A valuation that holds up when the number is challenged.
Know your number before anyone else sets it for you. An independent valuation puts the strongest figure you can defend in your hands — before the sale, the dispute or the settlement that depends on it.
When you refer a client, your reputation travels with the report.
Every Bizplans valuation is built to withstand cross-examination — independent, fully documented, every assumption defensible, structured for the court or SARS from the first draft. No conflicts. No success fees. No surprises in front of a judge. You keep the client; we handle the number.
Prepared to the standards expected by: SARS · commercial banks · divorce courts · attorneys and mediators
The real problem
By the time most business owners find out what their business is really worth, they are already negotiating the wrong number down.
Your accountant knows what your business earned. That is not the same as what it is worth.
The other side sets the first number
Every bid negotiates down from there
A gap of 20% to 40% between the opening offer and true value is common
On a business worth around R4 million, that is roughly R800,000 to R1.6 million left on the table
And you would never know what you left behind
A professional valuation costs a fraction of what an opening bid can quietly cost you — the calculation most owners skip until it is too late.
Eight reasons clients call
What situation are you in?
Selling
Set your number before a buyer sets it for you
Buy-out
An independent number both sides must respect
Divorce Expert
Business assets are the largest marital item
SARS / CGT
A defensible market value that protects you.
Funding
What banks increasingly require before lending.
Planning
A current, credible value to plan around.
Approached
A buyer’s first number is an anchor, not a verdict.
Succession
Plan the handover or exit on a number you can build toward.
Methodology
Three methods. One conclusion you can defend in any room.
01 Asset-based
What the business owns net of liabilities. The floor of value.
02 Market comparable
What similar South African businesses are actually selling for right now.
03 Income & cash flow
Future earnings, goodwill and growth trajectory. This is where most of the value lives.
Every valuation stress-tested across base, conservative and optimistic scenarios.
Meet the expert
Mark Prigge
B.Com, MBA · Bizplans CC · CK 2006/214379/23
More than twenty years in business and finance — the last decade and more focused on independent business valuation — across South Africa and the United Kingdom. My valuations are built to the evidentiary standards expected by SARS, the family courts and commercial banks. I do not broker deals. I do not earn on outcomes. I produce an honest opinion and I stand behind it — and I use modern tools to do the work faster, so the fee buys judgement, not data entry.
From complex earnings and shareholder structures to succession, matrimonial and SARS matters — independent value where the number has to hold up.
Deceased estates & succession
Valuing the business, then structuring the sale — defending the value to a buyer, separating property from the trading business, and working a BEE transaction into the deal.
Complex earnings structures
Unpicking how a business really earns — attributing income fairly across owners, non-owners and cost centres, and normalising discretionary and cross-company costs to a maintainable figure everyone can rely on.
Contested & dispute valuations
Independent value where it’s argued over — shareholder exits, matrimonial matters and SARS positions — establishing the true, defensible number that moves parties toward a fair settlement.
Not sure where to start? Ask one question.
Most people aren’t ready to commission a valuation — they just have a question on their mind:
“What’s my business roughly worth?”
“Do I even need a formal report for my divorce?”
“Will SARS accept this?”
Send me the one question you have. I’ll answer it personally, by WhatsApp or email — no form, no pitch, no obligation.
