Nicola Draper Founder of Draper HInks Seasons Greetings. I’m Nicola Draper, I run Draper Hinks. We facilitate the buying and selling of accountancy practices/fees. We have completed over 490 deals to date and expect to complete more before the year is out. We like it best when we are very busy. It is a very good idea to …
Potential Seller Newsletter December 2025
Nicola Draper Founder of Draper HInks Seasons Greetings. I’m Nicola Draper, I run Draper Hinks. We facilitate the buying and selling of accountancy practices/fees. We have completed over 490 deals to date and expect to complete more before the year is out. If you are considering selling any, or all, of your practice in 2026, please get in contact with …
Round up of 2025
We have been busy in 2025. There has been a steady number of vendors talking to us about not wanting to have to deal with MTD. We predicted this would happen but were half expecting the implementation date to be moved back again. There is still time for this to happen… More people are working from home. Practices below around …
Vendor’s Story November
Details of a deal done in 2024 Fees sold £112,240 Where Warwickshire Qualified ACCA Age 60 Time scale 3 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment 2 payments How paid 50% and 50% Multiple 1 x fees When paid Completion and 12 months Offers 6 offers Office & staff Office closed, staff moved to buyer Results Vendor was just looking …
Newsletter October 2025
Nicola Draper Founder of Draper Hinks We are getting to that time of year when vendors, looking to sell now, are having to consider a completion date in March or even April next year. If you are looking to buy a practice and complete before then you may find that sellers are not ready to complete that quickly. If …
Potential Seller Newsletter October 2025
Nicola Draper Founder of Draper HInks We are getting to that time of year when vendors, looking to sell now, are having to consider a completion date in March or even April next year. If you want to complete before then you may find you have to accept a reduced multiple. If you are concerned about how that could affect …
Vendor’s Story October
Details of the deal for this vendor’s story Fees sold £107,000 Where Suffolk Qualified ACA Age 68 Time scale 2 months Type of Practice Sole Practitioner Payment Lump sum, earn out How paid Lump sum on comp then 33% paid quarterly from fees received for 3 years Multiple 1 x fees When paid £20k at comp, then per quarter in …
What is the Draper Hinks process when selling a practice?
Anyone thinking of selling their practice would be best advised to get in touch with Draper Hinks as soon as they have decided to take this step. It is important to understand the process that we follow when selling an accountancy practice. The first thing we offer is a free, confidential discussion about your own situation. Everyone’s circumstances are very …
Newsletter September 2025
Nicola Draper Founder of Draper Hinks We have been contacted by a number of sellers that do not want to have to deal with MTD next year. I believe that some will leave it to the last minute and I am expecting there to be a rush of vendors wanting to sell with little time to spare. Have a regular …
Potential Seller Newsletter September 2025
Nicola Draper Founder of Draper HInks We are getting a number of vendors approaching us because they do not want to have to deal with MTD next year. If this is you, then you need to get in touch with us asap, don’t leave it too late when there will be a glut of practices for sale and it will …