Score yourself honestly
Where you stand
Exit readiness
The businesses that sell well go through their own due diligence before a buyer does. This is a read on how much of that work is still ahead of you.
Realistic time to ready
The structural work (earnings, dependency, durability) shows up in the financials a buyer scrutinises only after it's had time to bed in.
Where the gaps are
Go deeper with the free Commercial Due Diligence checklist, or a Commercial Assessment to build the plan.
Illustrative, not a valuation or a timeline you should bank. The score weights the seven areas equally; a real buyer weighs them by what matters in your business and sector, and a single serious gap can hold up a whole deal on its own. Time-to-ready is a broad guide; the right runway depends on how deep the gaps run and how much of the work is structural. Use it to see where to start.
The businesses that sell well are ready long before they go to market.
Preparing a business for sale is two-to-three-year work, which is exactly why it starts before you need it done. A Commercial Assessment finds what a buyer would find, while there's still time to fix it.
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