Service 01 · Stage 01

ExitPreparation

Prepare · 6–12 month engagement

Exit Preparation is the work of building value in while there is still time for it to count. We spend up to a year inside the business doing it, which makes the company genuinely better to own and produces the evidence that lets a buyer pay a premium without feeling they are taking a risk.

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01 · Baseline

An honest starting line.

Before we change anything, we establish what the business is worth today, priced the way a buyer would price it, and exactly where that value concentrates or quietly leaks away. That figure becomes the line every pound of value we add is measured against, our own fee included.

Independent baseline valuationWe value the company as an acquirer would on day one, not on an optimistic rule of thumb, so the work starts from the truth rather than a hope.
A full value-driver mapWe grade the business across the six drivers buyers pay for and show exactly where each one stands, so the gaps are visible before a buyer ever finds them.
Honest owner-dependency readWe measure how much of the company lives in your head and your relationships, because that single factor moves the price more than almost anything else.
The number we are judged onThe baseline is fixed in writing. Every improvement, and our success fee, is measured against it, so from the first day your interests and ours are the same.

02 · Build & prove

The work that moves the number.

The long, unglamorous middle, and the part that moves the multiple most. We go inside the business and fix what a buyer would otherwise discount: operations documented and automated, reporting brought to audit standard, the knowledge in your head moved into systems, and revenue made predictable.

Operations documented and automatedWe turn how the business actually runs into written process and, where it earns its place, automation, so performance no longer depends on memory or heroics.
Reporting to audit standardWe rebuild the numbers into management information a buyer and their accountants can trust on sight, closing the gaps diligence otherwise turns into discounts.
Owner-independence engineered inWe move relationships, decisions and know-how off you and into the team and the systems, so the business keeps performing the month you step back.
Durable, predictable revenueWe work on contract length, customer mix and recurring income, because a buyer pays far more for revenue they can count on than for revenue they have to hope for.
A management layer that transfersWe make sure a team can run the business after you, the single thing most likely to turn a buyer's interest into a confident, fully priced offer.

03 · Evidence pack

Proof a buyer can underwrite.

A buyer pays a premium for certainty, not for promises. We assemble the evidence that lets them underwrite the future instead of discounting the risk: clean numbers, documented systems, a complete data room, and a business that demonstrably runs without you.

A complete, pre-built data roomEverything diligence will ask for, assembled and ordered before a buyer asks, so momentum never stalls while you hunt for a document.
Documented systems and processesThe proof that the business is a machine rather than a person, written down in a form a buyer can inspect today and inherit tomorrow.
Hard evidence of independenceNot a claim that the business runs without you, but the records, results and structure that prove it across a meaningful stretch of time.
A higher, defensible valuationA number you can hold in the room because every pound of it is backed by evidence the other side can check for themselves.

20–40%

Value commonly left behind

The gap we typically see between a business sold as it is and the same business taken to market genuinely ready. Preparation is the work of recovering it.

Value drivers we build and prove

Quality of earnings, durability of revenue, owner-independence, customer concentration, depth of management and systems. The six things a buyer actually prices.

6–12 mo

Time it takes to move the number

Real change to dependency, reporting and durability is measured in months. It is the one part of a sale you cannot do in the final weeks.

Most owners meet a buyer with a business that was built to be run, not to be bought. Value is not your profit; it is the buyer's confidence in it. We build and prove that confidence across the six drivers buyers actually pay for: quality of earnings, durability of revenue, owner-independence, customer concentration, depth of management, and systems.

"AI lets a small, senior team do the depth of work that used to need a large one. The judgement stays with people."
— ClyOps

By the close, the business runs to standard, reports cleanly and stands without you. You walk away with an evidence pack that lets a buyer underwrite the future rather than just the past, and a demonstrably higher, defensible valuation.

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