For private equity, acquirers and investors
The financials tell you how the business has performed. What are you really inheriting?
Before completing an acquisition, understand the leadership, people, culture and organisational capability behind the numbers.
Discuss a due diligence briefPBS Due Diligence Report
A structured, evidence-led examination of organisational strengths and vulnerabilities, commissioned from the buy-side perspective. It complements financial, legal and commercial due diligence.
What we investigate
- Founder and key-person dependency
- Leadership capability and credibility
- Management depth and succession
- Organisational culture and dynamics
What we investigate
- Decision-making and governance
- Transferability to new owners
- Critical knowledge and relationships
- Continuity risks and priorities for investigation
The scope depends on access to evidence and the transaction timetable. The report assesses organisational factors; it does not replace specialist legal, financial or other diligence.
One methodology. A different decision.
For a founder, the question is what to strengthen before a transaction. For an investor, it is what the business can genuinely sustain under new ownership, what requires further examination, and what may need attention following acquisition.