For buyers agents
You win the deal. We test the numbers under it.
Business brokers act for the seller, which is the whole reason your clients come to you. But advocacy still leaves one gap: somebody has to verify that the earnings the price is built on are real. We do that piece, at fixed fees your client can see up front, less a 25% referral discount. We do not search for businesses, we do not negotiate, and we do not act as a business agent, so there is nothing of yours for us to take.
Where the line sits
Two jobs, and neither one covers the other.
What you do
- Find the business, on market or off it
- Read the operation, the sector and the fit
- Negotiate the price, the terms and the conditions
- Manage the campaign through to settlement
- Hold the client relationship, before and after
What we do
- Rebuild the earnings from bank statements, BAS lodgements and the ledger
- Test every add-back the vendor has claimed, one at a time
- Normalise owner wages and related-party rent to market
- Find the working capital gap before it becomes your client's problem
- Put the findings in writing, with the evidence attached
We are not licensed as a business agent and we do not hold ourselves out as one. Searching, negotiating and dealing in businesses is your work, and it stays your work.
Why it is worth building in
Three ways an untested number costs your client.
The price rests on a number nobody tested.
Small business prices are built on adjusted earnings, and adjusted earnings are built on add-backs. If those go into the negotiation unchallenged, your client is negotiating against a figure the vendor chose.
A finance decline can unwind your work.
Deals that service perfectly well still get knocked back on presentation. A tested earnings case travels straight into the lender submission, which is where most of the last-minute failures come from.
An arm's-length report carries further.
A price adjustment argued from evidence lands differently to one argued from instinct, with a vendor and with a credit team. It also protects you, because the number came from someone with no stake in whether the deal completes.
Fees for your clients
Fixed, on the site, from $2,500.
Priced by combined transaction value, so your client knows the cost before they engage and you are never introducing an open-ended hourly meter into your own engagement.
Financial due diligence, by combined transaction value
| Combined transaction value | Level 1 · Verification | Level 2 · Scoped DD | Level 3 · Full analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1,000,000 | $2,500 | $4,500 | Not offered |
| $1,000,000 – $3,000,000 | $3,500 | $7,000 | $11,000 |
| $3,000,000 – $6,000,000 | $4,500 | $9,500 | $15,000 |
| $6,000,000 – $10,000,000 | $6,000 | $14,000 | $22,000 |
| Above $10,000,000 | Quoted | Quoted | Quoted |
Under $1,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $2,500
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $4,500
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- Not offered
$1,000,000 – $3,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $3,500
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $7,000
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- $11,000
$3,000,000 – $6,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $4,500
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $9,500
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- $15,000
$6,000,000 – $10,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $6,000
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $14,000
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- $22,000
Above $10,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- Quoted
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- Quoted
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- Quoted
All fees exclude GST.
Referred by a mortgage or finance broker, a business broker or an accountant? A 25% referral discount applies to our fixed fees. Files that come through these professionals arrive with the records the work needs, and the fee reflects that. The discount assumes the standard information request is met.
Your client stays yours
We are never competing for the deal.
On referred matters we do not pitch, cross-sell or accept finance mandates, and that commitment is written into our terms of engagement. We do not arrange credit at all. Our fee is fixed and payable whichever way the analysis lands, so we have no stake in whether the sale completes.
And if the numbers do not hold up, your client hears it in writing with the evidence attached. A documented no protects the relationship you have built far better than a deal that comes apart after settlement. What that looks like in practice.
Want a straight read on your deal?
Book a free call with Nicholas. Bring the numbers you have, and we will tell you the right service level and the fixed fee. No obligation.
Common questions
No, and we cannot. We do not act as a business agent, we do not search for or negotiate acquisitions, and we do not hold the licence that work requires. You find the business and negotiate the deal. We test whether the numbers behind it are real. The two jobs sit side by side and neither one covers the other.
Independent verification of the earnings the price is built on. Most advocacy engagements investigate the business commercially and take the vendor's financials largely as presented. We rebuild them from bank statements, BAS lodgements and the general ledger, then tell your client what the business actually earns once an arm's-length owner is running it. That number is what the price and the finance both rest on.
Your client engages us directly and the 25% referral discount applies to our fixed fees. With their written consent you receive everything we deliver, a walkthrough call, and 30 days of follow-up support. The report is your client's, and it is built to be handed to any broker or lender.
No. On referred matters we do not pitch, cross-sell or accept finance mandates, and that commitment is written into our terms of engagement. We do not arrange credit at all, so there is nothing for us to take.
Level 1 financial verification runs 3 to 5 business days and is usually the right call inside a due diligence period. Level 2 is 2 to 3 weeks. If the clock is tight, expedited delivery is available for an additional 30%. Send the last three years of financials and the contract and we confirm the level and the fixed fee in writing within two business days, free.
Then your client hears that, in writing, with the evidence behind it. The fee is the same either way. A documented no protects your advocacy relationship far better than a deal that unravels after settlement, and it is usually the fastest way to get a price adjustment that sticks.