Business Valuations

Accurate, Objective Business Valuations for UK SME Owners

Understanding the value of your business is critical – whether you’re planning to sell, raise investment, or simply want to build long-term shareholder value. At Dexterity Partners, we provide independent, expert-led business valuations tailored to UK SMEs. Our process goes beyond surface-level multiples to deliver a credible, evidence-based valuation you can rely on.

A proper business valuation isn’t just about a number. It’s about understanding what drives the value of your business, how others will perceive it, and what you can do to maximise it. At Dexterity Partners, we don’t just produce valuation reports – we help SME owners unlock real value through clear analysis, sound judgement, and commercial insight.

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Valuations - Beyond Just a Number

We understand that selling a business is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll make. That’s what we offer:

  • More Than Just A Valuation  – We don’t just give you a valuation, but also the methodology of valuation. Our valuation mechanism model allows you to understand the drivers of value and how you can increase the value in the future and what really matters
  • Value-Enhancing Advice – We don’t just tell you what it’s worth, we help you understand how to improve that figure over time.
  • Expert Guidance – Specialist in SME Valuations, we focus exclusively on small and medium-sized UK businesses
  • Commercially Focused – We approach valuation like a buyer or investor would – with a sharp focus on commercial reality, not just accounting theory.
  • Joined-Up Expertise – Our valuations benefit from the input of our advisory, accountancy and legal teams (via 3Volution) for a fully rounded view.
Valuations - Beyond Just a Number

Why Choose Dexterity Partners?

  • A unique End-to-End service – From valuation to completion, we manage the entire process.
  • A joined up legal approach – Every sale needs a legal team we have our own, and they’re involved from the start. 
  • A track record of success – We don’t sign clients up and hope, we deliver every time. Our process ensures success.
  • Personalised Service – Every client receives a tailored strategy.
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Why Get a Business Valuation?

There are many scenarios where a business valuation is essential:

  • Selling your business or planning an exit
  • Preparing for investment or funding
  • Management buyouts (MBOs) or succession planning
  • Shareholder disputes or equity restructures
  • Estate or tax planning

Whatever your reason, we tailor our approach to suit your needs – combining financial insight, market intelligence, and a commercial lens.

Normalised EBITDA x multiple (general + specific characteristics of your business) + free cash less debt

The most common approach though is follow the above formula as a baseline.

Essentially the amount of profit the business generates multiplied by a “multiple”. In most cases the multiple falls in the 3-7 range with smaller businesses falling on the lower end and larger, stronger, more proven businesses on the higher end. As with any range you can be outside of it under certain circumstances. At the end of the day however, each business is unique and the exact valuation and methodology is unique to that business and the buyer.

Hopefully this gives you some initial direction in being able to understand roughly where the valuation falls for your own business. At Dexterity Partners we want to be open and honest when it comes to this topic. Setting sky high unrealistic expectations for sellers helps no one in the long run. The way we prefer to operate is to deliver a higher valuation to you through our “Fit to Sell” and “Fit for the Future” processes, helping to deliver actual increases in the amount you get on sale rather than over promise something at the start that doesn’t translate in what you actually get paid at the end.

Normalised EBITDA x multiple (general + specific characteristics of your business) + free cash less debt
“ I'm delighted to be joining forces with K3. We pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality service and we can add greater value to our clients through the provision of K3's broad range of advisory services. Businesses are facing unprecedented levels of financial hardship and we are now in an even stronger position to help businesses navigate the current economic storm." Dexterity Partners played a critical role in managing the complete sales process, from negotiation to legal completion. This enabled me to remain focussed on the business whilst having an experienced sounding board who understood all the issues. Dexterity Partners unique approach with a single point contact controlling the whole process, improved the final agreed value and terms of the deal. Michael Chamberlain
Founder and director at Chamberlain & Co.
“ After 30 years of growing my business from a start up, understanding a sale process was different from anything I had previously done. Dexterity Partners with their one point of contact helped guide me through the process and avoid the pitfalls I never knew existed. David
Building Products Manufactruer
“ After working with Dexterity Partners their "Fit to Sell" process highlighted the opportunity to grow my business via a merger with a similar business. They helped me find funding to enable me to gain the benefits of a sale whilst keeping control. Chris
Construction & Home Improvements
“ Our business was severely impacted by COVID and a sale looked like the only option. The "Fit to Sell" review resulted in a new strategy to be designed and refinanced. The "Fit for the Future" review highlighted a greater value if we focused on additional sales growth until a more favourable market environment exists to sell the business. It was pleasing to note that Dexterity Partners were not pushing a sale only but provided us with strategic options. David
UK Retailer

Business Valuation FAQs

How long does it take?

A typical valuation takes 1–3 weeks depending on the depth required and the availability of your financial data.

Will it help me increase the value of my business?

Yes – part of our service is showing you what’s driving value and where the gaps are. Many clients use our reports as a roadmap to increase future sale value.

Can you do valuations for share schemes or MBOs?

Absolutely. We regularly provide valuations for MBO’s, EMI schemes, employee buy-ins, and shareholder reorganisation events.

Is the valuation process confidential?

Completely. All information is handled with strict confidentiality, and nothing is shared externally without your consent.

Do you offer support beyond the valuation itself?

Yes –in fact most of our clients use the insights to restructure ownership, raise capital, or prepare for exit. The valuation is just the beginning.


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