Service
Financial due diligence
The seller's numbers describe the business the seller wants you to buy. Due diligence establishes what you are actually buying — and it costs far less than discovering the difference afterwards.
Who this is for
- Anyone buying a business or a stake in one
- Investors putting money into a private company
- Partners being asked to accept a valuation
- Buyers shown a summary rather than the underlying records
What it includes
Quality of earnings
Whether reported profit is sustainable and repeatable, or the product of one-off items, related-party pricing and timing.
Working capital analysis
The cash the business actually needs to run, and whether the normal level has been flattered before sale.
Debt and hidden liabilities
Borrowings, guarantees, unrecorded gratuity, unfiled tax positions, disputes and commitments not on the balance sheet.
Tax exposure review
Positions taken in past returns and what an assessment could surface — because this becomes yours on acquisition.
Revenue concentration
Whether the revenue is a business or a handful of relationships that may leave with the seller.
Findings and price implications
What we found, what it means for the price, and what to protect in the agreement.
How it works
- 01
Agree the scope
Deal size sets depth. A small acquisition does not need the process a large one does.
- 02
Request and review
A structured information request, then analysis of what comes back — and note of what does not.
- 03
Test the story
Reported performance tested against bank records, tax filings and operational data.
- 04
Report before you commit
Findings, price implications and the protections worth negotiating, delivered before signing.
Questions people ask
- What does due diligence cost relative to the deal?
- A fraction of a percent of most deal values, and it routinely moves the price by more than it costs. A fixed fee, scoped to deal size, agreed before work starts.
- The seller will not share detailed records. What then?
- That is itself a finding. We tell you what was withheld and what it usually conceals, so you can decide whether to proceed, reprice, or protect yourself in the agreement.
- How long does it take?
- Three to six weeks for a typical private company, depending on record quality and how quickly information arrives.
- Do you handle the legal side?
- No. We cover the financial, tax and commercial position. Legal drafting and title work sit with your lawyer, and we work alongside them.