Business Valuation
Independent valuation for acquisitions, strategic decisions, disputes, and capital planning
← Read: What drives business value
Beyond Simple Multiples
As we explain in our valuation insights article, generic "4-6x EBITDA" figures miss everything that actually drives value. Two businesses with identical financials can be worth vastly different amounts depending on risk factors, revenue quality, competitive position, and strategic fit.
Whether you're evaluating an acquisition target, making capital allocation decisions, resolving a shareholder dispute, or responding to unsolicited interest in your business—you need rigorous, defensible valuation grounded in commercial reality.
Planning to sell your business? Our Succession & Exit Assessment combines valuation with saleability analysis, deal structure feasibility, and buyer targeting—everything you need to prepare for a successful exit.
When You Need Independent Valuation
✓ Acquisition Due Diligence
Considering a bolt-on acquisition or tuck-in purchase? We provide thorough target valuation with quality of earnings analysis, risk assessment, and synergy quantification. Know what you're actually buying before you commit.
✓ Shareholder Disputes & Buyouts
Partner departures, shareholder exits, and ownership disputes require defensible, independent valuation. We provide rigorous analysis that can withstand scrutiny from all parties and their advisors.
✓ Strategic Planning & Capital Allocation
Accurate business valuation informs board reporting, investor relations, capital raising, and strategic decision-making. Understand your enterprise value to make better capital allocation decisions.
✓ Estate Planning & Family Matters
Estate planning, relationship property settlements, and family wealth structuring all require robust valuation. We provide the documentation and methodology that professional advisors and courts require.
✓ Insurance & Lending
Key person insurance, business interruption coverage, and lending facilities often require current business valuation. We provide the analysis lenders and insurers need.
✓ Responding to Unsolicited Interest
When someone approaches you about buying your business, know your true value before engaging in discussions. Arm yourself with facts before any negotiation begins.
Our Methodology
We follow the rigorous methodology outlined in our valuation article:
- Quality of Earnings Analysis — We normalise financials to show sustainable, transferable earnings. Addbacks, adjustments, owner benefits, and run-rate calculations that reveal true economic profit.
- Risk Factor Assessment — Customer concentration, competitive threats, key person dependency, revenue quality, and market position. We identify what's driving the multiple up or down.
- Multiple Valuation Methods — Income approach (capitalised earnings, DCF), market comparables, and asset valuation where relevant. Professional valuers use multiple methods triangulated against each other; so do we.
- Defensible Documentation — Clear methodology, supporting calculations, and reasoned conclusions that can withstand professional scrutiny from accountants, lawyers, and other advisors.
What You Receive
- Comprehensive Valuation Report — Detailed analysis with clear methodology, supporting calculations, and defensible conclusions suitable for professional review
- Range of Values — Realistic low, mid, and high scenarios based on different assumptions and risk weightings
- Key Value Drivers Analysis — What's contributing to value, what's detracting from it, and the sensitivity of value to key assumptions
- Executive Summary — Clear, concise summary suitable for board presentation or professional advisor review
- Absolute Confidentiality — Your business information stays protected throughout the engagement
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