BDO Northern Ireland's Centre for Family Business is the region's longest established family business advisory organisation, guiding local family-owned businesses since 1992. We offer a unique combination of financial expertise with facilitation and mediation skills. Our team possess the expertise and experience required to make businesses successful; specifically, effective management practices, including performance management, effective recruitment, pay and reward schemes and communications.

We understand the unique challenges faced by family businesses, and through developing a solid relationship with our clients we have helped to address and solve the competing conflicts that often arise between family and business. 

There is no such thing as a typical family business for us. Our clients range from first generation businesses with one shareholder to multi-generational businesses with many shareholders. The diversity is what makes family-owned businesses so unique. BDO Northern Ireland offers each business tailored advice, specific to their circumstances on the principles, processes and procedures that can help families make their businesses a success.

Our service areas include:

• Managing succession – new generation, new systems, and new culture

• Family Business Dynamics – people and systems

• Financial planning and advice – building security and relinquishing control

• Taxation Services – ownership and succession

• Growing the family business – leadership, governance and strategy

• Improving communication – unifying plans, processes and structures.