What Is Your Business Really Worth?

Most UK private companies are worth a multiple of their adjusted profit — typically 3x to 8x EBITDA or seller's discretionary earnings, depending on sector, size and quality of earnings. The Leo Business Value Scorecard estimates your figure in about ten minutes by combining your financials with a 60-point assessment of the factors buyers actually pay for.

The standard method is to normalise your profit, apply a sector multiple, then adjust that multiple up or down for risk. UK buyers discount owner dependency, customer concentration and weak financial records, and pay premiums for recurring revenue, a capable management team and clean books. Our assessment models all eight of those dimensions for you.

It varies widely by sector. Owner-managed service businesses often trade around 3x to 5x, established B2B and professional-services firms around 4x to 6x, and software or businesses with strong recurring revenue can exceed 8x. Your scorecard shows your sector's typical multiple and where your business sits relative to it.

The assessment, your estimated valuation range, your quality score and your sector benchmark are all free. The full advisory report — the detailed written analysis, the prioritised value-creation roadmap and the downloadable PDF — is £19.99. There is no subscription and no card required to see your headline valuation.

Have your most recent annual turnover and profit to hand, plus a rough sense of revenue growth, your largest customer's share of sales, and how involved you personally are in day-to-day operations. Estimates are fine. The assessment takes around ten minutes and your answers save automatically as you go.

An online valuation is an indicative range, not a formal opinion of value. It is a well-calibrated starting point for planning, based on sector multiples and a structured quality assessment. A binding figure for a transaction requires a formal valuation with full access to your accounts, contracts and management information.

The highest-return moves are usually reducing owner dependency, diversifying away from your largest customers, formalising recurring revenue and tidying your financial reporting. Each one lifts the multiple a buyer will pay, not just the profit it is applied to. Your report ranks these levers by likely value uplift over a 24-month horizon.

Yes. Your responses are used solely to generate your valuation and report, are never sold or shared with third parties, and are not passed to brokers or buyers. You can complete the assessment without providing contact details until you choose to receive your report.