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title: When am I ready for my first client?
description: Practical guidance from the AKUK Professional Accounting Practice Programme.
url: "https://ukaccountingacademy.co.uk/docs/ready-first-client/"
updated: "2026-07-22"
category: Starting Your Own Accounting Practice
---

# When am I ready for my first client?

**You can start once you meet the relevant HMRC and legal compliance requirements.** The programme shows you step by step how to become compliant and prepare to offer accounting services—even without AAT, ATT, or other professional certificates. Depending on your circumstances and application times, this may take from a few weeks onwards.

[Watch the free programme demonstration](https://ukaccountingacademy.co.uk/professional-accounting-practice-programme/).