Professional Services

Optimising and refining the library of information you possess is crucial to making good decisions. Thus, we offer a distinct variety of professional services which are devised around helping business owners ascertain or remedy their financial positions, assess the feasibility of their ventures and strategise with the backing of robust knowledge.

Convey your vision

A clear vision communicated through a comprehensive business plan is undoubtedly an imperative indicator on the path to building a thriving business. Business plans are important documents which outline the specifics of a business venture for interested parties such as investors or banks. We encompass ample experience across an array of sectors and offer entrepreneurs pragmatic approaches through our business writing services.

Alongside providing an insight into a company’s model and aspirations; our business plans will help the relevant parties appraise, assess the feasibility of your idea and determine it’s viability as a commercial venture. In a bid to best project your concept, we fuse a variety of communication methods such as written and visuals with extensive guidance, market research and financial projections.

Types of Plans

Start-ups
Finance & Funding
Commercial Property
Contracts, Bids & Tenders
Franchises
International Visas
Other

Business Plans
& Proposals

Business Health Checks

Prescribing growth

As part of our business health-check services, we build emphasis on pivotal aspects of a business from start-up to trading phases, exhibiting prudence across every operation, process and department. We harness relevant data, apply an array of traditional, analytical and digital tools to understand your business, provide value feedback and ensure you are well placed to execute decisions.

As well as providing vital insights for proprietors, health checks are great for busy entrepreneurs who need a periodic coverage on their portfolio of small businesses. They can also be a key indicator of feasibility for those intending to acquire a new business and can also be utilised by vendors looking to market a commercial entity.

Areas we look at:

Concept
People / Organisation
Finance
Sales & Marketing
Strategy
Operations
Procurement
Cost Reduction
IT Systems

Objective judgements

Regardless of whether you are acquiring, selling or seeking investment for your business; an objective and accurate valuation is crucial to the entire process. However, determining the fair market value of a small business can be a complex task and tapping into the expertise of a professional could prove vital at this stage.

At Bazaar, we intricately fuse extensive accounting proficiencies with an in-depth knowledge of business, economics and market conditions to ensure our estimates are as accurate as possible . We base our valuations on a complex combination of quantitative and qualitative factors, extensively assessed through an array of customary methods and communicated via an in-depth report which itemises how we arrived at the final figure. Since every business is somewhat unique, we note the importance of procedural tailoring and a bespoke approach which is contingent upon on the nature of your business. We guarantee full discretion and reiterate our commitment to confidentiality, both paramount to any process which implicates private information related to your business.

Our services:

Indicative evaluations
Full evaluations
Buyer or Seller appointed
Investment, Funding or Tax rationale
Multiple Methods, Formulae and approach versatility

Business Valuations

Access to Finance

Fund your mission

Adequate access to finance is a significant component of any scaling process for small or growing businesses. If leveraged and invested prudently, financing can both help you attain your objectives and facilitate the growth of your business to its full potential. It can help you invest in a new site, employees, products or services,marketing campaign and other areas of your business. However, we understand that there is a plethora of products and providers to choose from in the market which inevitably results in a challenging and time consuming process.

This is a weighty factor on the shoulders of business owners who may not always have the resources to dedicate to conduct an effective search. In a bid to help eradicate these issues, we evaluate your position and collaborate with a variety of approved finance providers to align you with a best-suited broker, bank or other finance provider to facilitate your needs. We further oversee the process, support you with any necessary documentation such as business plans, forecasts and can provide consulting on subsequent phases upon approval of your facility.

Access to:

Mortgages
Investment financing
Development Funding
Bridging Loans
Other Commercial Options

A prudent analysis

The financial condition of your business is a key indicator of it’s long-term viability, solvency, resilience to risks and other pivotal areas such as credit-worthiness. In this regard, our comprehensive financial assessments are designed to help ascertain questions regarding your company’s performance through an analysis of current and historic financial data. Alongside looking at your profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and cash flow statements, we will take a deep-dive into key performance metrics such as liquidity and operating efficiency ratios to understand the financial health of your business. These practices will further help us to assess relationships, correlations and risk areas alongside gearing you with essential knowledge to build robust strategies. Further to a comprehensive financial assessment, we will present you with a report which exhibits our notes and recommendations.

Our approach

Review of your accounts and financial statements for the past 3-5 years
Evaluation of solvency, liquidity, profitability and other important areas via an assessment of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and ratios
Examination of existing loans, leases and other commercial financing
Review of accounts receivable and accounts payables (Debtors and Creditors)
Focused assessments on areas of concern

Financial Assessments

Budgeting and Forecasting

Planning is pivotal

An often overlooked but essential practice for both start-ups and growing businesses are the conception of financial forecasts and/or projections. In addition to securing investment, loans or demonstrating the financial feasibility of your business to third parties, predicting the future financial performance of your business can gear your business with further internal advantages.

Through examination of past and present data relative to your business, we’ll be in a position to determine potential revenues and expenditure across a particular period, equipping you with robust information to make informed decisions with regards to areas such as market shifts, economic adversities and supply chain disreuptions. Sometimes regarded as a ‘fine art’ in business circles, we not only deploy accounting expertise when producing forecasts but also information specific to your business, it’s location, competition, market trends, technology and wider areas such as economic outlook. For operational businesses, we will further analyse available profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, cash flow statements and other data related to the financial activities and performance of your business at the present/current time.