist: you start with the buyer. An honest first conversation within days, an indicative view shortly after, and then diligence and legal work at whatever pace protects your clients. We will never rush a handover, but we will never park you in a process either.
Do you cover the towns around Warrington?
Yes: Widnes, Runcorn, Northwich, Lymm, Leigh and the wider corridor between Liverpool and Manchester are all comfortably inside our patch.
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Register your interest
A few details are enough to start; share only what you're comfortable with. We reply personally within two working days, in complete confidence.
Who reads this?
Your enquiry goes directly to the group's directors and nobody else. It is never passed to member firm staff or discussed outside that circle.
Prefer to talk?
Call 0151 709 9524 and ask for Chris, or write to hello@stuartmcbain.com and mark it confidential. Both reach the same small circle.
Selling elsewhere?
We also buy practices in: the North West Liverpool Manchester the Wirral Southport St Helens Chester Preston East Lancashire South Cheshire