MBO and MBI Advisory Services

MBO and MBI Advisory Services

Services for Sellers and Buyers

We’ll support your MBO/MBI and frequently help arrange financing packages (debt or equity). Areas in which we often assist include:

  • Optimising tax positioning
  • Creating efficient funding structures to enable funds to be raised more easily.
  • Undertaking due diligence, if required.
  • Negotiating contract:
    • Warranties
    • Guarantees
    • Deferred payments  and earn-outs
  • Creating management incentive plans – including Employers’ Management Incentive (EMI) schemes.
  • Raising capital from debt or private equity.
  • Post-completion advice on:
    • Staff retention
    • Systems Integration
    • Business growth plans
    • Exit strategy

Your Helping Hand

We provide technical/financial advice. We’ll guide you through the ups and downs of your deal and help you stay focused on your objectives.

Real World MBO/MBI Expertise

We understand business acquisitions – we’ve made multiple successful MBOs and an MBI ourselves.

Johnsons – Chartered Accountants

You can count on our experience and expertise :

  • We’re a growing, full-service, mid-sized firm of Chartered Accountants, with over 70 staff.
  • We’ve currently (June 2025) the resources and expertise to complete your MBO/MBI rapidly.

Advisory Team

Chartered Accountant Ealing Stuart Thomson

J Stuart Thomson MA CA FCT ATT MCSI

Group Managing Director

  • Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)
  • Associate Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales)
  • FCT – Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers
  • MCSI – Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments
  • ATT – Association of Tax Technicians
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Auditor London Edmund Cartwright FCCA

Edmund Cartwright FCCA

Managing Director / Audit Partner

  • Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
  • Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) to conduct audits.
  • Authorised as a Responsible Individual by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to conduct Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits.
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Rob Wilkes FCA

Audit Director

  • Rob has 34 years of audit experience.
  • Worked in the UK, Ireland and Australia and at four of the top five global accounting firms.
  • Advises and audits clients in the technology, professional services, leisure, hospitality, manufacturing, wholesale and NFP sectors.
  • Experienced in leading the delivery of audits for listed companies, large privately owned international companies and Private Equity owned businesses.
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Next Step

Contact us today to reduce your risks – and negotiate a better deal. You’ll be pleased you did.