Supporting your healthcare business with a full range of advisory services across accounts, tax and corporate finance.

How can we help you?

For owners of businesses in the healthcare sector, we are always on hand to discuss your business, whatever stage it is at.

Operating a healthcare business: Supporting owners and operators of care businesses with accounts preparation, tax advice, audit, and benchmarking services.

Growing a healthcare business: From raising finance to support your growth, to advising on business structures to optimise profits, our team can help you achieve your goals.

Selling a healthcare business: For care operators looking to sell a business, we can prepare the busines for sale, find the most suitable buyer and support throughout the process.

Who do we work with?

The healthcare sector is diverse; we act for care providers, including individual care home owners, corporate groups, not-for-profit organisations and private equity investors across multiple sub-sectors including:

Residential and nursing homes for the elderly

Domiciliary care

Supported living

Assisted living/close care/extra care

Learning disability/challenging behaviour

Children's services

Specialist needs education colleges

Primary healthcare

Foster care agencies

Children's nurseries

Pharma services

Secure units

Drug, alcohol and eating disorders independent hospitals

Understanding you

As a business in the healthcare industry, the development of your business requires tailored accountancy advice, and we have over 25 years’ specialist sector experience and knowledge for you to benefit from.

For care operators looking to sell their business, deal activity remains high. Hazlewoods Healthcare Corporate Finance Lead Advisory and Transaction Services team advised on 166 completed transactions valued at £477 million already this year. This is despite the pressures on margins arising from fees not keeping pace with staff cost increases, the ongoing uncertainty on medium to long-term recruitment. Whatever stage in the business lifecycle you are at, we can help you with specialist advice and guidance.

We were pleased to win the 'Business Advisors and Accountants' award at the Care Talk Social Care Premier Supplier Awards 2021

Helping you achieve your goals

From tax returns to selling healthcare businesses, our experienced advisers will work with you to understand your needs and deliver the results you want.

Featured news

Healthcare update: Social care R&D - too good to be true?

Monday 11 April 2022

Partner, Rachael Anstee, shares her thoughts on the latest research and development 'cold calls' in the social care sector, and the potential pitfalls to be aware of.

Hazlewoods health and social care deals exceed £650 million in 2021

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Hazlewoods Corporate Finance specialist healthcare team has seen a further increase in deal activity in 2021, advising on transactions worth £658 million.

Health and Care update: Setting up a children's home

Wednesday 5 January 2022

Setting up a children’s home can seem like an attractive option when, compared to some sub-sectors of social care, the financial barriers are relatively low, and the financial rewards can be high.

Health and Care update: Pension contributions

Wednesday 27 October 2021

With corporation tax rates increasing to 25% in 2023, business owners have the opportunity to make more tax efficient contributions into their personal pension schemes.

Health and Care update: VAT treatment of day care services

Friday 2 July 2021

HMRC has published its interpretation of the rules for the VAT treatment of daycare services provided by private bodies to vulnerable adults following a recent Court of Appeal decision.

Health and Care update: Caught in the travel trap?

Tuesday 25 May 2021

Were your employees required to minimise use of public transport during the pandemic as a result of Government guidance?

Health and Care update: Supreme Court rules that sleep ins do not constitute working time for National Minimum Wage purposes

Friday 19 March 2021

The Supreme Court has today ruled that sleep in shifts do not constitute working time for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) unless staff are awake for the purposes of working, bringing to an end years of uncertainty for operators within the health and social care sector.

Health and Care update: Hazlewoods advise on sale of Day Opportunities Ltd

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Hazlewoods specialist Health and Care transactions team is pleased to announce that they have recently completed on the sale of Day Opportunities Limited to Voyage Care.

Health and Care update: Hazlewoods Corporate Finance advises on £540 million of health and social care deals in 2020

Tuesday 19 January 2021

Despite COVID-19 and various lockdowns, M&A activity across health and social care sectors continued to show resilience. Clearly viewed as an attractive investment category by private equity and other investors, 2020 again showed that good quality businesses remain attractive to an increasingly wide pool of active buy and build consolidators.

Health and Care update: Christmas parties and gifts - with a twist

Tuesday 8 December 2020

As the festive season is drawing closer, more staff Christmas parties are being cancelled as it becomes clear that we will not be able to celebrate in the usual manner.

HFP Atlantic Row: Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge

Monday 7 December 2020

On Saturday 12 December 2020, an adventure loving crew of four will set off on a 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic as part of the Talisker Whiskey Challenge. Hazlewoods Health and Care team is proud to support its business communities and networks and is pleased to be sponsoring this great endurance challenge.

Health and Care update: Optimism Health Group acquires Outside Clinic, a leading domiciliary eyecare and hearing care business

Monday 23 November 2020

Optimism Health Group has announced its acquisition of Outside Clinic. Hazlewoods Corporate Finance team were delighted to assist Optimism Health Group in the acquisition of Outside Clinic.

Testimonial from SH, care home owner

"Rachael and her team provide a timely, efficient and accurate service. I have regular access to Rachael who provides me with sector specific, pro-active tax planning advice. Nothing is too much trouble!"

Testimonial from Dave Giles

"John Lucas and the team at Hazlewoods showed commitment and commerciality throughout the process. They had a clear understanding of our short and long term objectives, which enabled them to successfully arrange appropriate financing and structure the transaction in line with our requirements."

Testimonial from Dawn Field

"Hazlewoods gave me an organised, efficient and professional service when I was selling my business. John and his team have extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector, which gave me the sense of reassurance that I needed to reach the difficult decision to go ahead and sell my business. They offered support and advice regarding the sale of the business from start to completion."

Testimonial from Kate Davies

"As a social work professional, when it came to selling my foster care agency I was concerned about the financial process and implications of selling a business. John & the team at Hazlewoods were able to guide me through the process in a clear and simple manner, which allowed me to focus on choosing the buyer which most closely matched our own values."

Testimonial from Katherine Aucott

"I approached a few companies with knowledge of my sector, but it was only after speaking with Hazlewoods that I felt really comfortable about taking the next step towards my retirement. A phone call swiftly led to a meeting and a reassuring conversation made me feel that Hazlewoods really understood my business."

Testimonial from Robert Greene

"Hazlewoods demonstrated a deep knowledge of the sector and were able to quickly identify and introduce us to Prime Care Community Services - an ideal opportunity that closely matched our acquisition criteria. Throughout the transaction Hazlewoods provided first rate advisory support and tax advice that was crucial to the successful completion of the transaction."

Testimonial from Neil Davis and Clair Leonard

"We had no experience of selling a business and had already spoken to another agent before Hazlewoods were recommended to us. We never looked back. John Lucas felt we could achieve a significantly higher value than previously suggested by others and he was proved correct. The quality of the purchaser was also important to us and Hazlewoods did not disappoint. His team helped us through the process and we achieved a much better result than we could have anticipated. We cannot recommend them highly enough."