Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks Tim Bentham, our new Buyer Liaison Manager, and I have recently been keynote speakers on a webinar with the ICAEW. We have a lot of knowledge that we can impart to anyone thinking of selling their practice. Draper Hinks has been running for well over 2 decades and has completed over 520 deals. …
Buyer Newsletter November 2026
Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks Tim Bentham, our new Buyer Liaison Manager, and I have recently been keynote speakers on a webinar with the ICAEW. The topic of the webinar was Run and Grow a more profitable practice. We have a lot of knowledge that we can impart to anyone thinking of buying fees, having completed over 520 …
Why did you decide to sell your practice?
Draper Hinks facilitates the buying and selling of accountancy practices. We have been doing it for a long time – well over two decades – and vendors choose to sell their fees for various reasons. If you are a buyer and you want to buy accountancy fees, then a good way to start any meeting with a vendor is to …
Vendor Story November
Details of the deal for this vendor’s story Fees sold £448,500 Where Cambridgeshire Qualified QBE Age 70+ Time scale 6 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment I payment How paid Lump sum paid, no clawback Multiple 0.66x fees When paid Completion Offers 3 offers Office & staff Office and staff taken on Results Vendor had short handover and then …
Vendor Story £189,000 Kent
Details of the deal for this vendor’s story practice sold in 2025 Fees sold £189,000 Where Kent Qualified FCA Age 75 Time scale 5 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment 3 tranches How paid 50%, 25% & 25% Multiple 1.1x fees When paid Comp, 12 months & 24 months Offers 4 offers Office & staff Office shut and staff …
Buyer Newsletter September 2026
Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks I have been invited to be a keynote speaker for the ICAEW webinar on September 22nd alongside our new member of staff Tim Bentham, our Buyer Liaison Manager. The topic of the talk is ‘How to Run and Grow a more Profitable Practice’. It is proving to be a very popular topic. Please contact …
Potential Seller Newsletter September 2026
Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks I have been invited to be a keynote speaker for the ICAEW webinar on September 22nd alongside our new member of staff Tim Bentham, our Buyer Liaison Manager. The topic of the talk is ‘How to Run and Grow a more Profitable Practice’. It is proving to be a very popular topic. Please contact …
Vendor Story September
Details of the deal for this vendor’s story Fees sold £105,505 Where Essex Qualified FCA Age 67 Time scale 10 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment 3 payments How paid 50%, 25% & 25% Multiple 0.95 x fees When paid Comp, 12 months & 24 months Offers 4 offers Office & staff No office 1 member of staff taken …
What was the most difficult part of selling your practice
If you are thinking of selling an accountancy practice or if you are thinking of buying an accountancy practice, it may be helpful to understand what other vendors have found difficult when embarking on the process. We ask all our vendors to complete a feedback form post completion, and it is very interesting to read their comments. I thought it …
Vendor Story £113,808 Sussex
Details of the deal for this vendor’s story practice sold in 2025 Fees sold £113,808 Where Sussex Qualified ACA Age 67 Time scale 5 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment 2 tranches How paid 65% & 35% Multiple 1.2 x fees When paid Completion and 12 months Offers 4 offers Office & staff Office closed staff transferred Results Vendor …