Selling your business should support what you want to do next. 9Miles47 works alongside you to prepare for sale, find the right buyer and manage the deal through to completion — with practical, experienced support focused on your priorities as a founder.
Review financial performance and normalised earnings. Develop a business valuation and relevant benchmarks, and agree cash proceeds, buyer criteria and timetable.
Support preparation of materials — teaser, information memorandum and buyer presentation as needed. Organise the supporting information and data room.
Agree a targeted buyer list. Prioritise relevant active buyers, then extend outreach to build competition. Qualify interest and manage confidentiality.
Use a process letter to set offer requirements and deadlines. Compare completion cash, funding and certainty. Negotiate principal terms and heads of terms.
Coordinate buyer diligence and work with your legal and tax advisers on documentation and completion. Address management participation where relevant.
You approve disclosures, buyer selection, exclusivity and transaction terms. We manage the commercial process and keep you informed.
Payable upfront. Includes £5,000 valuation + £15,000 process fee.
On cash consideration paid at completion.
Valuation, data room preparation, buyer search, negotiations and completion.
Larger transactions: for larger or more complex deals we provide a bespoke quote.
The success fee is payable on completion and calculated on cash purchase consideration paid to selling shareholders at completion, before tax. It is additional to the fixed fee and excludes earn-outs, deferred consideration and equity received or retained. Legal, tax and other third-party adviser fees are separate. Need a valuation only? See our valuation service →
You provide financial and business information, nominate a main contact and take part in buyer meetings and key decisions.
We agree the timetable at the outset. An accelerated sale may be possible; timing depends on buyer engagement, diligence and documentation.
Once the mandate scope and commercial terms are agreed, we issue an engagement letter for signature before work begins.
Discuss a sale →A short note is enough to start. We read every enquiry personally and come back with an initial view on buyer demand and the right route to market — in strict confidence.