Manufacturing Exit Position Assessment · Free · 3 minutes
Know your exit position before circumstances decide it for you.
Ten questions. A few minutes. An honest read on whether your manufacturing business is genuinely ready to transition, or still too dependent on you. Whether a sale or succession is years away or already on your mind, understanding where you stand now creates stronger value and more options later.
Free, quick, and completely confidential.
What you walk away with
See the exit position your business is really in.
This is not last-minute deal prep. It is a practical look at the things a buyer or successor cares about most, and the things that quietly cap your value while the business still runs through you. In a few minutes you will see where the biggest gaps sit across six areas.
Financial clarity
Whether your numbers stand up to the scrutiny a buyer applies before they trust a price.
Leadership readiness
Whether a management team could run the business, and reassure a buyer, without you at the centre.
Owner dependency
How much of the operation still lives in your head, your relationships, and your daily decisions.
Operational resilience
Whether the business would hold together if you were unexpectedly out of it for a month.
Concentration risk
Your exposure if a major customer, supplier, or key person walked away.
Deal preparedness
Whether contracts, evidence, and advisers are organised long before a transaction begins.
Your result: one of four positions
Instead of a score alone, you will land on the position that fits your business today: Buyer-Ready, Building Momentum, Exposed to Risk, or Deeply Owner-Led. Each is a clear starting point for what to strengthen before a transition, sale, or succession is underway.
Guidance from someone who has sat where you are.
This assessment draws on Mel Archbould's first-hand experience as former MD of a family-owned engineering business, and the lived reality of selling that business in 2022. It reflects what actually matters when an owner steps back, not theory alone. Take a few honest minutes and you will know your position, your biggest gaps, and where to focus first.
The assessment is useful on its own. When you want to go further, a confidential discovery conversation is available afterwards.
Take the free assessment
Your exit position and gaps appear the moment you finish.
