Business sale preparation
Turn the idea of an exit into a practical financial preparation plan.
Explore the service ↗YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH A PLAN
Preparing to sell your business? Start with the numbers.
Thinking about selling your business? Get the financial story, sale preparation and offer analysis in place before the big decisions.
Understand the numbers. Prepare the evidence. Decide with clarity.
ACA
Kishen Patel, BFP ACAICAEW Chartered Accountant
PART OF THE I NEED FAMILY
Chartered accountancy expertise
UK business support
Scope & fees agreed upfront
START WITH WHAT YOU NEED
A clear direction.
A practical next step.
Choose the financial support that fits your business and the decision ahead.
Understand your business value
Develop a reasoned view of value before discussing price with a buyer.
Explore the service ↗Buyer offer review
Look beyond the headline price and compare what different offers could mean.
Explore the service ↗Due diligence preparation
Organise the financial evidence before buyer questions arrive.
Explore the service ↗SEE THE FULL PICTURE
A headline price.
A complex decision.
Know what you keep.
Sale readiness checklist ↗Cash at completion, deferred payments and the working capital adjustment can tell a different story from the headline offer.
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Prepare the story
Explain earnings, cash conversion and the assumptions behind the value.
02
Challenge the structure
Compare cash, deferred consideration and the conditions attached to an offer.
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Support the process
Organise the financial information alongside your legal and other advisers.
A SENSIBLE WAY FORWARD
From the first question
to a defined plan.
Tell us where you are.
Your business, the decision and your intended timing.
Agree the work.
A defined scope, information request and fee before work starts.
Prepare with purpose.
Clear analysis and practical outputs for your next conversation.
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. ONE I NEED FAMILY.
What else do
you need?
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Your next-step
questions.
Answered.
Where do you work?+
Remote financial support is available across the UK. Tell us your company’s location and the decision you are preparing for.
Who will handle my enquiry?+
Kishen Patel, BFP ACA, at Consult EFC. We will discuss your requirements and agree any engagement before chargeable work begins.
What does the first enquiry involve?+
Share your name, email and the area where you need help. No accounts or confidential documents are required at this stage.
MAKE YOUR NEXT DECISION A CLEARER ONE
Ready for the next step?
Let’s make it clearer.
Discuss my business sale ↗A clear brief. An agreed scope. A useful next step.
CONSULT EFC · PRACTICAL GUIDES
Go deeper before your next decision.
Selling an SME: how to manage buyer due diligence questions
Build a useful due diligence question log, reconcile answers, protect confidential information and keep financial preparation aligned with legal and tax advice.
Read the guide ↗Selling your business: make the owner handover credible
Prepare a practical owner handover before an SME sale: relationships, authority, replacement costs, transition evidence and the assumptions behind buyer expectations.
Read the guide ↗Related services and guides
Who provides this service?
This site is operated by Consult EFC Ltd. Your adviser is Kishen Patel, BFP ACA, an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. You can verify the ICAEW member listing and ICAEW firm listing.
For enquiries, use info@consultEFC.com.