Accountants Going Solo

Going solo is one of the best decisions many accountants ever make — and one of the least supported. Professional bodies train you to do the technical work. Nobody trains you to run the business around it.

Accountants Going Solo is a practical, honestly-written guide for UK accountants considering independence — whether you’re a qualified practitioner leaving a firm, or building a practice without professional body backing. Written by an accountant with 40+ years in UK practice, it covers what actually changes when you leave the infrastructure of a firm behind: registration and compliance, pricing without a partner to sanity-check you, staying AML-compliant alone, and the point where you decide whether to grow, or stay deliberately lean.

At its centre is the Solo Practice Freedom Map — a three-stage framework for building a practice that runs on process, not on memory and adrenaline.

This isn’t a motivational pitch for independence. It’s a clear-eyed look at the trade-offs, the regulatory obligations specific to the UK, and the practical systems that make solo practice sustainable rather than exhausting.

If you’re weighing up whether to go solo — or you’ve already gone and want to do it properly — this book is built for exactly that decision.