At PD Tax Consultants we value companies for all kinds of reasons, ranging from setting up employee share schemes to facilitating a management buy-out. In this article, we have provided a brief overview of the methods we typically use to value unquoted trading companies.
It is important to understand that valuing companies is both a science and an art, and each valuer will make different judgement calls resulting in a differing result. With this in mind, it is often appropriate to use two or more valuation methods in order to ascertain a better idea of a value range and to ensure that the valuation reached is reasonable.
1. Maintainable Earnings Method
The first and most commonly used method for valuing trading companies is the mai...
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