Corporate Finance Advisory
Funding, structure and investment appraisal for businesses that are buying, building or raising.
The money question behind the strategy
Most growth plans fail on funding structure rather than commercial logic. The plan is sound, but the working-capital profile, the debt service or the timing of the cash means it cannot be financed as designed.
We work through the capital side of the decision: how much is needed, when, in what form, what it costs, what it does to control, and what the return looks like across a realistic range of outcomes.
Services
- Capital structure review
- Acquisition modelling
- Funding requirement analysis
- Debt capacity analysis
- Investment appraisal
- Cash-flow forecasting
- Scenario planning
- Return analysis
- Board and investor decision support
Typical questions we help answer
- How much capital does this plan actually need, and when does it need to arrive?
- What level of debt can this cash flow support without becoming fragile?
- What is the return on this acquisition at the offer price, and at what price does it stop working?
- Is the constraint funding, or is it working capital and collection discipline?
- What does the equity position look like under each funding option?
- Which assumptions is the whole case resting on, and how confident are we in them?
Regulatory perimeter
Certain corporate finance and capital-raising activities are regulated in the United Kingdom. Crystal Zest accepts and describes engagements only within the permissions, exclusions and exemptions applicable to the specific activity, and involves appropriately authorised firms where required. Crystal Zest is not described as FCA authorised or regulated.
Start a confidential conversation
Whether you are preparing to sell, looking to acquire, raising capital or trying to lift the value of a business you already own, the first step is a short, confidential discussion about the situation.