What is inside
- A sale in one page, and the stages of a typical sale with how long each takes
- Who buys businesses of your size, and what each kind of buyer looks for
- What buyers pay for, with EBITDA margins by sector from filed accounts
- How the price is paid: debt, working capital, locked boxes, deferred payments and earn-outs, with a worked example
- Due diligence, warranties, and what your lenders need at completion
- What a sale costs, and tax in brief
Written for owners of UK companies turning over £10–100M. The market figures are our own, drawn from Companies House filings; none identifies a company or a person.