Life after AAT - Buying into a practice/partnership

KW17 2LN

In anticipation of qualifying within the next few months, I'm researching the possibility of buying into a small partnership or practice - perhaps someone retiring / selling up etc.

I have a decent lump sum I'm willing to risk on such a venture and figure this may be an easier option to get into practice quickly rather than starting alone from scratch.

Anyone any experience of this or can point me to some handy links or war stories they can share? Thankyou.

deanshepherd

Fancy moving to South West London?

Interesting postcode by the way...!!

BCASL

I passed through there - amazing how there aren't any signs there!

Bluewednesday

ha ha ha

Monsoon

Partnerships: tread with extreme caution. Don't go into business with anyone you don't know or haven't worked with before, or that doesn't have a long-established reputation. Shareholders agreement, director's service agreement, partnership agreement, get the lot and make them watertight. Otherwise you may have picked an apt username!

Google "valuation of accountancy practice" to find out what you should be paying, there are many variables that can influence the "average" 1.0 x gross recurring revenue.

Good luck.

anniem

BCASL wrote: »

I passed through there - amazing how there aren't any signs there!

I used to live at PL15 8QX - Splatt - there are no signs there either, they kept getting nicked by amused tourists!!!!!!

noodles

anniem wrote: »

I used to live at PL15 8QX - Splatt - there are no signs there either, they kept getting nicked by amused tourists!!!!!!

Am I missing something, what is amusing with that post code, I cant see it, please explain ....

anniem

Google KW17 2LN - think you'll see the joke!