Business Valuation
Business Valuation Calculator
Estimate the indicative enterprise value of a business using maintainable EBITDA, company size, sector-specific market data and business-specific risk factors.
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What the tool considers
The factors that shape an indicative enterprise value
ValuBase brings together key financial, market and business-specific factors used in assessing the indicative enterprise value of a UK SME, within a single structured workflow.
Maintainable EBITDA
Normalised earnings adjusted for one-offs, owner costs and non-recurring items.
Business size
A size-calibrated multiple based on market transaction evidence for UK SMEs.
Sector & subsector
Calibrated to the specific industry the business operates in.
Business quality & risk
A structured assessment of market, operations, customers and saleability.
Customer concentration
Revenue concentration in the largest customers is reflected in value.
Market conditions
An optional discretionary adjustment for current transaction-market conditions.
How ValuBase works
A valuation built from the business up
ValuBase does more than apply a headline multiple to reported EBITDA. It builds an indicative enterprise valuation by normalising historical earnings, estimating maintainable EBITDA, calibrating the valuation multiple to business size and sector, and then adjusting for business-specific quality and risk.
Normalise earnings
Identify add-backs, downward adjustments and non-recurring items across three years of trading.
Estimate maintainable EBITDA
Use latest-year, weighted-average, simple-average or manual methodology to establish a sustainable earnings base.
Calibrate the market multiple
Combine business size with sector and subsector market calibration rather than relying on a single generic SME multiple.
Adjust for the individual business
Reflect business quality, customer concentration and, where appropriate, current transaction-market conditions.
Earnings normalisation
Start with sustainable earnings, not just the latest number
Reported EBITDA does not necessarily represent the earnings a buyer would value. ValuBase allows adjustments for owner remuneration, one-off costs, exceptional income and other normalisation items before estimating maintainable EBITDA from three years of performance.
Maintainable EBITDA can be based on the latest year, a weighted average, a simple average or a professional manual assumption.
Market calibration
Calibrated to business size and sector
SME valuation multiples vary materially according to the scale and characteristics of the business. ValuBase establishes a size-based multiple and calibrates it to the selected sector and subsector before applying company-specific adjustments.
Business size
Base multiple
Sector & subsector
Market calibration
Business quality & customer concentration
Company-specific adjustment
Result
Indicative valuation range
Transparent output
A valuation you can understand
ValuBase produces an indicative enterprise value range rather than a single unexplained number. The results show how maintainable EBITDA, market calibration and business-specific factors combine to produce the valuation.
Indicative Enterprise Value
Illustrative example based on the ValuBase sample valuation.
Conservative
£1.39m
Midpoint
£1.63m
Optimistic
£1.88m
Valuation bridge
Maintainable EBITDA
£453,500
Market-Calibrated Midpoint Multiple
3.61x
Business-Specific Factor (Q)
0.997x
Midpoint Enterprise Value
£1.63m
Enterprise Value represents the value of the underlying business operations before adjusting for cash, debt and other debt-like items. It is not necessarily the amount payable for the shares.
The valuation process
Complete a valuation in three stages
Enter the financials
Three years of performance are used to calculate reported and adjusted EBITDA.
Normalise & assess
Adjust earnings and assess the characteristics that can influence value.
Review the valuation
See the indicative enterprise value range, valuation drivers, market calibration and valuation bridge.
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Build an indicative enterprise valuation using financial performance, market calibration and business-specific factors.
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