Exit readiness & company sale support

Prepare a UK limited company for sale, clean accounts, tidy cap table, defensible add-backs and the tax position understood well before a buyer appears.

• Three-year accounts reviewed and inconsistencies resolved

• Normalised EBITDA and defensible add-backs prepared

• Cap table, options and Companies House record reconciled

• Business Asset Disposal Relief and shareholder tax modelled

• Vendor diligence pack and data room support

• Working capital and completion accounts mechanics explained

Business Asset Disposal Relief applies to qualifying disposals up to a £1m lifetime limit, with the rate at 14% for disposals on or after 6 April 2025 and rising to 18% from 6 April 2026. Main-rate capital gains tax on shares is 24%. Conditions include a two-year qualifying period, so eligibility is decided long before the sale.

Buyers pay for reliable numbers. Three years of consistent accounting policy, a clean revenue recognition basis and management accounts that reconcile to statutory accounts have a direct effect on price and on how much of it is held back.

Unfiled share issues, undocumented option promises, informal director loans and unclaimed or over-claimed R&D are the four issues most likely to create warranties, escrow or a price chip.

Thresholds, rates and deadlines quoted here reflect the 2026/27 UK position. Check current GOV.UK guidance, or ask us, before you rely on them for your own company.

We start by looking at the last filed accounts, your current records and your filing dates, then confirm a fixed scope and fee in writing.

Once the work is live you get reminders ahead of each deadline, a named person to ask questions, and a plain-English summary when the figures are ready, not a PDF with no explanation.