Selling a share in your practice with DNA Partner David Mayhew

Thinking about DNA Vetcare Practice Partnerships, exploring other vet practice partnerships, or wondering whether selling a share of your own vet practice could give you financial security without losing control?

In this candid conversation, vet surgeon and practice owner David Mayhew (Old Registry Vets, Scunthorpe) shares exactly what happened when he sold part of his practice to DNA Vetcare and became a partner – including the financial implications, impact on work–life balance, and how much “ownership” he still feels today.

You’ll hear how David went from building a busy independent practice with books closed for years, to partnering with DNA Vetcare so he could:

• Release equity while keeping a meaningful stake in the business
• Protect his clinical standards and out-of-hours care
• Support a retiring partner, without being forced to sell everything
• Regain time for family and life outside of practice – and still grow

If you’re weighing up selling a share of your own vet practice, joining a DNA Vetcare Practice Partnership, or comparing different vet practice partnership models, this gives you a grounded, real-world view from an owner who’s done it.

Why watch this video?

• Understand the financial trade-offs between full sale vs selling a share
• See how a partnership can affect your income, equity growth and exit value
• Hear honestly about control, decision-making and sense of ownership after the deal
• Learn how a partnership can transform recruitment, capacity and work–life balance
• Get practical insight into contracts, post-sale expectations and long-term security