Earn Outs are the Price of Owner Dependency

Earn Outs are the Price of Owner Dependency

I was at a Chartered Accountant Business Valuation Specialisation group meeting the other week and we were talking about earn outs and the presenter used a useful phrase that “earn ours are the price of owner dependency”. What are earn outs As business valuers and practice brokers, we often see earn outs in services businesses, Read more about Earn Outs are the Price of Owner Dependency[…]

The Four Key Drivers of the Value of your Business

The Four Key Drivers of the Value of your Business

Whilst there are a number of different ways of valuing a business such as capitalisation of earnings and discounted cashflow, there are four key drivers of business value: Earnings – ultimately every business owner is looking to generate earnings from the holding and eventual disposal of any business Growth – the higher the realistic growth Read more about The Four Key Drivers of the Value of your Business[…]

Information needed to provide a fixed fee quote for a business valuation

Our fees will vary depending on the size, complexity, corporate structure and purpose of a valuation. We can offer fixed price valuations services once we have received some information on the business to be valued. In order for us to prepare a fixed fee quote, we will require the following preliminary information: Overview of the Read more about Information needed to provide a fixed fee quote for a business valuation[…]

when-is-a-valuation-not-a-valuation

When is a valuation not a valuation?

When we are asked to value a business, our first few questions usually revolve around the purpose of the valuation and what type of valuation a client requires. Depending on the circumstances, there are different types of valuations and some activities that some may call valuations are not actually valuations at all.  As the veracity, Read more about When is a valuation not a valuation?[…]