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Is Your Business Actually Ready to Be Sold?

Most owners think they're closer to a sale than they are. The Exit Ready Index scores your business across the ten areas buyers scrutinise hardest: owner dependency, financial reporting, client concentration and more, so you know exactly where value is leaking before a buyer finds it for you.

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Why buyer-readiness matters long before you sell

A great business and a sellable business aren't always the same thing. Buyers price in owner dependency, patchy reporting, client concentration and undocumented processes long before they ever make an offer. This index benchmarks you across the ten areas that move a valuation the most.

1

Owner Reliance

Does the business run without you, or does everything wait for you?

2

Numbers You Can Trust

Reporting a buyer's finance team can actually rely on.

3

Digital & AI Position

A documented plan, not just a few disconnected tools.

4

Income You Can Bank On

How much of next year's revenue is already locked in.

5

Client Spread

Your exposure if your biggest customers walked away.

6

Where New Work Comes From

Whether growth depends on you personally, or on a process.

7

Depth Below You

A leadership team that can run things when you're unreachable.

8

Paper Trail

Relationships that are actually documented and assignable.

9

Books in Order

Audit-ready accounts, whenever a buyer asks for them.

10

The Pitch

A sharp, evidenced case for why a buyer should pay a premium.

Built by Exit Advisory Team, expert advisory for UK companies with £5m–£100m revenue, helping first-time sellers achieve exceptional exits.

See exactly where your exit value is leaking

Answer 10 quick questions and get an instant, personalised breakdown of what's holding back your valuation, plus your realistic timeline to being buyer-ready.

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The Exit Ready Index

Find out how ready your business is for a sale, and exactly where the value is leaking, in about 8 minutes.

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See your other two gaps, your timeline to being buyer-ready, and your full 10-category breakdown.

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