Before conviction hardens
Use the screen while there is still room to question the seller narrative, request missing evidence or stop work.
For UK SME buyers and advisers
A better first screen before time and adviser cost compound.
Aquerim helps acquisition buyers and their advisers interrogate an early-stage deal file before deciding where deeper diligence effort is justified.
When the screen is useful
Designed for the point where the deal is interesting but not yet proven.
Before adviser scope broadens
Use the risks and gaps to focus the next accounting, legal, tax and commercial conversations.
Before a headline multiple persuades
Use the earnings bridge to understand what the asking price implies after unsupported adjustments are challenged.
What comes back
A screen built for a decision about what to investigate next.
The output combines an evidence-led screening report, a defensible earnings view, prioritised risks, missing-evidence gaps and questions for professional review.
It is not a recommendation to buy, a valuation opinion or a replacement for full financial, legal, tax, commercial or operational diligence.
A shared review object
Useful to buyers because it is also challengeable by advisers.
Buyers can use the report to see where conviction is outrunning the evidence. Advisers can use the same report to challenge the earnings bridge, source coverage, legal exposures and open questions.
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