Exit Readiness
Buyers ask for figures by customer, product and month that agree with the accounts. We get the records and systems to that state well before a sale process begins.
Questions we help answer
- Can we produce revenue and margin by customer, product and month that agrees with our accounts?
- How much of the business depends on the founder or one key person?
- Are our systems, contracts and data documented well enough for someone else to run them?
- Which operational weaknesses will a buyer find, and can we fix them first?
- How long would it take to get our records ready?
What we do
Records and reporting readiness
Revenue, margin and customer figures rebuilt from the order system and reconciled to the accounts, with consistent definitions over several years.
Key-person dependency review
The processes, relationships and knowledge held by one person, with a plan to document or transfer them.
Systems and data documentation
An inventory of systems, integrations, data, licences and ownership, with access and admin rights held by the company.
Operational fixes
The weaknesses found during the review fixed by the same team, from reporting gaps to manual processes.
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How we approach it
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Reconcile the history
We rebuild the key figures from source records over the years a buyer will ask about, and document every adjustment.
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Fix before disclosing
Weaknesses are found and addressed early, so the business is improved rather than explained.
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Leave it with the company
Reports, documentation and admin access are owned by the company and maintained by its own team.
Relevant industries
How an engagement with THEFOCUS starts
A first conversation is about your situation. If there is a fit, we propose a scoped diagnostic with a fixed deliverable before any larger commitment.
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A working conversation
Forty-five minutes with the person who would lead the work. We ask about the decision, the systems behind it and the deadline.
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A scoped diagnostic
Read-only access, a fixed timeframe and a written finding: what the records show, what it costs and what to change first.
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A plan you can act on
Changes, owners, measures and exclusions in writing. The same team then builds and measures, or hands over cleanly.
- One accountable team
- The people who diagnose also build the systems and measure the result.
- Partners chosen per problem
- Independent specialists join for the parts that need them, under one contract.
- Records before dashboards
- Orders, ledgers and logs are reconciled before any recommendation depends on them.
Questions executives ask
Will you prepare the data room or vendor due diligence?
No. We do not write due-diligence reports or act as a deal adviser. We make the company's own records, systems and documentation accurate and complete, ready for the advisers it appoints.
When should exit readiness start?
Well before a sale process, since reconciling several years of figures and transferring key-person knowledge takes longer than a deal timetable allows.
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