Sydney, NSW
Financial due diligence in Sydney.
We are based at 116 Military Road in Neutral Bay, so Sydney buyers get the full service on home turf: the same fixed fees, with the option of meeting in person for scoping and the debrief.
The Sydney acquisition market
Sydney is the most competitive acquisition market in the country, and it moves fast. Cafes and hospitality venues in the inner suburbs, trade and services businesses across the west, professional practices on the north shore, and eastern suburbs businesses priced with a healthy dose of postcode premium. Speed pressures buyers into skipping diligence, and vendors know it.
The pattern we see most in Sydney deals is price built on peak trading. A vendor sells on the best twelve months the business has ever had, often with rent about to reset under a new lease. Reconciling the earnings to BAS lodgements and testing the rent line against the actual lease on offer moves more Sydney asking prices than any other single check.
How engagements run for Sydney buyers
Scoping calls can happen in person at our Neutral Bay office or by video. The work itself runs on documents: bank statements, BAS lodgements and the general ledger move through our secure upload, and the findings report lands with a debrief call, face to face if you prefer.
The full service detail, the three levels and everything included are on the financial due diligence page.
Fees, identical in every city
Financial due diligence: fixed fees
| Combined transaction value | Level 1 · Verification | Level 2 · Scoped DD | Level 3 · Full analysis | Level 2, share of the deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1,000,000 | $2,500 ($2,750 inc) | $4,500 ($4,950 inc) | Not offered | 0.45% |
| $1,000,000 – $3,000,000 | $3,500 ($3,850 inc) | $7,000 ($7,700 inc) | $11,000 ($12,100 inc) | 0.23% |
Under $1,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $2,500 ($2,750 inc)
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $4,500 ($4,950 inc)
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- Not offered
- Level 2, share of the deal
- 0.45%
$1,000,000 – $3,000,000
- Level 1 · Verification
- $3,500 ($3,850 inc)
- Level 2 · Scoped DD
- $7,000 ($7,700 inc)
- Level 3 · Full analysis
- $11,000 ($12,100 inc)
- Level 2, share of the deal
- 0.23%
Fees are shown excluding GST, with the GST-inclusive figure beside them. GST applies at 10%. The share column is Level 2 against a transaction at the top of that band, which is the smallest share in it. A buyer at the bottom of a band is paying a larger share: Level 2 on a $1,500,000 purchase is $7,000, or 0.47%.
Sydney questions
Yes. Our office is at Level 3, 116 Military Road, Neutral Bay, on the lower north shore. Scoping conversations and debrief calls can be held in person by appointment, and the analysis itself runs on the documents either way.
Yes. The work is document-driven, so a business in Penrith or Campbelltown gets exactly the same process as one in the CBD. Where a site visit matters to you, it can usually be arranged as part of a Level 2 or Level 3 engagement.
Most Sydney work is Level 2 scoped due diligence on owner-managed businesses between $1m and $6m, with hospitality, trades and professional services the most common industries. Fees are fixed from the standard schedule regardless of location.
Want a straight read on your deal?
Book a free call with Nick. Bring the numbers you have, and we will tell you the right service level and the fixed fee. No obligation.