START-ALLIANCE LLC. PROVIDES BUSINESS VALUATION SERVICES IN MOSCOW AND OTHER RUSSIAN REGIONS

Business valuation is the process of determining the value of the company as a property complex, generating profit for its owner and it can be made in there different approaches. The first approach in business valuation is to determine the value of all assets held by the company: real estate, machinery (equipment), stocks, financial investments and intangible assets. The second approach is to make a separate value estimate based on the company’s performance, historical, current and future income and prospects of development, taking into account current competitive environment on the market. The third approach is to compare the subject business with similar guideline companies recently sold or whose shares are publicly listed. The following comprehensive analysis of the results from the three different valuation approaches finally allows valuer to get the actual value of business as an in income-earning property complex.

DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS VALUATION:

• Copies of company’s constituent documents.
• Lines of activities and organizational structure of the company.
• Accounting records for the last 3-5 years or for a feasible number of prior periods (balance sheet and P&L).
• Most recent auditor’s report (if audited).
• Fixed assets schedule.
• Property inventory lists.
• Information about all assets (real estate, inventories, shares of unrelated companies, bills, intangible assets, etc.)
• Analysis of accounts payable.
• Analysis of accounts receivable:
  • aging analysis;
  • by categories of receivables;
  • proportion of doubtful debts.
• Information about affiliated companies (if any) and their financial documents.
• Company’s plan of development for the next 3-5 years indicating expected revenues from each product/service, required investments, expenditure, net income in each year.

This list of required documents and information is preliminary and may be reduced or expanded after the valuer’s detailed review of the valuation assignment, depending on purpose of valuation.