We know what buyers look for.Because we are the ones who look.
The best exits are built years before the sale. We prepare your business and its numbers for the exact scrutiny a buyer's due diligence applies, because we run that scrutiny for a living, so you sell from strength and for what the business is genuinely worth.
- Fixed fee
- Agreed in writing before we start, never on a running clock.
- Led from the top
- Led personally by our Managing Director, not delegated down.
- The buyer's view
- We prepare you for the diligence we run for buyers every week.
- Plain English
- Honest advice on what your business is worth and how to lift it.
Sell to a buyer who has an adviser like us, and be ready for them
When you sell, the buyer will almost certainly bring in someone to do exactly what we do for buyers: examine your accounts line by line, test the quality of your earnings, and look for every reason to pay less. The difference between a strong sale and a disappointing one is usually decided long before that review begins, by how well the business has been prepared for it.
Most owners only think about this when a buyer appears, which is too late to fix the things that drag the price down. Founder dependent goodwill, messy records, unexplained balances and a lease signed at the wrong moment are all discounts waiting to be applied. Given time, every one of them can be addressed.
The advantage of sitting on both sides
We spend our weeks finding the weaknesses in other people's businesses on behalf of buyers. Pointed back at your business, in your service, that same eye becomes the most valuable preparation you can have. We know which issues a buyer will seize on, which they will pay a premium to avoid, and how to evidence the strengths that justify your price.
Closing the gaps a buyer would exploit
Exit preparation is specific to your business, but it consistently focuses on the same areas, the ones a buyer's adviser will head straight for.
A buyer's eye review
We assess your business exactly as we would if we were running due diligence for the buyer, so you find the weak points before they do.
Clean, defensible numbers
Tidy accounts, explained variances and documented add-backs, so your maintainable earnings stand up to scrutiny rather than inviting a chip on the price.
Reducing founder dependence
Buyers pay less for a business that lives in the owner's head. We help you evidence the management, systems and relationships that survive your exit.
Removing the easy discounts
Lease commitments, customer concentration, unexplained balances, the pull-down factors a buyer uses to justify a lower offer, addressed while there is still time.
Deal structure & tax awareness
An early view of how the deal might be structured and the tax questions worth taking to a specialist, so nothing surprises you at completion.
Knowing your number
A clear, honest valuation of your own business, so you go to market with realistic expectations and the evidence to defend your price.
Where to next
The process, start to finish
An honest valuation
We start by telling you what your business is realistically worth today, and what is holding that number down.
The preparation plan
A clear, prioritised list of what to fix and evidence before you go to market, with the value reasoning behind each item.
Getting deal ready
We help you put the numbers, the records and the story in order, so the business stands up to a buyer's due diligence.
Through to completion
When the offer comes, we support you on completion accounts, working capital and deal mechanics, the same ground we cover for buyers.
Thinking about selling, one day or soon? The earlier we talk, the more we can do.
The free intro call is a quick chat about how we can help and what it would cost. When you want to work through your exit in depth, the paid consultation is the place we do that.