Value my business. Where would I start?

topaz2

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Can anyone reccommend where to start getting my business valued?
Google throws up a load of sponsored ads from accountants and Uk based companies. It also gives me many different equations.
Thanks in advance.
 
What type of business / industry is it and what is the trading structure (sole trade, LTD company...)?
 
Do you have any intellectual property (patents, trademarks) in the business? If you have, have they been challenged by another entity (either by copying or disputing your claim) and have you been able to defend them? When I sold a previous business (a good few years ago), IP was by far the largest part of the transaction; the old "X times your turnover" formulae would have been much lower in comparison.
 
Yes we would have and no it has not been challenged.
I have no idea how we quantify or value the entire thing.
 
We did a multiple of the R&D costs for the IP, plus something extra for our turnover/customers. Are you actually looking to sell, or valuing it for another reason?
 
Well how would someone buying look at it ? Are you selling recurring earnings ? Then it’ll be a multiple of ebitda maybe, are you selling an asset or some ip?
 
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