Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
OnPoint is a UK accounting and deal advisory practice for people buying a business, running one, or getting ready to sell. Valuations and due diligence when you buy. Accounts and reporting you can steer by while you grow. A plan that holds its value when you exit.
Three stages, one continuous piece of work. Most owners meet us at one of them and stay for the other two.
For buyers weighing up an acquisition
Valuation, financial due diligence, affordability modelling and Smart Start support for owners acquiring their first or their fifth business.
For owner-managed businesses that want clearer numbers
Year-end accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and management reporting handled properly, month after month - so decisions are made on evidence, not instinct.
For owners planning to sell or step back
Exit planning and sell-side preparation, started early enough to change the outcome rather than describe it.
Most practices file your accounts and stop there. We work on the decisions either side of that: what a business is worth, what it is really carrying, and what it takes to leave it well.
Valuations, financial due diligence, completion accounts and exit planning are a specialism here, not something taken on between tax returns.
Our Managing Director has bought, sold and grown businesses of his own, so the advice comes from someone who has sat on your side of the table.
Every diligence engagement runs through the same 35-section framework, so nothing important is left to whoever happens to be reading.
Deal Team Advisor of the Year at the Dealmakers Academy Awards 2025.
Most firms do one well and the other reluctantly. Ours are run by different people and held to the same standard, which is why the accounts we prepare survive the diligence we run.
A defensible view of what a business is worth, and of the assumptions the number rests on.
A 35-section examination of the target, written in English, with a view rather than a hedge.
Acquisition support for first-time buyers, from search discipline through to the first hundred days.
The work that happens two years before a sale, and decides most of what a sale is worth.
Statutory accounts prepared and filed on time, with a conversation about what they show rather than a PDF in an email.
Returns, planning and the timing decisions that quietly change what you keep.
Run accurately every period, with RTI, pensions and starters and leavers handled.
Clean, current records on cloud software, so the year-end is a formality and not an excavation.
Monthly or quarterly numbers with commentary, built around the decisions you are actually making.
Registration, scheme choice, returns and the edge cases that follow growth.
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Every acquisition we review runs through the same 35 sections, grouped across six areas. A healthy-looking profit can hide a customer about to leave. A worrying balance sheet can hide a business one decision away from thriving. Finding which is which is the entire job.
Every section is worked, evidenced and signed off before the report leaves us - no gaps, no "not reviewed".
Every engagement ends in a written document you can act on. Ask us and we will send a fully redacted extract of genuine client work, usually within one working day.
Plain English, in writing, with a clear view on what the numbers mean and what we would do about them. No hedging, no filler, and no invoice that grows while you read it.
Request a sample reportAgreed in writing before we start. No clock running.
Your engagement is led by our Managing Director, not delegated down.
Deal timelines do not wait, and neither do our reports.
Findings you can act on, not hedge-everything boilerplate.
Buying, growing and exiting is led personally by Johann Goree. Bookkeeping, payroll, tax and management accounts are led by Jade Mountford, keeping hundreds of UK businesses running.
Managing Director - Deal advisory
Everything to do with buying, growing and exiting a business - valuations, due diligence, Smart Start and exit planning - is led personally by Johann. He has bought, sold and grown businesses of his own, including this one, so the advice comes from someone who has sat on your side of the table.
Operations Manager - Accounting & compliance
Jade leads our everyday accounting services - the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and management accounts that keep hundreds of UK businesses running. She joined OnPoint in 2018 as a part-time bookkeeper and is now asked for by name by clients across the UK.
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Tell us where you are in the cycle through the enquiry form. A director will come back with what we would do next, and what it would cost. No obligation.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
OnPoint Accounting helps business owners buy, grow and exit, led by someone who has sat on every side of that table himself, supported by a team who treat your numbers as carefully as their own.
OnPoint is led by Johann Goree, our Managing Director. Johann has bought businesses, sold a business, and built this firm through acquisition, so when he reads a set of accounts he reads them the way an owner does, not the way a filing requirement does. That is a different skill from year end compliance, and it is the one that decides whether a deal succeeds.
Buying a business is a high stakes decision with long term consequences, yet many deals are still supported by advisers whose experience stops at the tax return. Negotiation, deal structure, funding, risk and what happens after completion all sit outside routine accounting work. Johann is also the author of Buying a Business the Smart Way, but the credential that matters most is simpler: he has actually done what he is advising you to do.
A healthy looking profit can hide a customer about to leave. A worrying balance sheet can hide a business one decision away from thriving. The numbers in a set of accounts are the start of the story, never the end of it, and finding which is which is the entire job.
So we say what we actually think, in writing, in plain English, whether that is good news or a reason to walk away. Our fees are fixed and agreed before we start, never on a running clock, and the same standard applies to every engagement, from a single valuation to a full acquisition.
Most firms won't put a name against your work. We will. Each service line has a named person responsible for it, so you always know exactly who stands behind what we deliver.
Managing Director - Deal advisory
Everything to do with buying, growing and exiting a business - valuations, due diligence, Smart Start and exit planning - is led personally by Johann. He has bought, sold and grown businesses of his own, including this one, so the advice comes from someone who has sat on your side of the table.
Operations Manager - Accounting & compliance
Jade leads our everyday accounting services - the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and management accounts that keep hundreds of UK businesses running. She joined OnPoint in 2018 as a part-time bookkeeper and is now asked for by name by clients across the UK.
We don't have a marble reception, and we don't ask you to pay for one.
OnPoint is a remote first firm, which means our clients get the full attention of the right person for their work regardless of where either of us happens to be, and it means we can serve owners and buyers across the whole of the UK rather than one postcode.
You reach us by phone, video and our secure client portal, your books and reports live in the cloud where you can see them whenever you want, and a deal conversation can happen the same afternoon you need it. Removing the overhead of offices lets us put more into the work and less into the rent.
Johann was named Deal Team Advisor of the Year at the Dealmakers Academy Annual Awards 2025, in recognition of the support our clients received as we guided them through their acquisitions and financial due diligence. An award judged by the deal community itself means more to us than any line we could write about ourselves.
Send us a short enquiry and a director will reply. No pitch deck, no pressure, just a straight answer about your numbers and whether we are the right firm for you.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
Answer two or three short questions and we'll point you at the right people - whether that's a deal, your day-to-day accounting, or our Root2Growth team for earlier-stage businesses.
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Step 1
You answer two or three questions
A few short questions tell us which team you need - deals, everyday accounting, or Root2Growth.
Step 2
You complete the right enquiry form
You go straight to the correct team's form, so nothing gets passed around or repeated.
Step 3
You leave with a view
A director reviews your enquiry and comes back with what we would do next, what it would cost, and whether we are the right people for it.
Start an enquiry above and we'll route you to the right team, or email us directly and we'll reply within one working day. Coverage is UK-wide, remote or on site.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
Accounting for growing businesses
Starting out or running a business with turnover under £1 million? Root2Growth is our dedicated team for businesses at this stage of their journey.
Why Root2Growth?
OnPoint Accounting works with businesses at different stages and sizes. For businesses that are starting out or have turnover under £1 million, Root2Growth provides a dedicated team focused on the specific accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and business challenges that come with this stage of growth.
Based on your business size and stage, we've connected you with our dedicated Root2Growth team - people who work with businesses exactly where yours is today.
What we understand
Getting the financial foundations right from day one.
Keeping bookkeeping organised and accurate.
Understanding and meeting tax obligations.
Managing payroll accurately as your team grows.
Using financial information to make better business decisions.
Services
Clear accounts and practical financial support.
Accurate, organised records that help you understand your business.
Reliable payroll support without unnecessary administration.
Straightforward support with tax and compliance.
Financial insight and practical advice to help you plan ahead.
Why clients choose us
Straightforward explanations without unnecessary accounting jargon.
A real relationship with people who understand your business.
Support with the financial responsibilities you face every day.
Accounting that helps you understand what comes next.
Part of OnPoint Accounting Group
Root2Growth is part of the wider OnPoint Accounting Group, giving businesses access to a dedicated team while remaining connected to broader accounting expertise.
Let's talk
Tell us a little about your business and what you need help with. Our Root2Growth team will get in touch and explain how we can help.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
An independent, data backed valuation that goes beyond the surface numbers, so you understand the real value of your target, negotiate from a position of strength, and never overpay for a story.
Before you enter negotiations it is crucial to know exactly what a business is truly worth. A valuation that combines real financial analysis with genuine market insight gives you a clear, defensible number, so you know where to stand, when to walk away, and how to negotiate with confidence. The alternative - an offer built on the seller's asking price and a hopeful gut feel - is how buyers overpay.
Our valuations look past the headline profit to the earnings a business can actually sustain, then apply a multiple we can justify from sector evidence and the specific risks in front of us. The result is a number with reasoning attached, the kind you can defend across the table rather than simply assert.
Not the same as a free broker appraisal
A free appraisal from a party with an interest in the sale is a marketing number. Ours is an independent assessment, built from maintainable earnings and sector evidence, with the reasoning written down so it holds up in negotiation or in front of a lender. It also bridges enterprise value to equity value: cash, debt and debt-like items all sit between the headline figure and the real cost of the shares, and a number that ignores them flatters the deal.
You receive a written valuation report covering each of the areas below, with the method and the evidence set out so the number can be questioned and still stand. Scope, turnaround and a fixed fee are agreed in writing before we start.
The genuine, repeatable earnings the business produces once one-off and non-recurring items are stripped out, the foundation everything else is built on.
A defensible multiple drawn from real sector evidence and the specific risk profile of the business, not a number plucked to please anyone.
Whether earnings are improving, declining or simply erratic, each of which moves the multiple in a direction a buyer needs to understand.
The founder dependence, customer concentration, lease commitments and other realities that quietly reduce what a business is actually worth.
How the headline enterprise value becomes the real price you pay, once cash, debt and debt-like items are accounted for.
The ceiling you should resist going above without compelling new evidence, so you negotiate from discipline rather than hope.
Where to next
An optional £35 plus VAT credit report gives you a fast, high level read on a target before you invest hours in calls and meetings.
We agree what the valuation covers and what it costs, in writing, before any work begins.
We build maintainable earnings, select and justify the multiple, and bridge enterprise value to a real equity figure.
A clear written valuation with a recommended range and a walk-away ceiling, plus a conversation about how to use it in negotiation.
Send us a short outline of the deal through the enquiry form and we will come back with how we would help and what it would cost.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
Filing on time is the floor, not the service. We prepare accounts and tax so you can see what the business is actually doing, decide on evidence rather than instinct, and hand a lender, buyer or investor a set of numbers they can follow without a translator.
Every limited company has to file statutory accounts with Companies House and a corporation tax return with HMRC, accurately and on time, or face penalties. We handle all of that as a matter of course. But filing is only half the job. The half that saves you money is the planning - the reliefs, the timing, the structure - and that's where we spend the time most firms don't.
The result is accounts you can trust, a tax bill that's as low as it legitimately can be, and no unwelcome surprises, because we tell you what's coming before it arrives.
What you need depends on your company, but most clients rely on us across the same core areas - each one written here as the outcome, not the task.
Prepared in line with UK regulations and filed with Companies House on time.
Your CT600 calculated accurately, with reliefs claimed, and filed with HMRC.
Strategic, legitimate planning to keep your liability down and reinvest efficiently.
Guidance on extracting profit tax efficiently through salary, dividends and pensions.
Deadlines tracked and regulatory changes flagged before they affect you.
A steady hand if HMRC or Companies House come asking questions.
Where to next
Send us an enquiry and a director will explain how we work and what it would cost for your company. No obligation.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners
An independent, data backed valuation that goes beyond the surface numbers, so you understand the real value of your target, negotiate from a position of strength, and never overpay for a story.
Before you enter negotiations it is crucial to know exactly what a business is truly worth. A valuation that combines real financial analysis with genuine market insight gives you a clear, defensible number, so you know where to stand, when to walk away, and how to negotiate with confidence. The alternative - an offer built on the seller's asking price and a hopeful gut feel - is how buyers overpay.
Our valuations look past the headline profit to the earnings a business can actually sustain, then apply a multiple we can justify from sector evidence and the specific risks in front of us. The result is a number with reasoning attached, the kind you can defend across the table rather than simply assert.
Not the same as a free broker appraisal
A free appraisal from a party with an interest in the sale is a marketing number. Ours is an independent assessment, built from maintainable earnings and sector evidence, with the reasoning written down so it holds up in negotiation or in front of a lender. It also bridges enterprise value to equity value: cash, debt and debt-like items all sit between the headline figure and the real cost of the shares, and a number that ignores them flatters the deal.
You receive a written valuation report covering each of the areas below, with the method and the evidence set out so the number can be questioned and still stand. Scope, turnaround and a fixed fee are agreed in writing before we start.
The genuine, repeatable earnings the business produces once one-off and non-recurring items are stripped out, the foundation everything else is built on.
A defensible multiple drawn from real sector evidence and the specific risk profile of the business, not a number plucked to please anyone.
Whether earnings are improving, declining or simply erratic, each of which moves the multiple in a direction a buyer needs to understand.
The founder dependence, customer concentration, lease commitments and other realities that quietly reduce what a business is actually worth.
How the headline enterprise value becomes the real price you pay, once cash, debt and debt-like items are accounted for.
The ceiling you should resist going above without compelling new evidence, so you negotiate from discipline rather than hope.
Where to next
An optional £35 plus VAT credit report gives you a fast, high level read on a target before you invest hours in calls and meetings.
We agree what the valuation covers and what it costs, in writing, before any work begins.
We build maintainable earnings, select and justify the multiple, and bridge enterprise value to a real equity figure.
A clear written valuation with a recommended range and a walk-away ceiling, plus a conversation about how to use it in negotiation.
Send us a short outline of the deal through the enquiry form and we will come back with how we would help and what it would cost.
Buy · Grow · Exit - advisers to UK business owners