Save all the hassle, if you only want to fly at PPL level go get an FAA PPL and IR.
Two writtain exams, one for PPL thats a piece of cake, and one for IR thats faily straightforward too.
only drawback is you have to fly N reg aircraft in the UK to be in IMC, my local Airport has 3 that are N reg and availible to rent, so no bother there
if your buying a share in an aircraft N reg is better anyway as its cheaper to maintain.