The corporate logo for James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance, featuring a stylized orange geometric icon on the left, followed by the brand name in black and orange text, and "Corporate Finance" in grey below, set against a transparent checkered background.
The corporate logo for James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance, featuring a stylized orange geometric icon on the left, followed by the brand name in black and orange text, and "Corporate Finance" in grey below, set against a transparent checkered background.
The corporate logo for James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance, featuring a stylized orange geometric icon on the left, followed by the brand name in black and orange text, and "Corporate Finance" in grey below, set against a transparent checkered background.

Due Diligence

We provide financial and tax due diligence, applying commercial logic to risk mitigation, ensuring our clients are well informed and empowered to make key decisions during
a transaction process. We pride ourselves on being commercial, responsive,
technically excellent and flexible.

Pre-Deal Planning

Define scope, priorities, and risk focus areas.

Data Collection

Gather and verify key financial and tax data.

Due Diligence Reviews

Comprehensive analysis of financial and tax information to uncover risks and validate deal assumptions.

Risk Reporting

Clear identification and communication of key risks, ensuring issues are addressed early and decision-making is fully informed.

Pre-Deal Planning

Define scope, priorities, and risk focus areas.

Data Collection

Gather and verify key financial and tax data.

Due Diligence Reviews

Comprehensive analysis of financial and tax information to uncover risks and validate deal assumptions.

Risk Reporting

Clear identification and communication of key risks, ensuring issues are addressed early and decision-making is fully informed.

Services We Offer

Financial
Due Diligence

Our financial due diligence team provides rigorous analysis to identify risks, challenge assumptions and protect value, helping clients avoid unexpected issues post‑transaction.

We take a commercial and pragmatic approach, tailoring our work to the transaction and focusing on the issues that really matter to decision makers. We assess the quality and sustainability of the target’s earnings, highlighting risks as well as opportunities to create value. This detailed analysis is refined into clear insights, giving clients the confidence to make well-informed decisions.

Tax Due
Diligence

Our tax due diligence team reviews and analyses a target’s tax affairs to identify potential risks, exposures, and structuring opportunities. Our objective is to ensure there are no surprises during a transaction.

We realise the importance of helping a purchaser understand the tax function and tax compliance status of a target business without getting mired in fine detail.
We therefore adopt a commercial approach to due diligence, understanding that the value is as much in advising our clients on how best to practically deal with tax issues as it is in helping them to understand the risks.

Vendor
Due Diligence

Our vendor due diligence gives sellers a clear and credible report on their business before going to market.

By preparing a comprehensive review in advance, we identify potential issues early and present the business in a transparent way that builds buyer confidence. This proactive approach helps reduce delays, avoid surprises during negotiations, and supports smoother, faster transactions that protect and maximise value for the seller.

Pre-Lending
Due Diligence

Our pre-lending due diligence provides lenders with an independent assessment of a borrower’s financial position.

By reviewing financial metrics, we are able to highlight potential risks and confirm the borrower’s capacity to service debt. Our work also considers forecast assumptions and stress tests, providing a realistic view of how the business might perform under different scenarios, giving lenders the assurance needed to set sustainable debt structures.

Case Studies

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James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance advises TSA Riley on further expansion in the UK and Canada

“This partnership significantly advances TSA Riley’s growth, expanding our UK infrastructure offering and marking our entry into the Canadian market. JCK played a key role in identifying the best fit for our strategic growth. Their origination efforts and commercial acumen in the built environment were instrumental in delivering a successful outcome. Thank you to Jack and the team.”
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Supporting Queen’s Park Equity on its initial platform investment into Forever, and providing ongoing support across a series of bolt-on acquisitions

“Brad, Nikul, Alex and Michael provided excellent support throughout the transaction process on the acquisition of Future Deluxe, our platform investment in 2022. JCK has continued to support QPE on its investment strategy, delivering detailed financial and tax due diligence alongside clear, insightful tax structuring advice. The team’s rigorous analysis and deep understanding of both platform and bolt-on acquisition dynamics played a key role in shaping our investment decisions for the Forever Group.”
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Supporting Alquity with Financial Modelling and Due Diligence for its Strategic Acquisition of VAM Funds

“JCK provided exceptional support throughout the acquisition. Their modelling gave us a clear, credible view of the combined-group’s potential – invaluable as we engaged with funders. Their diligence, responsiveness and commercial insight meant we could move forward with confidence at every stage. You really know when you are working with great people and I cannot recommend the JCK team highly enough.” — Paul Robinson, Founder & Executive Chairman, Alquity
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Supporting HIG-backed Andwis with Financial Due Diligence and Tax Due Diligence across multiple strategic acquisitions as part of its buy-and-build strategy.

“JCK has been a trusted partner throughout our acquisition journey. Their ability to deliver clear, actionable insights under tight timeframes, combined with a strong understanding of the dynamics faced by owner-managed businesses, has been instrumental to our success. Their diligence and commercial understanding gave us confidence at every stage.“ — Ben Colman, M&A Director, Andwis
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Supporting Snowbird Property & Kiasu Assets Ltd (“Snowbird & Kiasu”) on its acquisition of the trading subsidiaries of Kiasu Group Holdings Ltd

“Brad, Nikul, and Emma delivered exceptional support throughout the acquisition and hive-down of Kiasu Group. The James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team provided invaluable guidance, particularly on the pre- and post-transaction structure. Their detailed and insightful analysis played a critical role in shaping the overall investment decision and funding support from Snowbird Property Ltd.” — Sandy Moodie, Snowbird Property Limited

Testimonials

Select Due Diligence Clients

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Due Diligence

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Fundraising

Financial Modelling

Post-Deal Services

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