--- title: "About Business Valuations Melbourne | Independent Business Valuers" url: https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/about/ description: "Independent business valuers on Collins Street, Melbourne. Part of Valuo. Every report signed and reviewed, fixed fee from $1,495 + GST." updated: 2026-11-10 --- # Independent business valuations. Every report signed and reviewed. We value private businesses and company shares for Melbourne and Victorian owners, accountants and lawyers: buying and selling, partner exits and disputes, tax and CGT, and restructures. Valuation is the only service we provide. Melbourne office Level 7, 55 Collins Street Operated by Valuation Group Pty Ltd Fees Fixed in writing before work starts How every report is checked ## Reviewed before it is signed. Every report is reviewed by a second, suitably qualified business valuer before it is signed. Nothing leaves our office without that review. The aim is a value that is commercially realistic, supported by an accepted method, and traceable to the documents behind it. Reports are signed by a named valuer, such as Jackson Wilson: B.Bus (Finance) · Diploma of Financial Services · RG146 · Disruptive Strategy (Harvard Business School Online) The deliverable ## See the work before you commit. Each report is built so its numbers can be traced back to a document or a stated assumption, and the workings are set out, not held back. These pages are from our sample report: a complete report for a fictional company, marked SAMPLE on every page. [The cover What is valued, on what basis, and at what date.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/business-valuations-melbourne-sample-valuation-report.pdf)[Page 19 Earnings after adjustments, year by year.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/business-valuations-melbourne-sample-valuation-report.pdf#page=19)[Page 34 The value of each share, step by step.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/business-valuations-melbourne-sample-valuation-report.pdf#page=34)[Page 52 The valuer’s declaration: independence, conflicts and fee.](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/business-valuations-melbourne-sample-valuation-report.pdf#page=52) [Download the sample report](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/business-valuations-melbourne-sample-valuation-report.pdf) PDF, 52 pages Independence ## How the conclusion stays independent. - 01 The fee is fixed in writing for the agreed scope before work starts, and it is never tied to the result. - 02 We do not accept instructions that require a predetermined valuation result. - 03 We are never also your tax agent, auditor or broker. - 04 The report explains the methods considered and why one was adopted, and concludes on the value the evidence best supports. - 05 Where information cannot be independently verified, the report says so. - 06 Questions of law are left to legal advisers or the Court. - 07 Working papers are kept for ten years, so the file can answer questions if the valuation is ever reviewed. Reports follow the guidelines of APES 225 Valuation Services, the standard Australia’s accounting bodies set for valuation work, and are prepared with the ATO’s market valuation guidance in mind. [Read our independence statement](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/independence/) Who you are dealing with ## The firm behind the report. Business Valuations Melbourne is part of [Valuo](https://valuo.com.au/), a specialist valuation group, and is operated by Valuation Group Pty Ltd. Our valuers have prepared business valuations since 2014. Operating company Valuation Group Pty Ltd ABN 48 702 469 252 · ACN 702 469 252 Melbourne office Level 7, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Meetings by appointment. Most valuations run on documents and a call, anywhere in Greater Melbourne or regional Victoria. Phone 03 8375 4177 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm Melbourne time Email hello@valuo.com.au Family law Valuations for separation and family law proceedings are prepared through our dedicated family law practice, [Family Law Valuations](https://familylawvaluation.com.au/). The detail ## How a valuation is done. For accountants, solicitors and anyone who wants the working detail. The methods + The method follows the evidence and the economics of the business, and the report explains why the one adopted was chosen. Capitalisation of maintainable earnings Sustainable earnings, after normalising owner pay, related-party arrangements and one-off items, capitalised at a multiple that reflects the risks of the business and the available market evidence. Discounted cash flow Where future cash flows can reasonably be forecast and their timing and risk are material: growth and early-stage businesses, technology and IP-led companies, and businesses going through significant change. Net asset value Where tangible assets carry the value, earnings are negative or unreliable, or the company has stopped or materially reduced trading. Market approach Comparable business transactions and industry multiples, considered in light of differences in scale, profitability, growth, concentration, owner dependence and risk. What a valuation looks at + Not only the reported accounts, but the economics of the business as a buyer in the market would see them: - Earnings: maintainable EBITDA and EBIT, after normalising proprietor pay, related-party expenses and abnormal or non-recurring items. - Balance sheet: surplus assets and cash, net debt, working capital, shareholder and director loans, contingent liabilities and capital expenditure needs. - Dependence: customer and supplier concentration, key-person and owner dependence, and recurring or contractual revenue. - Risk and tenure: regulatory risk, lease obligations, franchise tenure and business-specific risk. - The interest valued: control or minority, personal or transferable goodwill, and enterprise value versus equity value. Each valuation works from the records: financial statements and management accounts, tax returns, general ledgers, payroll, loan accounts, share registers, constitutions and shareholder agreements, ASIC records, leases, contracts, franchise agreements, customer and supplier data, and forecasts. Shareholder and dispute valuations + Where appropriate, a specific shareholding is valued on its own terms rather than as a mechanical percentage of the whole company: voting, economic and dividend rights, control, restrictions on transfer, the shareholder agreement and constitution, liquidity, any shareholder loans, and the circumstances around the interest. Where shareholders, business partners or related parties disagree, the report keeps six things separate: - 1 Matters established from documentary evidence - 2 Information provided by management or the instructing party - 3 Assumptions - 4 Valuation judgment - 5 Matters capable of sensitivity analysis - 6 Matters of law requiring determination by legal advisers or the Court Where a valuation is prepared for use in proceedings, the reader can identify the interest valued, the valuation date, the basis of value, the evidence relied on, the adjustments to the reported results, the method, the assumptions, the material sensitivities and the reasoning behind the opinion. A standard report is not an expert witness report. If expert evidence is needed, a separate engagement must be agreed, including the scope and fees, and any expert report must address the applicable court rules. Industries and typical work + Industries - Medical centres, healthcare and allied health - NDIS and disability services - Professional services and consulting - Real estate agencies and rent rolls - Franchised businesses - Technology and intellectual property - Engineering, rail and mining services - Retail and consumer products - Trade and contracting Typical assignments - 100% of the shares in a private company - A specific minority shareholding - A company, for a shareholder separation - A related-party transfer or ownership restructure - Early-stage and intellectual-property-led companies - Businesses with negative net assets or material debt - Shareholder and director loans - Owner dependence and customer concentration - Personal and transferable goodwill - Alternative assumptions and sensitivity analysis [Industries we value](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/industries/) What a report covers + A typical company valuation report covers: - 1 Instructions and purpose - 2 Valuation date - 3 Interest being valued - 4 Basis or standard of value - 5 Corporate and ownership structure - 6 Business background - 7 Historical financial performance - 8 Balance-sheet position - 9 Earnings normalisation - 10 Maintainable earnings - 11 Valuation methodology - 12 Market evidence - 13 Business-specific risk - 14 Enterprise value - 15 Net debt and surplus assets - 16 Equity value - 17 Value of the relevant shareholding - 18 Sensitivities and alternative assumptions - 19 Limitations and qualifications - 20 Valuation conclusion Working with us ## What happens when you get in touch. - 1 Call or send the form Call 03 8375 4177 or send the form below. We reply within one business day. - 2 A fifteen-minute call We confirm the purpose, the valuation date, the entities involved and the deadline. - 3 A fixed fee, in writing Quoted for the agreed scope before you commit. It is never contingent on the value concluded, on a transaction proceeding or on any tax outcome. - 4 The engagement letter Work starts once you accept it. It sets out the scope and the fee, and its terms govern the report and how it may be used. Talk to a valuer ## Tell us what you need valued. A fifteen-minute call confirms the package, the fixed fee and the delivery date, before you commit to anything. 03 8375 4177 Mon to Fri, 9am to 5:30pm Melbourne time Send the form and we reply within one business day. No documents needed to start. Small Business Valuation $1,495 + GST For a business with annual turnover under $2 million. Signed report in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received. The fee is fixed in writing before we start and never tied to the outcome. Larger business? Tell us in the form and we recommend the right package. [All fees](https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/fees/) --- Business Valuations Melbourne · Level 7, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 · 03 8375 4177 · https://businessvaluationsmelbourne.com.au/start/