The right valuation for the question
EMI and HMRC, an exiting shareholder, probate, preparing for sale, or a strategic benchmark - each calls for a different approach. We build the one your situation actually requires.
About Optival
Valuations that hold up in the real world - whoever is asking.
Whether your valuation has to satisfy HMRC, settle a shareholding, support a sale or guide a decision, Optival builds a figure that stands up to scrutiny - grounded in real-world practice and signed off by a chartered accountant.
Why We Exist
A valuation is only as good as the scrutiny it survives.
Owners need a valuation for all sorts of reasons - granting EMI options, settling an exiting shareholder, planning for probate, preparing for a future sale, or simply knowing where they stand.
Optival exists because valuation deserves to be a discipline in its own right. Every figure is built by a specialist whose judgment is grounded in real-world practice - having seen how businesses are actually priced, bought and disputed - then signed off by a chartered accountant. That's what separates a number that survives HMRC, a buyer or a court from one that merely looks right on a spreadsheet. Valuation is all we do, so nothing pulls the figure in any direction but the evidence.
"The right valuation for the question you're actually asking - and one that holds when it's challenged."
Four reasons owners choose Optival.
Judgment grounded in practice
Every figure is built by a specialist who has seen how businesses are really priced, bought and disputed - so the number is anchored in practice, not just in theory.
No agenda but the evidence
Valuation is all we do. No audit, no brokerage, no commission on a sale - nothing that rewards inflating or shading the number either way.
Fixed fees, clear language
A fixed fee agreed in writing before any work begins, a clear turnaround, and a report a non-specialist can read - no open meters, no jargon wall.
How we make it stand up
Built once. Reviewed twice.
Every Optival report passes through two sets of expert hands before it reaches you. That's what makes our valuations defensible when the hard questions come.
Built by a specialist, not a template.
The valuation is built from the ground up by a specialist and grounded in how businesses are really priced - not a templated calculation.
Reviewed and signed off.
A chartered accountant reviews and signs off the work - the professional assurance HMRC, buyers and courts look for.
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