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CPD made easy for members in valuation
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- 21 Aug 2024
ICAEW’s revised CPD regulations came into effect on 1 November 2023. Here’s some helpful information to get started.
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Valuation bite-sized webinars – your questions answered!
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- 25 Jun 2024
Andrew Strickland, Consultant, Scrutton Bland has been hosting “bite size” webinars for the Valuation Community, which aimed to help provide a breakdown of key valuation concepts to newly qualified members.
Monaghan and Gilsenan [2021] EWHC 47 (Ch) – Euro Accessories Limited
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- 16 Apr 2024
The meaning of fair value in Articles of Association.
The joy of giving
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- 15 Apr 2024
There have been several cases heard in the Tax Tribunal relating to the values to be ascribed to shares in small public companies that have been gifted to charity. These companies have normally been launched onto the AIM market or the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) relatively shortly before the gifts are made. Examples of such cases in the public domain include N Green and HMRC (Chartersea plc), J Netley and HMRC (Frenkel Topping Group plc), McArthur and Anor and HMRC (Baa Bar Group plc), Nice, Robinson and HMRC (Mount York) and Close, Nuttall and HMRC (Readybuy plc). These cases cover ...
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Baa Bar Group plc - McArthur and HMRC [2020] (part two)
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- 22 Nov 2023
This is a gift aid case: Baa Bar Group plc had acquired an eponymous company which owned student bars in Liverpool and Manchester. The gifting of shares in Baa Bar Group plc three months after listing onto the CISX was the tax event that dragged this case to the doors of the Tax Tribunal, albeit as the culmination of a legal process taking 17 years.
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Baa Bar Group plc - McArthur and HMRC [2020] (part one)
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- 22 Nov 2023
This is another case relating to gift aid. Readers may recall the cases of N Green and HMRC, and also J Netley and HMRC, both relating to gifts of shares to charities. These gifts were made shortly after the entry of cash shell companies onto the Channel Islands Stock Exchange or AIM. The cash shell companies had very recently acquired trading subsidiary undertakings. This case has similar features.
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Holding Hands on the Pavement?
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- 21 Nov 2023
The case of Gallagher and Gallagher [2022] EWFC 53.
Business and share valuation — ICAEW Library guide
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VALUATION COMMUNITY
Monaghan and Gilsenan [2021] EWHC 47 (Ch) – Euro Accessories Limited
- 16 Apr 2024
- Andrew Strickland
- Valuation Community Newsletter
The meaning of fair value in Articles of Association.
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Destiny Investments
- 03 Dec 2018
This was a shareholder dispute case embellished by an attempted share dilution and a challenge regarding the use of a loan taken out by Destiny Investments (1993) Limited (“Destiny”).
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The measurement and application of market participant acquisition premiums
- 08 Oct 2018
- Andrew Strickland
- Valuation Community Newsletter
Through the early 1990s, it was generally accepted that the publicly traded price of a company’s shares represented the value of a minority interest and that, if the goal was to value a control interest, a “premium for control” would be added to the value of equity indicated by that publicly traded price.
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CORPORATE FINANCE FACULTY
Shareholder disputes
- 13 May 2013
Andrew Strickland looks at the cases of Attwood v Maidment and the observations that can be made.
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IFRS reporting
- 28 Mar 2011
Since the introduction of IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’, in 2004, acquiring companies have been required to report the fair values of intangible assets arising from an acquisition separately from the residual allocated to purchased goodwill. In 2009, the UK regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), performed a survey of the accounting for 20 significant acquisitions to review compliance with IFRS 3.
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VALUATION COMMUNITY
The joy of giving
- 15 Apr 2024
- Andrew Strickland
- Valuation Community Newsletter
There have been several cases heard in the Tax Tribunal relating to the values to be ascribed to shares in small public companies that have been gifted to charity. These companies have normally been launched onto the AIM market or the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) relatively shortly before the gifts are made. Examples of such cases in the public domain include N Green and HMRC (Chartersea plc), J Netley and HMRC (Frenkel Topping Group plc), McArthur and Anor and HMRC (Baa Bar Group plc), Nice, Robinson and HMRC (Mount York) and Close, Nuttall and HMRC (Readybuy plc). These cases cover ...
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The Expert Witness in the United Kingdom
- 07 Aug 2023
- Andrew Strickland
UK Courts place high expectations on expert witnesses in all disciplines: the privilege of giving opinions carries with it a weighty responsibility. Over the last twenty or more years the judiciary voiced, ever more pointedly, the heavy duties that come with the potentially persuasive powers of expert witnesses.
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Reports on an Industrial Scale – Bux and GMC [2021] EWHC 762
- 07 Aug 2023
- Andrew Strickland
The renowned Judge Mostyn heard a case involving an appeal against the removal of a doctor from the Medical Register.
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Proprietary trading and market making – valuation challenges: the case of G and T
- 29 Mar 2023
- Andrew Strickland
How should a business engaged in trading in the markets be valued? This was the question faced by the Court in the anonymised case of G and T.
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UTB and Sheffield United Limited [2019] EWHC 2322
- 04 Oct 2022
- Andrew Strickland
The valuation of football clubs can be devilishly difficult: for many such clubs the owners are driven by passion or by the need to own a trophy.
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Section 994 cases: Failing to pay dividends
- 15 Jul 2020
- Valuations Community
Can it be unfairly prejudicial to one or more shareholders if a company does not pay dividends? This article looks at various court rulings in this area.
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Valuing assets: could COVID-19 be a game-changer?
- 20 May 2020
20 May 2020: Aircraft are extreme assets at the best of times. Even in good times, it is hard to make sense of their values. A downturn that grounds thousands of them makes the assessment of value even more of an ordeal. That is where expertise and experience count.
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VB Football Assets and Blackpool Football Club
- 03 Jun 2019
- ICAEW
This was a colourful shareholder dispute case requiring the inputs of two business valuation experts.
Bloomsbury Accounting and Tax Service
Eligible firms have free access to Bloomsbury Professional's comprehensive online library, comprising around 80 titles from some of the country's leading tax and accounting subject matter experts. Find out who is eligible and how you can access the Accounting and Tax Service.
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Valuing a family or owner-managed company
- 2024
- Peter Rayney
- Tax Planning for Family and Owner-managed Companies
Advice on valuing a family or owner-managed company, written for anyone who advises or runs one.
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The contentious terrain of Research and Development tax credits
- 2023
- Jesminara Rahman
- Busy Practitioner
Jesminara Rahman looks at difficulties facing companies pursuing research and development tax claims. In recent years, the tax terrain for Research & Development (R&D) has experienced significant changes, due to a substantial shift in HMRC's approach.
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IHT: valuations of assets in a falling market
- 2023
- Julian Harris, Mark McLaughlin, Andrew Needham, Lee Sharpe
- Busy Practitioner
An update on how best to deal with the expected decrease in estate asset values from an inheritance tax (IHT) viewpoint. The article recommends that it would seem an appropriate time to review the affairs of clients with possible IHT exposure on their estates.
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PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Property valuations: Too high?
- 2021
- Mark McLaughlin
- Busy Practitioner
HMRC valuations of land and buildings involving development value should be critically reviewed and challenged where necessary, says Mark McLaughlin.
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Valuation approaches
- 2019
- Nigel Eastaway, Diane Elliott, Christopher Blundell, Cameron Cook
- Practical Share Valuation
A chapter outlining the three main business valuation approaches (the market approach, the income approach, and the cost approach), and some of the most commonly used methods associated with each.
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Open market value
- 2019
- Nigel Eastaway, Diane Elliott, Christopher Blundell, Cameron Cook
- Practical Share Valuation
A chapter on the statutory open market basis of valuation, covering a number of pertinent issues with extensive reference to case law.
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PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Valuation of intellectual property and other intangibles
- 2019
- Nigel Eastaway, Diane Elliott, Christopher Blundell, Cameron Cook
- Practical Share Valuation
A chapter covering various issues relating to the valuation of intellectual property rights, as well as other intangibles such as image rights. Includes details of possible methods.
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Fair value
- 2019
- Nigel Eastaway, Diane Elliott, Christopher Blundell, Cameron Cook
- Practical Share Valuation
A chapter examining a range of case law relating to the fair value basis of valuation. Part of a comprehensive practical guide to share valuation.
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Valuation book: how to value businesses and shares
- 2024
- Mark Aleksanyan, Kenneth Lee, Matthias Meitner, Neil Pande
- Harriman House
An introductory valuation guide for anyone who needs to value a business. Covers topics including forecasting, discount rates, multiples-based valuation, present value models, and accounting-based models.
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BVB insights: data and analysis on UK private company multiples
- 2024
- Business Valuation Benchmarks
- Business Valuation Benchmarks
Independent analysts, from BVB Ltd, have collated and interpreted transactions data involving private companies. The result is an in-depth overview of transaction multiples paid for UK private companies for the year ended December 2023 (previous editions are also available).
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Field guide to business valuation: for owners and leaders of private companies
- 2022
- Casey Karlsen, Seth Webber
- BVR
Intended for business owners and their advisors who would like to learn more about how to estimate what a business is worth, what factors affect value, and how to make businesses more valuable.
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Hands-on financial modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365: build your own practical financial models for effective forecasting, valuation, trading, and growth analysis
- 2022
- Shmuel Oluwa
- Packt
Financial modeling is a core skill required by anyone who wants to build a career in finance. This book explores financial modeling terminologies with the help of Excel. Starting with the key concepts of Excel, such as formulas and functions, this updated second edition will help you to learn all about referencing frameworks and other advanced components for building financial models.
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Valuing a business: the analysis and appraisal of closely held companies
- 2022
- Shannon P. Pratt and the ASA Educational Foundation
- McGraw Hill Education
Covers different valuation principles and methods.
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Understanding business valuation
- 2022
- Gary R. Trugman
- BVR
A US-focused guide to all of the main valuation approaches, methods, and techniques in an easy-to-read style.
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Financial modeling in Excel for dummies
- 2022
- Danielle Stein Fairhurst
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
This books provides practical hands-on exercises to help you build powerful models from scratch, and to work with existing financial models in Excel. Includes chapters on tools and techniques for financial modeling, applying scenarios, charting and presenting model output, building an integrated financial statements model, discounted cash flow valuation, and budgeting for capital expenditure and depreciation.
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Valuing businesses using regression analysis: a quantitative approach to the guideline company transaction method
- 2021
- C. Fred Hall III
- Wiley
Demystifies regression-based valuation through simple explanations, easy-to-understand charts, and time-saving bonus resources.
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Private company multiples
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- 01 Jun 2023
Access data on the multiples paid for UK private businesses.
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International Valuation Standards 2025
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- Regulations
Reflecting changes introduced to IVS (International Valuation Standards), effective from 31 January 2025
International Valuation Standards
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Business valuation (BV) experts embrace AI, see its promise
- 01 Sep 2024
A poll at the recent AI in Business Valuation virtual conference revealed 87% of business valuation professionals have explored the use of AI in their practices, with many believing it will significantly impact how they work in the longer term. The article includes an overview of AI and provides examples of how the technology is being used by valuation professionals. Assessing the impact of AI on a subject company being valued is also discussed together with the use of AI in marketing a practice.
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Add value by looking through a valuation lens
- 01 Jun 2024
- Michael A. Zaydon
Focuses on the importance of valuation for business owners, highlighting its relevance beyond M&A to activities such as estate and tax planning, dispute resolution, strategic planning, operations and liquidity management. With many owners not knowing the value of their businesses, the author explores the obstacles to this. Personal bias, uncertainty due to factors such as inflation and interest rates and the complexities associated with valuation are discussed.
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Quality control is now the no.1 concern of business valuation (BV) firms
- 01 Feb 2024
What's the main worry of business valuation firm managers? According to BVR's 'BV Firm Benchmarking Guide', it's quality control of business valuation reports. After quality control, top five concerns include staffing issues and keeping up with valuation standards. These challenges at the firm level are consistent with what respondents see as the main challenges for the profession as a whole.
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Signa's lofty property valuations point to brutal pain to come
- 02 Dec 2023
- Jack Sidders
Signa, a collapsing European real estate empire based in Austria, is facing significant challenges in its portfolio. Signa's implosion highlights Germany's commercial real estate crisis, as much of its portfolio is in the country. German property debt is being sold at significantly reduced prices, indicating substantial revisions in valuations. Signa's high valuations have attracted attention, but the company's excessive debt and limited cash flow have proven fatal.
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Update on current inputs for valuations amid high inflation
- 01 Dec 2023
Carla Nunes and Jim Harrington report on carrying out valuations amid high inflation. They discuss current economic conditions and provide some latest estimates (using US data) for key inputs that
analysts can consider using in their valuations. During times of uncertainty, valuation analysts should challenge the data they use and make sure that their overall assumptions make sense.
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New research finds that industries have different growth rates
- 01 Nov 2023
Many business valuation analysts use the same long-term real GDP growth plus expected inflation in their terminal values for all industries. But that is incorrect, says Roger Grabowski (Kroll), based on new research he is doing with Dr. Ashok Abbott (West Virginia University). Their findings also point to it often being preferable to use the three-stage discounted cash flow (DCF) model, not the typical two-stage model.
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The 'G' element in 'ESG' for commercial real estate
- 01 Sep 2023
- Bruce Turner
Bruce Turner explores our rapidly evolving understanding of ESG factors related to commercial real estate, and its challenges to market acceptance in either investment analysis or valuation. He also looks briefly at responses to ESG by professional valuers' associations in a still uncertain environment.
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Determining working capital adjustments using a Bardahl analysis
- 01 Sep 2023
An excerpt from Gary Trugman’s Understanding Business Valuation, 6th edition, which gives some practical advice on how to use a Bardahl analysis to adjust for working capital. Business valuers often need to determine how much working capital is required for a company's operations, and the Bardahl analysis method is one way of going about this. It can be a particularly useful tool for manufacturing companies.
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Tax valuations: cross-border transfers of intangible assets
- 2024
- L. MacGregor, S. Tilstone
- LexisNexis
A brief digest covering the valuation of intangibles for tax purposes. Includes sections on asset identification, bases of value, valuation methodologies, goodwill, and the relationship between market value and arm's length provision.
SBBI yearbook: stocks, bonds, bills, and inflation, 2023
- 2023
- R.G. Ibbotson
- Kroll
An annual resource for historical US capital markets data, covering the period from January 1926 to the present. It sets out returns, index values, and statistical analyses for a number of asset classes.
Rayney's tax planning for family and owner managed companies, 2023/24
- 2023
- P.Rayney
- Bloomsbury Professional
This book examines a wide variety of tax planning matters from the viewpoint of the company, its working and nonworking shareholders and its employees. Includes information on valuing a family or owner-managed company. The book covers all relevant legislative changes up to August 2023.
Valuing a business: the analysis and appraisal of closely held companies
- 2022
- S.P.Pratt
- New York: McGraw-Hill
Aims to offer clear, concise coverage of valuation principles and methods. Includes information on writing and reviewing business valuation reports, valuing specific assets, instruments and interests, valuations for specific purposes and litigation and dispute resolution.
Practical share valuation
- 2019
- N.A. Eastaway
- Bloomsbury Professional
This popular handbook aims to help practitioners understand and tackle the issues and potential problems that may arise when preparing and reviewing a valuation of unquoted shares or intangible assets.
Accounting for financial instruments: a guide to valuation and risk management
- 2017
- E.Camilleri
- Routledge
A book about the accounting and regulatory framework associated with the acquisition and disposal of financial instruments, including how to determine their value and ultimately compile a business valuation report.
Preparing your business for sale
- 2016
- Indicator FL Memo
- Indicator FL Memo
Appendices include: SWOT analysis; SWOT chart; customer credit control checklist; P/E factors and company valuation data; election for entrepreneurs' relief to apply to qualifying corporate bonds; election for incorporation relief not to apply; non-disclosure agreement for a contractor; business model canvas; and due diligence checklist of questions.
Private equity: law and practice
- 2015
- D.J. Cooke
- Sweet & Maxwell
This book covers the major legal and business aspects of funding via private equity.
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- 29 Nov 2023
Key legal cases relevant to Valuation Community members, with links to the judgments on Bailii and details of related articles held by the ICAEW Library and Information Service.
Research guides
Research guides are a series of guides produced by the ICAEW Library & Information Service that take an in-depth look at the print and online resources available in a number of key areas.
Beta values
- 15 Aug 2024
- ICAEW Library and Information Service
Beta values (often described as 'beta coefficients' or 'beta relatives') are used by some investors to measure the movement of a share and to help assess the risk involved when putting together an investment portfolio. In this guide we highlight the print and online sources available for beta values.
P/E ratios
- 09 Nov 2022
- ICAEW Library and Information Service
Price/earnings ratios are used for many purposes, including investment analysis, company valuation and client benchmarking. In this guide we look at the sources available for P/E ratios.
UK share prices
- 06 Jan 2023
- ICAEW Library and Information Service
Share prices are reported in numerous places, from the market pages of broadsheets to individual company websites. This research guide lists a range of sources for current and historical UK share prices.
Retail Prices Index (RPI) and Consumer Prices Index (CPI)
- 21 Feb 2023
- ICAEW Library and Information Service
In our in-depth guide to the Retail Prices Index (RPI), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), and the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), we set out a range of sources for current and historical UK price indices data.
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Useful links
Football clubs' valuation: The European Elite 2022
- Football Benchmark
Football Benchmark analysis providing an indication of the enterprise value (EV) of prominent European football clubs, based on their financial statements as well as the latest market trends and sentiments.
HMRC shares and assets valuations for tax (SAV)
- HMRC
Guidance from HMRC explaining the role of the HMRC Shares and Assets Valuations (SAV) team, how to get a Post Transaction Valuation Check and how to appeal a valuation.
Mark to Market Insights
- Mark to Market
MarktoMarket's monthly Valuation Barometers cover deals and valuation multiples in UK M&A.
Price Earnings Ratio Database (PERDa)
- perda.net
The PERDa database, focusing on deals in the SME market, was created using data on completed private company sales and acquisitions across the UK and Europe supplied by the accountants working on those transactions. Data is no longer being collected for PERDa but an archive of the newsletters published between 2015 and 2019 is still available. These summarise and provide commentary on the data from the PERDa database, including quarterly movements in the average P/E ratio. The charts in the newsletters show price multiples from 2008 to 2019.
Private Company Price Index (PCPI)
- BDO
Quarterly newsletter from BDO which includes an analysis of the price/earnings ratio for private company sales in the UK.
Property valuation standards
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) standards and guidance notes on commonly used valuation methods and how to value particular property asset types, including Data centres, Public houses, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, Residential property purpose built for renting and Woodlands.
Small and Medium Enterprises Valuation Index (UK 200 Group)
- UK200Group
SME company valuation index from the UK 200 Group, drawing on deal data from UK200Group Corporate Finance members. Provides annual figures for median P/E, median EBITDA, mean P/E, mean EBITDA and average deal size (£m). Last updated in November 2020.
Valuation standards around the world
- Valuology
Profiles of the valuation regulatory infrastructure in over 100 jurisdictions from around the world.
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