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Valuation support for advisersIndependent business valuation • Sydney • Australia-wide
Independent business valuations in Sydney
Valuations grounded in how businesses work—and what drives their value. From Milsons Point, we support business owners and professional advisers across Australia with clear reasoning for transactions, ownership changes, reporting and disputes.
- Chartered Accountant-led
- Independent analysis
- Clear, reasoned reporting
- Sydney-based, Australia-wide
When clients engage us
Start with the decision you need to make
Valuation is most useful when its purpose, date, intended users and evidence are clear from the outset.
Resolve a dispute
For family law, shareholder matters, mediation, litigation and other contested contexts.
Dispute and family law valuationsEvaluate a transaction
For business sales, acquisitions, shareholder exits, succession and strategic decisions.
M&A and transaction valuationsMeet a reporting requirement
For fair value, purchase price allocation, impairment and other accounting-related purposes.
Financial reporting valuationsA broader perspective on value
Adviser. Investor. Business owner. Business valuer.
A valuation is more than a model. It requires an understanding of how a business earns, competes, invests and manages risk—and how its tangible and intangible assets support value over time.
Institutional-scale judgement
Valuation used daily across large listed companies, industries and countries, informing investment advice and direct portfolio management involving billions of dollars of capital.
PwC advisory experience
Experience across Corporate Value Advisory, Transaction Services and Audit, advising private equity firms, corporates and investment committees.
First-hand ownership and transactions
Calvin has founded, acquired and operated small businesses, and has personally executed transactions as well as advising others on M&A.
Professional discipline
Commercial judgement is supported by Chartered Accountant training, valuation methodology and a commitment to clear evidence, assumptions and limitations.
A clear valuation process
Experience. Evidence. Clear reasoning.
A useful valuation connects the commercial question with the available evidence and explains how the conclusion was reached.
Purpose first
Define the interest, valuation date, intended users and the decision the work needs to support.
Evidence examined
Understand the financial record, business risks and assumptions that influence value.
Methods explained
Explain why the selected approaches are suitable and how the material inputs were assessed.
Limitations clear
Make the scope, assumptions and permitted reliance visible alongside the conclusion.
Why the analysis matters
A conclusion should be understandable—not merely stated.
Valuation work combines methodology, financial modelling, risk assessment, evidence and professional judgement. We focus on making the conclusion traceable to its assumptions, information and purpose.
Explore our approachEVIDENT VALUATIONSIllustrative structure
From evidence to a conclusion
- Purpose & scopeThe question, valuation date and intended use.
- Evidence & analysisInformation, methods and material assumptions.
- Reasoned conclusionFindings explained with sensitivities and limitations.
This illustration explains our approach. It is not a client report; deliverables depend on the agreed engagement.
Leadership
Experience built across valuation, investing and SME advice.
Calvin Lim and Jessica Gao bring complementary perspectives to valuation matters.
Calvin Lim CA
Founder and Director, with PwC advisory experience, daily institutional company valuation, first-hand business ownership and personally executed transactions.
View Calvin’s profile →Jessica Gao
Director and adviser; Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney; accounting, forensic accounting and SME M&A experience since 2009.
Meet the team →Insights
Useful thinking before the valuation begins
Valuing a dental practice: what information matters?
A practical dental practice valuation checklist covering clinician earnings, patient activity, staffing, premises, equipment and owner dependence.
Read insightHow owner salaries and one-off expenses affect business value
Understand normalised earnings, owner replacement costs and one-off items, with a worked example of supported valuation adjustments.
Read insightEnterprise value vs equity value: a worked example
See how enterprise value can differ from equity value, with a simple cash-and-debt example and common adjustments to check.
Read insightBegin with a confidential conversation.
We will discuss the purpose at a high level, identify any conflict or independence considerations and explain the likely next step. Please do not send confidential records before secure exchange is arranged.
Property boundary
Business valuation—not real-property valuation.
Evident Valuations does not provide direct valuations of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or development real property.
Where a business or ownership interest includes material real property, our work may use a current report from an appropriately qualified independent property valuer. The source, date and reliance are made clear.