Preliminary Due Diligence

Company Details

Company Name

Website URL

Company Location

City

Country

First Name

Last Name

Position In Company

Email

Financials

Please upload your profit and loss statements for the last three, 12 month periods.

Profit/Loss Statement 1

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Profit/Loss Statement 2

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Profit/Loss Statement 3

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What is the ratio of recurring vs. one-time project revenue?

What are your profit margins (using last 12 months) for above?

How much cash is currently in the company bank account?

Does the company have any outstanding loans/debtors?

Yes

No

How much does the company owe in total?

Does the company own any property (offices, residential/commercial etc)?

Yes

No

What is the total value of the property?

Does the company own any vehicles?

Yes

No

What is the total value of the vehicles?

People

Tell us about your team

How many employees do you have?

What are their roles?

Are they full or part time?

How long have they been with your company?

Do you have an executive board in place? (CEO, CFO, COO, CTO)

Yes

No

Which of the above executives do you have?

Do you utilise freelancers or subcontractors?

Yes

No

To what extent?

How much of your team works remotely vs. locally?

Are there members of your team that perform regular tasks or roles that no one else in the company currently can perform as well?

Yes

No

Services

Describe the services that you offer and how you operate

What does your revenue by service look like?

What website platform do you use? (ie. Wordpress, Joomla, custom CMS)

Do you have published terms and conditions for clients?

Yes

No

Do you have standard operating procedures (SOP) for:

Human resources (hiring, training, firing)

Customer Service/Support (answering calls/emails, response time, ticket system)

Providing services

None

Clients

Tell us about your existing clients

How many customers/clients paid revenue in the last 12 months?

What was that number for the 12 months before that?

And what was that number for the 12 months before that?

What % of gross revenue does your biggest customer make up?

What % of gross revenue do your top 5 customers (combined) make up?

What % of your customers are local vs national vs international?

You

Help us understand your role in the company

What tasks/roles are you currently responsible for day-to-day?

Are there other team members capable of performing some or all of these tasks?

Some tasks

All tasks

None

What % of customers/clients know you individually?

Less than 25%

25% to 50%

50% to 75%

More than 75%

What % of customers/clients know another member of your company?

Less than 25%

25% to 50%

50% to 75%

More than 75%

What skills do you have that you feel a new owner would need to have or get in order to be successful?

Could the business be managed successfully remotely overtime without impacting company culture and the customer experience?

Yes

No

Have you or the business ever been subject to a lawsuit?

Yes

No

Have you or the company ever defaulted on a loan?

Yes

No

What are the aspects of the business that keep you up at night?

What do you think is the largest bottleneck for growth with the company currently?

What is your main reason for looking for investment or an exit?