TRANSACTION READINESS ASSESSMENT
Eight weeks to see everything a buyer will see - with the price tag on each item.
The full business, through the buyer’s lens, scored against written anchors - no adjectives, no vibes.
The earnings a buyer’s QoE team would land on after testing every add-back - not the number as printed.
A company that can transact cleanly: a clean perimeter, shareholders aligned in writing, and a chain of title that holds.
Whether the revenue survives a change of owner: customer concentration, change-of-control clauses, and pricing power you can evidence.
A business that demonstrably runs without you - the single question buyers price hardest.
Owning what you’re selling, provably: assignments signed, registrations held, no contractor with a claim.
The buy-side simulation: who buys you, what they pay a premium for, and how they’ll structure around their doubts.
Every item is scored 1–5 against a written anchor - a sentence describing exactly what a 1 looks like and what a 5 looks like. Red and Amber items each generate a finding: what was found, why a buyer cares, the fix, an owner, a timeframe. Every material finding is priced into the Value Recovery Bridge.
A re-score later, against identical anchors, is evidence a buyer can’t argue with.
Fixed fee - agreed before you sign
Set by a scoping matrix (entities, shareholders, contract volume) in the scoping conversation and confirmed in writing before commencement - the fee is a fact, not a negotiation, and it never converts to hourly billing. Shadow Bid™ and Offer Triage fees credit against it in full.
For a small number of clients each year, the assessment ends with an invitation: a Northtrail-run sale process, capped at two at any time, offered only where the work supports it. Terms come with the invitation.