About the firm
A specialist practice, built around one discipline
Valuation Partners is an independent valuation practice. We value businesses, companies, shares, ownership interests, goodwill, intellectual property and other intangible assets for clients across the United Kingdom.
Why the practice exists
Business owners and their advisers often find themselves between two kinds of provider. General accountancy firms offer valuations alongside many other services, and large corporate consultancies are built for large corporate assignments. We set up Valuation Partners to sit between the two: specialist rather than generalist, capable of complex work, and accessible to owner-managed businesses and private individuals.
That means the same care is given to a family company's share transfer as to a disputed valuation in the High Court. Smaller assignments are not an afterthought; for many of our clients they are the most important valuation they will ever need.
The work we undertake
Our work falls into two broad areas, delivered under one firm and one set of standards:
- Commercial, tax and reporting valuations: sales and acquisitions, share transfers and exits, tax and probate, EMI and employee ownership, intangible assets and financial reporting.
- Litigation and expert services: divorce, shareholder disputes, expert witness evidence, Single Joint Expert appointments and expert determination.
Who we act for
We act for business owners, shareholders, companies, investors, executors and trustees, and for the solicitors, accountants, tax advisers, corporate finance advisers and insolvency practitioners who advise them. Many instructions come through a client's existing adviser, and we work alongside them rather than in place of them.
What we do not do
We do not value property, land, machinery or personal possessions as separate assets, and we do not act as business brokers. Where a valuation depends on the value of physical assets, specialist valuations of those assets are obtained and incorporated into our work.
Our approach
Four principles behind every instruction
- Valuation is the whole job
- We are not a brokerage, a tax practice or a litigation firm that also values businesses. Valuation and valuation-related financial opinions are what we do.
- The purpose sets the method
- We fix what is being valued, why, at what date and for whom before choosing an approach. The same business can have a different value for a sale, a tax return and a court.
- Independence is not negotiable
- Our fees never depend on the figure, on a sale completing or on the outcome of a case. The evidence leads to the conclusion.
- Reasoning you can follow
- A valuation is only persuasive if others can test it. We state our assumptions, show the effect of the important ones and write for the reader, not for other valuers.
Next step
Discuss your valuation
Tell us what needs valuing and why. We will confirm the scope, the information required, a timetable and a written fee proposal before any work starts.
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