Dental practice valuation

For a simple single-surgery practice with clean recent accounts, a specialist can produce a written report in roughly 2–4 weeks from receiving your financial information. More complex cases — mixed NHS/private, multi-site, partnership splits — take longer. If you are mid-sale, the accountant can often prioritise.

Three years of practice accounts, a UDA contract summary if NHS, an associate payment schedule, fixed-asset register, and details of the premises (freehold or lease with terms). The accountant will send a full checklist once matched.

Yes — a valuation written by a specialist dental accountant and based on current market data is defensible. Buyers often have their own accountant challenge the number; a specialist report anticipates the common challenges (normalising owner's remuneration, adjusting for undermarket associate rates, stress-testing UDA recovery) so the discussion is productive rather than a back-and-forth.

We avoid quoting a multiplier on a website because it does more harm than good — the right number depends on your revenue mix, associate structure, lease terms, and the current appetite of corporates and independents in your specific postcode. Harrow sits in a contested catchment; a specialist will benchmark your practice against recent comparable sales, not a generic UK average.

Yes. Most specialist dental accountants will give you a rough range informally once they've seen your P&L, which is useful for deciding whether to proceed to a formal valuation. That conversation is free and carries no commitment.