About Accountancy consolidators
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta). One person runs this site and reads every brief it takes.
Why this site exists
The deals are scattered across the buyers' own news pages and the rules across the Companies Act and ICAEW's guidance. We read them on 28 October 2026 and set every one out with its source.
Who it is for
People who want to buy a UK accountancy practice, and principals weighing an offer from a consolidator, who want to see who is buying and the audit rules in one place.
What is on this site
One question, "accountancy consolidators", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Buying an accountancy firm: the audit control rules, with sources: The audit control rules a buyer of a UK accountancy practice meets: the 15% controller test, the majority stake, ICAEW's 10% approval and its 8 to 12 week wait.
- Accounting firm consolidators: who is buying UK practices: Accounting firm consolidators buying UK practices: 13 deal announcements by Azets, Xeinadin, AAB, Gravita, Sumer and Cooper Parry, each linked and dated.
- Private equity backed accounting firms in the UK, as announced: Private equity backed accounting firms in the UK: the backers' and advisers' own announcements, and the audit rule that a majority of votes stays with qualified persons.
What it does not do
- No ranking of consolidators and no scores.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No buyer named from anything but its own announcement or its adviser's.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@accountancyconsolidators.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any consolidator, broker or accountancy firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no group listed here has paid to be listed. Every rule and announcement is read from the named page on the date shown. Nothing here is legal, tax, regulatory or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.