Glasgow & west Scotland
Business valuation in Glasgow
Independent, written valuations for Glasgow business owners and their advisers. Fixed fee from £495, report delivered in three working days. We don't sell businesses and we don't do accounts — so the figure is not written to win anything else.
Independent.We don't sell businesses. No success fee.
- 1,000+ UK business valuations
- 17 years of brokering & valuing experience
- Fixed fee from £495 — no hourly billing
- Report delivered in 3 working days
Fixed fee from £495
Written report in 3 working days. Quote back within the hour, no obligation.
1,000+ UK valuations completed. We don't sell businesses, so there's no incentive to move the figure.
Covering Glasgow, Lanarkshire and the west of Scotland
Glasgow's business base spans engineering and industrial services, logistics, care and a growing technology and shared-services sector. Scottish owners often need valuations for share transfers, partnership separations and succession as well as sales, and reports may need to sit alongside Scottish legal process.
The work is delivered remotely from Bristol, working from your accounts and management information, so there is no site visit to arrange and location never delays the report. We work with owners across Paisley, East Kilbride, Motherwell, Ayrshire, Stirling and Edinburgh, alongside their accountants and solicitors.
Scottish legal process changes what the report has to do
A valuation prepared for a Scottish matter is not simply an English report with the place name changed. Financial provision on divorce in Scotland works from the matrimonial property at the relevant date, so the valuation date and the basis of valuation have to be stated precisely and evidenced, rather than left implied.
The same applies to partnership dissolutions and share transfers governed by Scots law. We set out the basis on the first page, itemise every adjustment to earnings and show the comparable evidence behind the multiple, so the other side's solicitors and accountants can test the figure line by line. Where a formal expert report is needed for court, tell us at the quote stage and we scope it accordingly.
The west of Scotland industrial base
Around Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire the business base is weighted toward engineering, industrial services, fabrication, logistics and contracting. Those valuations need two legs: normalised earnings with a multiple evidenced against comparable transactions, and a cross-check against the net asset position, because plant and equipment can be worth more than a modest profit line implies.
Public sector and utility frameworks are a feature here too. A place on a framework is genuine value — it is difficult to win and hard for a new entrant to replicate — but the valuation has to be honest about renewal risk and about how much of the revenue depends on a single framework cycle.
Where the shareholders own the yard or unit personally and charge rent to the company, that rent is rebased to a market level before earnings mean anything to a buyer.
Care and health businesses in the west
Care operators across the west of Scotland are valued on normalised EBITDA with a per-bed cross-check, and the regulatory position matters as much as the accounts. Care Inspectorate grades, occupancy and the balance between local-authority and private fee income all move the number, and an acquirer prices the grade they expect to inherit.
Staffing is the other swing factor. Agency dependence eats the margin a buyer is paying a multiple of, so we normalise staffing cost to a sustainable level rather than taking the reported figure at face value.
What moves the figure for a Glasgow business
Framework and contract renewal risk
Revenue riding on one framework cycle is priced for the cycle, not for the history behind it.
Customer concentration
A single main contractor or public body at a large share of turnover caps the multiple however long the relationship has run.
Property held outside the company
Rent paid to shareholders has to be rebased to market before adjusted earnings mean anything.
Owner-dependence
Where the estimating, the pricing or the key relationships sit with one person, buyers discount and ask for a longer earn-out.
An illustrative west of Scotland example
A fictional industrial services business, shown to demonstrate how the figure is built rather than to suggest what any real business is worth.
Illustrative and fictional. Your own figure depends on your accounts, your contracts and your assets.
What you get
- A bespoke written valuation report, not a template or a calculator output.
- Normalised earnings, the multiple evidenced against comparable transactions, and a cross-check on an asset or cash-flow basis.
- Every assumption stated, so the figure can be tested by a buyer, a solicitor, a funder or HMRC.
- Fixed fee from £495, agreed before any work begins. Three working days from receiving your figures.
Reports are used for sale preparation, purchases, management buyouts, shareholder disputes, divorce proceedings, probate and HMRC submissions.
Sectors we're asked about in Glasgow
- Manufacturing and engineering valuations
- Construction and contracting valuations
- Care home valuations
- Haulage and logistics valuations
- IT managed services valuations
Not listed? See all the sectors we value — the method is the same whatever you do.
Common questions from Glasgow owners
How do I get my business valued in Glasgow?
Send us your last one to three years of statutory accounts and your latest management figures with a short briefing on the business. We agree a fixed fee first, then return a bespoke written valuation report within three working days. The work is done from your figures, so there is no site visit to arrange anywhere in Glasgow or the west of Scotland.
What does a business valuation cost in Glasgow?
A straightforward sale or buy-side valuation is a fixed fee from £495, agreed in writing before any work begins. Divorce and financial remedy, EMI, start-up and shareholder-dispute valuations involve more work and evidence, so they are quoted individually — always as a fixed fee, never hourly.
Do you work with Scottish accountants and solicitors?
Regularly. We are instructed by Glasgow and wider Scottish firms who need an independent figure their client's other side can also rely on, including for share transfers, partnership separations and succession planning. We do not sell businesses and do not do accounts work, so there is no conflict with your existing advisers.
Will the report be accepted in Scottish legal proceedings?
Our reports set out the basis of valuation, the normalised earnings with each adjustment itemised, and the comparable evidence behind the multiple, so they are written to be tested by an opposing party, a funder or HMRC. Where a formal expert report is required for court, tell us at the quote stage and we will scope it accordingly.
Want the number for your Glasgow business?
Tell us the sector and rough turnover and we'll come back with a fixed fee and a timescale.
Fixed fee from £495
Written report in 3 working days. Quote back within the hour, no obligation.
1,000+ UK valuations completed. We don't sell businesses, so there's no incentive to move the figure.
Request a Glasgow business valuation.
An independent, fully evidenced figure in three working days. Fixed fee from £495.
Independent.We don't sell businesses. No success fee.
- 1,000+ UK business valuations
- 17 years of brokering & valuing experience
- Fixed fee from £495 — no hourly billing
- Report delivered in 3 working days