Clear scope
Purpose, date, intended users, engagement format and responsibilities confirmed before work begins.
For professional advisers
Business valuation support for professional advisers
We work with accountants, tax advisers, lawyers, wealth advisers and other professional referrers, combining rigorous independent analysis with experience across PwC advisory, institutional investment, business ownership and transactions—while respecting each adviser’s role.
Commercial perspective
Technical analysis informed by real decision-making.
Valuation work has informed advisory, investment, portfolio, transaction and ownership decisions in both institutional and SME settings. That perspective helps focus the analysis on the commercial issues that can materially affect sustainable earnings, cash flow, risk and value.
Questions commercial experience helps test
- How repeatable are the earnings?
- What depends on the owner or key people?
- How much working capital and reinvestment are required?
- Where are customer, supplier or market concentrations?
- Which assumptions have the greatest effect on value?
Valuation experience
Commercial perspective and clear reasoning
Calvin Lim brings experience across advisory work, institutional investment analysis and business ownership. The engagement begins with the purpose, intended users and available evidence, so the scope can be matched to the decision.
Read Calvin Lim’s profile →What to expect
- Purpose, valuation date and scope agreed at the outset
- Methods and material assumptions explained
- Clear limitations and intended use
- Coordination with your professional advisers
Referral pathway
What you can expect
Respect for boundaries
Valuation advice is separated from the legal, tax, audit, investment or property advice provided by others.
Transparent communication
Material evidence, assumptions, dependencies and limitations are made clear.
Secure exchange
Restricted-access Google Drive folders can be arranged after conflicts and engagement acceptance.
Common referrals
Matters where independent valuation support may help
The list is indicative; the appropriate scope depends on the actual purpose.
Accounting and tax
- Tax and market-value requirements
- Restructures and related-party transfers
- Financial reporting and intangible assets
- Succession, estates and employee equity
Legal and commercial
- Family law and shareholder disputes
- Business sales, acquisitions and exits
- Trustee, executor and ownership decisions
- Expert and joint-expert processes where accepted
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.
Refer the question before sending the file.
Start with a high-level description and the parties involved. We will complete appropriate checks and arrange secure document exchange if the engagement progresses.