Know what it's worth, before you name a price.
An independent, data backed valuation that goes beyond the surface numbers, so you understand the real value of your target, negotiate from a position of strength, and never overpay for a story.
A valuation is a negotiating position, not a guess
Before you enter negotiations it is crucial to know exactly what a business is truly worth. A valuation that combines real financial analysis with genuine market insight gives you a clear, defensible number, so you know where to stand, when to walk away, and how to negotiate with confidence. The alternative, an offer built on the seller's asking price and a hopeful gut feel, is how buyers overpay.
Our valuations look past the headline profit to the earnings a business can actually sustain, then apply a multiple we can justify from sector evidence and the specific risks in front of us. The result is a number with reasoning attached, the kind you can defend across the table rather than simply assert.
The number is only the start
An enterprise value is not the price you pay. Cash, debt and debt-like items all sit between the headline figure and the real cost of the equity, and a valuation that ignores them flatters the deal. We bridge the two, so you see the actual price, not a comfortable abstraction.
Where the real value, and the real risk, lives
Every valuation is specific to the business, but the reasoning consistently turns on the same building blocks, each one a place where a number can be quietly inflated or honestly tested.
Maintainable EBITDA
The genuine, repeatable earnings the business produces once one-off and non-recurring items are stripped out, the foundation everything else is built on.
The right multiple
A defensible multiple drawn from real sector evidence and the specific risk profile of the business, not a number plucked to please anyone.
Trajectory & volatility
Whether earnings are improving, declining or simply erratic, each of which moves the multiple in a direction a buyer needs to understand.
Pull-down factors
The founder dependence, customer concentration, lease commitments and other realities that quietly reduce what a business is actually worth.
Enterprise to equity bridge
How the headline enterprise value becomes the real price you pay, once cash, debt and debt-like items are accounted for.
A walk-away number
The ceiling you should resist going above without compelling new evidence, so you negotiate from discipline rather than hope.
From enterprise value to the price you actually pay
A good valuation shows its working. We start from maintainable earnings, apply a justified multiple to reach an enterprise value, then adjust for cash, debt and debt-like items to arrive at an indicative equity value, the real number that matters to you as a buyer.
The illustration alongside shows the shape of that bridge. Your report sets out every figure and the reasoning behind it, so nothing is taken on trust.
Illustrative only. Your report carries the real figures and the reasoning behind each one.
From first look to a number you can use
Start with a credit report
An optional £35 plus VAT credit report gives you a fast, high level read on a target before you invest hours in calls and meetings.
Scope & fixed fee
We agree what the valuation covers and what it costs, in writing, before any work begins.
The analysis
We build maintainable earnings, select and justify the multiple, and bridge enterprise value to a real equity figure.
Your defensible number
A clear written valuation with a recommended range and a walk-away ceiling, plus a conversation about how to use it in negotiation.
Looking at a target? Get the number right before you make an offer.
The free intro call is a quick chat about how we can help and what it would cost. When you want to actually work through your deal, the paid consultation is the place we do that.