How can an accountancy practice find established companies that need advisory work?
Updated 26 October 2026 · by Matt Vallis, Salenovo · numbers from the Companies House public register
Look for the moment a company outgrows compliance: staff and turnover growing, new money in, a lender's charge, a contract won or new premises. Each of those is on the public record within weeks. On 25 October 2026 our growth list held 20,496 UK companies graded A to C, 3,377 of them naming the firm that prepared their accounts.
The usual ways, and what each is good for
Referrals from existing clients
The warmest route, and the slowest to scale.
Banks, lenders and investors
They see growth first, and introduce the practices they trust. It takes time to become one.
A sector you know
A practice known for one trade gets found by the next firm in it.
The public record
Filed accounts, share allotments, new owners, charges and contract awards say which established companies are scaling. Our growth list reads them every week and grades each company with the reason in one line.
What puts a company on the list
Headcount growing. Staff up by 40% or by ten between the last two sets of filed accounts, now 8 to 60.
Turnover growing. Turnover up a quarter or more between the last two accounts that file it, now £300,000 to £10m.
Outgrew micro-entity size. The balance sheet crossed £500,000, so the company files fuller accounts from now on.
New shares issued. Money coming in, from the shares the company told Companies House it had issued.
A new owner or controller. A new person or company with significant control, which usually means a new plan.
Won a public contract. An award notice naming the company on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender.
A lender's charge. A charge registered by a bank or lender, or a change of lender.
New premises. A new site taken on by a company three or more years old: a rates list, a licence, a depot, a food site.
Past the small company limits. Accounts that will need an audit, with the reporting that brings.
What we send
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 for the UK, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free.
Questions people also ask
Does it name people?
No. Every row is a company: its registered name, its council, why it's on the list, a checked website, mailbox or landline where one is public, and the firm named in its accounts where there is one. No director names, no home addresses, no personal email addresses.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of the UK, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so you can judge it on real companies before paying anything.