We keep your business sale-ready so you don't have to

Exit on the day you want to exit.

Chimny keeps your business perpetually sale-ready — so when the time comes, you're not scrambling. You're choosing.

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Ref. 0028 · LBR
14 May 2026
For Larkin Bros. Plumbing & Heating
Solihull, West Midlands
Your Saleability Score
64 / 100
Promising — top 38% of similar businesses
Financial clarity
71
Owner independence
42
Revenue quality
68
Documentation
55
Risk & compliance
78
Specimen scoreFor illustration only
Free · 5 min

The problem

Most business owners will lose 20–30% of their value at exit. Simply because they weren't ready.

Messy books, hidden risks, no succession plan. By the time you decide to sell, it's already too late to fix what buyers care about.

2.3m
UK business owners approaching retirement — most with no exit plan at all.
79%
of business owners lack a formal exit or succession plan.
£5k+
typical cost of traditional exit consulting — before a broker even gets involved.

How Chimny works

Three steps from "maybe someday" to "ready today."

We don't sell you software to figure it out yourself. We deliver the work — the analysis, the reports, the action plan.

Get your Saleability Score

Answer a few questions about your business. We analyse your readiness across the dimensions buyers actually care about and give you a score out of 100 — free, in minutes.

See what to fix

Get a full Saleability Report showing your valuation range, the specific gaps dragging your score down, and a clear action plan to close them — in plain English, not consultant-speak.

Stay sale-ready

For owners preparing to exit within 1–3 years: ongoing monitoring, updated documentation, and a live readiness dashboard. When you're ready, everything a buyer needs is already in order.

What buyers actually care about

Your Saleability Score measures the five things that make or break a deal.

These aren't abstract metrics. They're the exact reasons buyers walk away — or pay a premium.

Owner independence

Can the business run without you? Buyers won't pay full price for a job — they want a company that operates on its own.

Financial clarity

Messy books kill deals. Clean, organised accounts with clear profit figures are the baseline — not a bonus.

Revenue quality

Recurring contracts beat one-off jobs. And if one client makes up 40% of your revenue, buyers see that as a risk, not an asset.

Documentation

Contracts, processes, staff records, IP — buyers need to see it all. If it's not written down, it doesn't exist.

Risk & compliance

Legal loose ends, overdue filings, informal agreements — these are the surprises that cause buyers to cut their offer or walk away entirely.

Sound familiar?

Real questions from real business owners. Chimny answers every one of them.

"We had a buyer walk away after due diligence. Aggressive lawyers, re-traded the valuation down, then just… disappeared. Nine months wasted. Where did we go wrong?"

"I'm on the verge of exiting but I can't shake the fear of the great unknown. What do I do when I'm at home with nothing to do?"

"I've been told a significant portion of the selling price will be eaten by taxes and liabilities. I'm struggling to see what I'd actually walk away with."

"How do you sell an established business with flat growth? Is it even worth going to market or should I sort things out first?"

Adapted from real posts in business owner communities. These problems are predictable — and fixable — with the right preparation.

A different way to think about it

Saleability isn't the broker's job. Just like fitness before surgery isn't the surgeon's job.

By the time you engage a broker, the value-destructive decisions have already been made. Chimny is the preparation that happens before the transaction — so the transaction goes right.

Simple pricing

Start free. Pay when you're serious.

No retainers, no billable hours, no surprises. Just clear value at every step.

Saleability Score
Understand where you stand today — in minutes, not months.
Free
  • Saleability score out of 100
  • Breakdown across 5 key dimensions
  • Benchmark against your industry
  • Instant results, no commitment
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Saleability Report
The full diagnostic — what buyers would see, what it's costing you, and exactly what to fix.
£297 one-off
  • Everything in Saleability Score
  • Indicative valuation range
  • Step-by-step 90-day action plan
  • Buyer-perspective assessment memo
  • Category deep dives with cost estimates
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Sale-Ready
Ongoing preparation for owners planning to exit within 1–3 years.
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  • Everything in Saleability Report
  • Monthly score updates & tracking
  • Documentation kept current
  • Xero / QuickBooks integration
  • Live readiness dashboard
  • Fractional access to exit experts
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Your Saleability Score and full Saleability Report are available now. For Sale-Ready ongoing monitoring, join the waitlist and we'll let you know when it's live.

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