Every valuation turns on a few judgements. These five cases show what those judgements were, why they mattered and what they did to the number.
Each one was a fixed-fee independent report. We do not sell businesses or prepare accounts, so the figure is the figure.
A specialist recycling business, two spouses holding shares, and three earlier valuations that counted the same assets twice.
£148,000
Central value of the whole company
Read the case study →Four equal shareholders, a breakdown in relationships, and a second valuer's figure that did not charge for the people running the business.
£224,000
Central value of the whole company
Read the case study →An owner expecting £1.5 million, a managing director paid well below market rate, and a debt position that a quick estimate would have missed.
£725,000
Central value of the whole equity
Read the case study →A highly profitable contractor where the owners paid themselves in dividends, so reported profit overstated what a buyer would earn.
£554,000
Central value of the whole company
Read the case study →A long-established studio planning a phased handover to its team, where the owner's property company was both landlord and borrower.
£471,000
Central value of the whole equity
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