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 practice to people who'll look after it
You've spent years building relationships your clients rely on. We buy accountancy practices and keep their name, their team and their local identity in place, then take the compliance strain off their backs so the firm can flourish as part of the SMB family. Tell us a little about your firm, in complete confidence.
Why sell to us
We buy practices to grow their brands, not bury them
We are not a faceless aggregator that absorbs your clients into a bigger machine. Relationships are what make a practice worth buying, so we protect them: your name on the door, your people in the room, and the group's backing behind both.
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.
What we look for
Growing firms, and owners planning their retirement
Growing practices. Ambitious firms that want group backing, modern back-office support and room to keep growing under their own name.
Retirement successions. Owners who want to step back knowing their clients and staff are safe with people who'll keep the firm local and personal.
North West first. Our home ground is Merseyside and the North West; we'll happily consider the wider UK where a practice is of a suitable size.
How it works
1. A quiet conversation
You tell us about the practice; we tell you honestly whether we're a fit. No fee, no obligation, no pressure.
2. A fair, clear offer
If we both want to go further, we agree valuation and structure in plain terms you can take to your own advisors.
3. A careful handover
Completion, client introductions and transition at a pace that protects your relationships and your reputation.
Where we buy
Selling a practice near one of our firms?
Our home ground is Merseyside and the North West. These pages cover what we look for in each area:
the North West
Our home region. A direct, funded buyer based in Liverpool, for growing firms and retirement sales from Cheshire to Lancashire.
Selling in the North West →Liverpool
Our home city. Talk to a buyer who already runs practices on the waterfront, in Bootle and across Merseyside.
Selling in Liverpool →Manchester
The North West's biggest practice market, forty minutes from our door. A direct alternative to the brokers and consolidators.
Selling in Manchester →the Wirral
From Birkenhead to West Kirby, a buyer from just across the water who understands peninsula loyalty.
Selling in the Wirral →Southport
We already own a practice here. The natural first call for Southport and Sefton owners planning retirement or growth.
Selling in Southport →St Helens
Solid town practices with loyal trade clients: exactly what we look for, ten minutes from our Knowsley firm.
Selling in St Helens →Warrington
Mid-point of the M62 corridor, with a fast-growing business base. We buy directly, half an hour from either city.
Selling in Warrington →Chester
Established Cheshire firms with reputations built over decades deserve a buyer who will preserve them, not absorb them.
Selling in Chester →Preston
Lancashire's county town and its market towns beyond: practices we can reach, support and keep local.
Selling in Preston →East Lancashire
Blackburn, Burnley and the valley towns: manufacturing-country practices with fee bases built over generations.
Selling in East Lancashire →South Cheshire
Crewe, Nantwich and the market towns: mixed client bases from rail and logistics to farming, served by long-standing local firms.
Selling in South Cheshire →
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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.
Not ready to sell yet?
That's fine. Many of the best conversations start years before a sale. Tell us your timescale and we'll keep in touch on your terms.
Doing your homework?
Two honest guides: what a practice is actually worth, and brokers vs selling direct.
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.