Transactions
What sellers, buyers and their advisors need to know about valuation in the run-up to a UK SME transaction - from preparation through to negotiation.
- Intermediate
How Buyers Value UK SMEs: Multiples, EBITDA and Adjustments
How trade and PE buyers price UK SME acquisitions - normalised EBITDA, sector multiples, net debt and working capital, and why an independent valuation matters before negotiations open.
- Intermediate
Preparing Your Business for Sale: The 12-18 Month UK Playbook
The pre-sale work that moves the price - independent valuation, normalised EBITDA evidence, dependency reduction, cap table cleanup and data room readiness.
- Intermediate
EBITDA Adjustments: How Buyers Normalise SME Accounts
The five categories of adjustment buyers apply to reported EBITDA - owner costs, related-party charges, one-off items, discretionary spend and run-rate normalisations.
- Intermediate
Net Debt and Cash-Free, Debt-Free: The UK Equity Bridge
How a headline enterprise value becomes cash in the seller's hand - net debt, debt-like items, the working capital peg and the completion mechanics that decide the final number.
- Intermediate
UK SME EBITDA Multiples 2026: Sector Benchmarks
Observed EV/EBITDA ranges across UK SME sectors, the seven drivers that decide where a specific business sits inside its band, and how to build the multiple a buyer will use.
- Intermediate
Management Buyout Valuation UK: Pricing, Funding and Tax
How UK management buyouts are priced - normalised EBITDA including the cost of replacing the vendor, multiple selection, the equity bridge, debt capacity and the employment-related securities tax points.
- Intermediate
Employee Ownership Trust Valuation UK: Market Value, Funding and the 2024 Rules
How a sale to an Employee Ownership Trust is valued - why trustees now need independent evidence of market value, how the earnings base differs from a trade sale, and how the price has to survive the deferred consideration model.
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