Free business valuation kit
What could your business be worth?
Use the AI you already have to explore a first estimate, understand what could change it, and prepare better questions for an adviser.
Start with figures you know. Add detail only if you want to. You do not need to upload your accounts to Outside Partners.
- Use your own AI account.
- No accounts uploaded to Outside Partners.
- Rounded figures are fine to begin.
Free business valuation kit
You don’t need to know the right questions.
Copy the starting instructions. Your AI will guide you, one question at a time. “I don’t know” is a perfectly good answer.
- 01
Open the AI service you already use.
Start a new conversation in your own account. There’s no new software to install.
- 02
Copy the starting instructions.
Use the button in the kit, then paste them into the chat and press Send.
- 03
Answer the first question.
You can stop whenever you like. No documents are needed to begin.
A first picture. A closer look. A useful next step.
Step 01 · Get a first picture
Start with what you know.
Clarifies the business, earnings and purpose before showing a supported range or a clearly labelled illustrative scenario.
Step 02 · Take a closer look
Add detail only if you want.
Checks earnings adjustments, cash, debt, evidence and alternative scenarios as information is added.
Step 03 · Plan your next step
Prepare a useful discussion.
Creates a discussion brief and offers a separate version with identifying details removed.
What your first answer should contain
Your business value picture
Educational estimate
- 01
A range, with an explanation
Or a clearly labelled example if reliable market evidence is unavailable.
- 02
What the numbers mean
The value of the operating business and, where possible, the value left for shareholders.
- 03
What could change the answer
The assumptions, missing information and main uncertainties.
- 04
One useful next question
You choose whether to take it further.
Educational estimate. Not a formal valuation or a promise of a sale price.
Your accounts don’t need to come to us.
Use this guide in your own AI account, at your own pace. Your AI provider still processes what you share; check its privacy settings before entering sensitive information.
Outside Partners receives
- Your email address
- Your choice about occasional practical emails
- What you’re exploring, if you choose to tell us
Stays with you
- Your figures and accounts
- Your conversation with your AI
- Any documents you decide to share with it
Your financial information is not collected here
The kit contains instructions only. It has no financial input form, upload facility, analytics or automatic connection to your AI conversation.
Professional principles in everyday language
The workflow asks for evidence, explains assumptions and checks the calculation. AI can still make mistakes. Have consequential decisions reviewed by a qualified adviser.
Built around established business valuation principles, with an IVS-informed workflow.
Before you start.
Is this a formal valuation?
No. It’s an educational estimate, not a formal valuation or a promise of a sale price. AI can still make mistakes, so have consequential decisions reviewed by a qualified adviser.
Do I need to upload my accounts?
No. Start with figures you know and add detail only if you want to. You do not need to upload your accounts to Outside Partners, and no documents are needed to begin.
Which AI can I use?
The AI service you already use. Start a new conversation in your own account and paste in the starting instructions. Your AI provider’s privacy settings and terms apply.
What does Outside Partners receive?
Your email address, your choice about practical emails, and what you’re exploring if you choose to tell us. The kit itself sends nothing to us: it has no financial input form, upload facility or analytics.
Do I need to be planning a sale?
No. You don’t need to be planning a sale to start exploring that question. Understanding value is one part of bigger decisions about growth, succession, investment or what comes next.
Free business valuation kit
Start with what you already know.
You do not need a perfect set of accounts to begin. If you are unsure about a figure, say “I don’t know”. The guide will explain what would help.
Free business valuation kit