I am exploring to buy a small, preferably home based, book keeping business I London. Any interested parties may post their details on the forum or email petersircar2004@yahoo.co.uk
not my area but could I suggest that you also post your standing. i.e. accountant in practice, qualified with x body, x years experience, etc.
I suggest that as people get quite attached to clients who they will have spent a long time working with so bookkeepers would be more likely to sell to a well established practice that they know will understand their clients needs.
Conversely, when people are selling a stable of clients they don't normally specify who they will sell to but you would be expected to include that with your bid which would be expectd to be in the region of 1 to 1.5 times the expected income from that client or batch of clients for the year.
Good luck with finding a suitable business for sale and welcome to the forum,
kind regards,
Shaun.
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Shaun
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