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Thomas Scott & Co are a leading M&A firm, we provide of business valuations for SMEs and lower middle market companies.
All of our valuations are produced by our in-house valuations team, generally our reports comprise of multiple areas including a market summary, financial and business review.
The business valuation is structured as a form and takes on average 11 minutes to complete, all information is processed in under 48 hours.
All information referencing the valuation is securely stored, we always maintain the utmost discretion and never share your information.
We utilise multiple sources for our valuation taking previous public and private deals, looking at multiple methodologies and using market know-how.
As of January 2025, the UK’s M&A landscape is experiencing a notable resurgence. This revival is driven by factors such as stabilising interest rates, diminishing inflation, and increased political clarity following significant elections in the UK and the US. These developments have bolstered corporate confidence, leading to a surge in high-value transactions. In 2024, the UK public takeover market witnessed a substantial increase in megadeals, with 17 transactions exceeding £1 billion, compared to just four in 2023. According to figures from LSEG Deals Intelligence announced M&A with UK involvement totalled £264 billion in 2024, 33 per cent more than the value recorded during 2023. This was despite a 6 per cent decline in the number of deal announcements over the same period.
M&A involving a UK target totalled £147 billion in 2024, 51 per cent more than the total value during 2023 following a doubling of domestic M&A and a 21 per cent increase in inbound deals. Fifty-one per cent of UK target M&A involved an overseas acquirer, with the remaining 49 per cent involving domestic buyers. LSEG references the United Kingdom was the third most targeted country for M&A globally this year, after the United States and China, with deals involving UK targets accounting for 6 per cent of the global M&A total, compared to 4 per cent last year.
After a year of lower M&A activity in 2023, as deals were put back due to geopolitical instability and higher interest rates, the M&A market in the UK is experiencing a substantial shift. The value of deals announced this year involving British companies has increased by one-third compared to 2023, making the UK the most active hub for dealmaking in Europe. While interest rates remain high, attractive valuations and a more stable dealmaking environment may stimulate more activity next year.
We are an independent M&A advisory firm with operations in 3 continents utilising our headquarters in London, satellite office in Paris and partnership in New York. We specialise in selling businesses valued up to £500m, across 9 key markets typically exiting to trade or institutional buyers. As we are an independent firm, free from constraints, we pride ourselves on our ability to take a long term view on exits and work with clients to model their optimal journey.
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Your data and information is handled with utmost confidentiality. Without your express approval no information is made available to any third parties.
Our valuations hold a large degree of accuracy, our team focus on using a spread of market relevant techniques to fully assess the valuation using leading software and data providers. However as this is only an indicative valuation we do recommend that we conduct a full valuation where we confirm the data’s accuracy and supply a finalised range.
All indicative valuations are in a short report format shared in PDF copies delivered to the specified email address, for full valuations we can arrange physical copies.
For all indicative valuations, we provide this for free with no additional costs. We do offer a full valuation service which is conducted on engagement as a sell side advisor or it can be performed a separate offering at a cost.
As a firm we cover 9 core sectors and a range of sub-sectors, our indicative valuations are generally performed for small to medium sized businesses. In the unlikely event your business is not eligible for an indicative valuation we will contact you.
