Accountancy group DJH has expanded into the South West after acquiring a fast-growing Wiltshire practice, taking its workforce to almost 900 people across the UK and Ireland.
The acquisition of Gooding Accounts marks DJH’s first move into the South West and is the latest in an expansion drive that has seen the Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered firm complete more than 20 acquisitions since 2020.
Founded in 2014, Gooding Accounts is known for its technology-led approach and serves businesses across Wiltshire.
DJH’s CEO Scott Heath said: “We have been deliberately building our national footprint in regions where we know we can add real value to local businesses and their advisers.
“The South West has been firmly on our radar, and Gooding Accounts is exactly the kind of practice we look for – technically strong, client-focused, and with a culture that matches our own.”
“This partnership is not just about growing our geography. It is about bringing the full weight of DJH’s resources, our specialist teams, technology and infrastructure, to support Gooding’s clients with services they’ve previously not had direct access to.”
Sam Gooding, founder of Gooding Accounts, said: “Joining DJH is the right move at the right time. We have built something genuinely special here in Wiltshire, and I am incredibly proud of what the team has achieved. But we are ambitious, and moving into a larger group gives us the platform to go further.”
He added: “The South West deserves access to the kind of specialist expertise that has previously only been available to clients of the larger firms in the cities – and we are now able to deliver just that.
“Experts in IHT planning, audit, specialist capital allowances and wealth management are all in direct reach of our clients going forward.”
Recent additions to the DJH group also include leading specialist tax practice Forbes Dawson and Kent-based Loucas.
