Accountinuity will help accounting, bookkeeping, and tax firms structure business continuity agreements between firms, built to stand up in practice.
Many firms nominate a partner, friend, or colleague as their continuity contact, but often do so without a formal agreement or any real handover plan in place.
Regulatory bodies require continuity plans, but they do not verify whether they are workable. When tested in real situations, clients often leave and the estate receives little or nothing for the practice.
Informal plans regularly fall apart when they are needed most. Clients go unsupported, families face stress and uncertainty, and the value of the practice is lost.
In most cases, no one has immediate access to the firm’s systems, passwords, or tools. Without these, it is nearly impossible to maintain continuity of service for clients.
Accountinuity will offer formalised continuity arrangements that work in practice, not just on paper.
Connect with approved continuity partners, formalise your existing arrangement, or register with Accountinuity as a back-up
Whether you already have a named continuity partner or need help finding one, Accountinuity gives you a structured way to formalise and register that arrangement
In the event of death or incapacity, Accountinuity helps maintain client service and, where appropriate, preserves the value of the practice
Accountinuity is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company. All profits are reinvested to improve the service
Built to support regulatory compliance and intended to align with future guidance across UK professional bodies
Accountinuity is aiming to launch in 2026. Join a growing network of firms who want to protect their clients, their obligations, and the long-term value of their work.
A Continuity of Practice Agreement outlines who will take over or wind down your firm if you're unable to continue due to illness, incapacity, or death. It is a regulatory requirement for many UK professional bodies.
We intend to support all sole practitioner accounting, bookkeeping, and tax firms who need to meet continuity obligations.
We wanted to be clear that this is primarily a service providing structure, support and security for the profession and not a profit seeking commercial venture.
Please register your interest so we can add you to the wait list. We are working with an expert commercial lawyer to produce legal documentation covering membership of Accountinuity and a comprehensive commercial continuity agreement. We expect to be able to start signing up members later in 2026.
Yes. You can choose to register your existing agreement with Accountinuity or explore new options through our platform. Our goal is to strengthen what you already have.
You’ll be kept up to date on our launch and invited to participate in early access programs, feedback sessions, or pilot services as they become available.
There will be no charge for the agreement or for becoming a member of Accountinuity. Fees will only become payable if and when Accountinuity is asked to arrange continuity cover. (In some cases you may choose to join or upgrade to a higher, paid for, tier of membership. We will explain this option in due course).
You, or your authorised representative, can implement the agreement if you are hospitalised, incapacitated, wish to take long leave (eg: related to pregnancy, or parental leave) or after your death.
Fees will be payable for client work, running the practice and arranging the sale of the practice. The level of fees payable in each case will depend upon your membership level. We will supply more detail on the options in due course.
We will arrange for suitable other members of the Accountinuity community to provide the necessary services.
We intend to follow a data-light approach by focusing on providing trusted links between relevant parties. Where possible, we will avoid storing sensitive information, and when data is required, we will apply rigorous privacy and security standards.
We have been liaising with a number of the main professional bodies that oblige members to put continuity arrangements in place. This includes the AAT, ACCA, ATT, CIMA, CIOT, ICAEW, ICAS, ICB, IFA etc. Most are very supportive as they recognise the value of the solution we are proposing.
Some Professional Body Rules currently require members to nominate a specific individual as a Continuity Partner (or as an ‘Alternate’). In those cases, if the member has also joined Accountinuity, their Alternate will, in time, have a choice. They can either attempt to provide continuity services and arrange to buy or sell the practice themselves; OR they will be able to delegate responsibility for arranging Continuity services to Accountinuity.
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