Engineer
Your Exit.
One day in our office. You leave knowing what your business is worth, who will pay most for it, what multiplies its value, and the 12-month plan to sell at your number.
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Let's be honest. You have no idea.
Your business is the most valuable thing you own. Years of your life, most of your wealth, your family's security. And you have no idea what it's worth, who would buy it, or how to sell it well. Even if the exit is five years away, the work that sets the price starts now.
Most founders leave it to chance. They wait for a buyer to call, take the first offer, and find out what they left on the table when it's too late to fix. I know. I sold my first business for less than it was worth. You don't have to.
Make your business more buyable.
Every buyer wants the same four things. We score your business against them the way your potential acquirers will, then show you what to fix first.
Value
What it's worth today, and why.
Buyers
Who buys businesses like yours, and who pays most.
Multipliers
The changes that raise your multiple, each with a £ figure.
Plan
What to fix first, and when to go to market.
One day. One clear plan.
We start with the number you want and work back to where you are today.
Your number and your scorecard. You send your accounts and fill in the scorecard. We build your valuation and buyer map before we arrive.
Work back from the number. What profit your number needs, and how far you are from it.
See it through a buyer's eyes. We score the four, walk your buyer map and agree the multipliers worth most.
Build the 12-month plan. Priorities, owners, buyers to warm and what to stop doing.
90 days of support. Your written plan in five days, WhatsApp access, and check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days.
Meet Thomas Cornwall.
Fifteen years buying, building and selling businesses, for himself, for strategic buyers and for private equity. On the day you get the buyer's view of your business while there's still time to change it.
*Average across Open Equity clients. Results are not guaranteed.
What founders say.
“This was incredible. It turned years of thinking about into one strategic planning event. We walked out knowing what the business was worth and exactly what to do to exit successfully.”
“There's no way we could have done this on our own. We came out with a clear plan, and for the first time the exit felt like something we controlled.”
“The value is learning from someone who has done it before, many times. Within three months we had two offers from US strategic buyers to do deals on our terms.”
What's it worth to you now?
Five questions. See what a buyer would pay for your business today, and what it could be worth once the reasons to discount it are gone.
Illustrative only, and not a valuation. Indicative profit multiples for UK founder-owned B2B businesses, adjusted for the factors buyers discount most. Engineered value assumes those factors are fixed, with profit unchanged. The day gives you the real numbers.
One simple investment.
- ✓A full day, 1-to-1, in our office
- ✓Your valuation, buyer map and scorecard
- ✓A written 12-month exit plan within five days
- ✓90 days of WhatsApp support, check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days
The worth-it guarantee. If you don't think the day was worth every penny, tell us and we'll refund you in full.
Paid upfront, or two payments of £8,000.
Book your Exit Day → Prefer to talk first? Book a call Limited days each monthBefore you book.
It’s right for you if you own a profitable B2B business doing £2M or more in revenue, you want to sell in the next one to five years, and you want to know your number before a buyer tells you. It’s probably wrong for you if you’re raising investment, you aren’t yet profitable, or you need a formal valuation for tax or a dispute.
Two to five years out is the best time. Most of what raises a multiple takes 12 to 24 months to show up in the numbers.
No. Book a short call and we will agree your date.
About an hour on the scorecard, plus three years of accounts. Missing numbers are fine. Finding them is part of the work.
Central London. We send you the address and directions when you book.
Yes. Up to three people from your side, which usually means you, a co-founder and whoever runs the numbers.
No buyer hears your name unless you decide to go to market. Everything you share stays between us.
You keep the plan, the buyer map and everything we built together. If you want us alongside you to build value and run the sale, we talk about that then. There is no obligation.
No, and be wary of anyone who does. We can tell you whether your number is real and what it would take. If the day is not worth it, you get your money back.
Engineer your exit.
Book a short call with Thomas to agree your date. Payment follows once the date is set.
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