Architect Your Exit

Exit on your terms — not the buyer's.

Most owner-managed businesses go to market before they're ready — and pay for it in the price, the terms, or the deal falling over. This is where you find out where yours stands, and what an exit on your terms could actually look like.

Two minutes · sixteen questions · no sign-up · answers save automatically

~3 in 10UK owner-managed businesses that go to market actually complete a sale.
18–36 monthsThe window in which most of the value uplift is built — long before the deal room.
One shotYou sell the business once. This is about getting that one right.

Why most exits underdeliver — and what to do about it.

The moment a business goes to market is the moment the leverage shifts to the buyer. Everything that determines the price — the earnings quality, the owner-independence, the alignment across shareholders, the story a buyer can believe — has to be built before that. The scorecard is where you see, honestly, how much of that has been done.

Step one

Take the scorecard

A short, honest read across six dimensions. You see where you stand, the single biggest gap, and an indicative value picture — today versus properly prepared.

Step two

Talk it through

A thirty-minute conversation. Not a pitch. What the scorecard is telling you, what it isn't, and whether a proper Readiness Audit would be worth doing.

Step three

Architect the route

If it fits, we work together to shape the exit around your objectives — engineering value, closing the gaps, and staying alongside through completion.

"The best time to start preparing for an exit was three years ago. The second best time is now."
Ian Roundell

Ready to see where your exit stands?

Two minutes. Sixteen questions. No sign-up.