Build More Value. Attract Better Buyers. Exit on Your Terms.
If you’re considering exiting your business within the next 2–5 years, starting your business exit planning now could have a significant impact on the value you eventually realise.
You’ve spent years building a successful business. But there’s an important difference between a successful business and a business that a serious buyer will pay a premium to own.
When should you start business exit planning?
The best time to start planning your exit isn’t when you’re ready to sell.
Serious buyers look beyond turnover and profit. They consider the strength of your leadership team, dependence on the owner, customer concentration, future growth potential and the risks that could remain after you’ve left.
Those things aren’t easily fixed six months before a sale.
Starting early gives you time to build Enterprise Value, reduce potential buyer risk and create more options for your eventual exit.
Do you need to be ready to sell?
No.
Exit Advantage™ isn’t about encouraging you to sell your business. It’s about helping you build a stronger, more valuable business that gives you more options.
A business that is less dependent on you, has stronger leadership and more predictable performance isn’t just potentially more attractive to a future buyer.
It’s usually a better business to own today.
What is the Exit Advantage™ Masterclass?
Exit Advantage™ is an intensive one-day working masterclass created by Chris Spratling for successful business owners who expect to exit within the next 2–5 years.
Using the Buyer Ready™ Framework, you’ll step outside the day-to-day demands of running your company and look at your business through the eyes of a serious buyer.
You’ll explore:
- How serious buyers assess value, risk and future opportunity
- What really drives Enterprise Value
- Where value can quietly leak from a business
- The questions a serious buyer is likely to ask
- Why Seller Readiness matters as much as Business Readiness
- Where your own strengths, value gaps and blind spots may lie
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of where to focus your attention now to build more value, reduce future buyer risk and increase your options.
Your Buyer Ready™ Assessment
Your place also includes an individual Exit Advantage Buyer Ready™ Assessment, normally valued at £1,250.
Following the masterclass, you’ll work with Chris to apply the Buyer Ready™ principles specifically to you and your business, identifying your Enterprise Value strengths, potential gaps and priorities for action.
Join us at Whatley Manor
Whatley Manor is a stunning getaway in the heart of the Cotswolds. Set in 12 acres of gardens, a long tree-lined driveway leads you into this luxurious hideaway making it the perfect venue for the Exit Advantage™ Masterclass.
Wednesday 11 November 2026
10.00am – 4.30pm
Whatley Manor
£195 + VAT per person
Places are deliberately restricted to create a small-group environment for practical discussion, challenging questions and peer-level conversation between experienced business owners.
Your place includes the full-day masterclass, Buyer Ready™ materials, refreshments and lunch, plus your individual Buyer Ready™ Assessment.
Build More Value. Attract Better Buyers. Exit on Your Terms.
