Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2022-2025.
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
UK accountancy and business advisory group providing audit and assurance, tax, accounting, corporate finance and advisory services (including outsourced finance/fractional CFO, HR & payroll and specialist VAT), serving SMEs and owner-managed businesses across the UK and Ireland.
Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2022-2025.
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
9 addon · 1 buyout
Last 4 years
Supporting Data
The Dains Group has acquired Curo, a Worcestershire-based accountancy and advisory practice founded in 2005 by Anna Madden and Julia Gallagher. The acquisition, Dains' fourth since receiving private equity backing from IK Partners, expands Dains' audit, tax, accounting and advisory capabilities while Curo's leadership will remain in place.
Dains Group, backed by IK Partners, has acquired Barnes Roffe, one of the UK’s top 50 accounting firms. The deal (effective 4 June 2025) adds over 29 partners and more than 200 employees in the London area, strengthening Dains' national footprint and client proposition in audit, tax, corporate finance and advisory services.
Dains Group, backed by IK Partners, has acquired Consilium Chartered Accountants, a Glasgow-based accountancy and advisory firm. The deal strengthens Dains' presence in Scotland and expands its capabilities in corporate tax, audit and corporate finance as part of its roll-up strategy in the SME advisory market.
Dains Group has acquired Condies Chartered Accountants, adding the Scottish firm (with offices in Dunfermline, Edinburgh and Dundee) to its group to strengthen its presence and service offering in Scotland. The acquisition reinforces Dains' regional expansion strategy and builds on prior Scottish activity (including the 2022 acquisition of William Duncan + Co).
Dains Group has acquired NHS VAT specialist CRS VAT to strengthen its public sector tax capabilities. The acquisition expands Dains' specialist VAT advisory services to NHS and other public sector clients and is part of the group's ongoing roll-up strategy of complementary professional services firms.
Horizon-backed Dains Group has completed two add-on acquisitions, buying Dublin-based McInerney Saunders Chartered Accountants and Midlands-based Magma Chartered Accountants to expand its UK and Ireland footprint. Financial adviser Forward supported Dains on the transactions, providing financial modelling and due diligence support to integrate the new firms into the enlarged group.
Dains Accountants has acquired HSKS Greenhalgh (HSKSG), an East Midlands accountancy firm with offices in Nottingham, Derby and Uttoxeter, as an add-on to expand Dains’ regional footprint and service offering. The transaction was supported by Horizon Capital, the private equity backer of the Dains Group, and is positioned to strengthen Dains’ client proposition and growth in the Midlands.
Dains Accountants has acquired PSTAX and S3TAX, specialist VAT and employment-tax advisory firms serving the public sector and not-for-profit clients in the United Kingdom. The deal, supported by Dains' investor Horizon Capital, expands Dains' tax capability and sector-specific services for public-sector, housing, charity and healthcare clients.
Dains Accountants has acquired Isosceles Finance, a UK-based accounting outsourcing, HR consultancy and interim FD provider founded in 2001 with a network of four UK offices. The deal is an add-on to the Dains group (which is PE-backed by Horizon Capital); Isosceles' management (Mike O'Connell and Greg Eaton) are remaining with the business to support growth.
Dains Accountants, a Horizon Capital‑backed UK accountancy firm, has acquired Barringtons Limited, a small accounting and tax practice with offices across Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire. The deal expands Dains' presence in the North Midlands and is the first of several planned transactions following Horizon Capital's 2021 investment in Dains.
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