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Pre-Sale Compliance Audit — Maximise Your Licence Value
Independent compliance audit before selling your FCA-regulated business. Fix issues, boost value, attract better buyers.
Maximise Your Licence Value Before Sale
Before bringing a regulated entity to market, conducting a Pre-Sale Compliance Audit is one of the most important steps a seller can take to protect their negotiating position, maximise the valuation achievable, and avoid costly surprises during buyer due diligence. An undisclosed compliance gap identified by a buyer’s advisers can dramatically reduce the offer price, introduce complex transaction conditions, or cause a deal to collapse entirely.
Acumen Global Compliance’s Pre-Sale Compliance Audit provides sellers with an objective, detailed assessment of their regulated entity’s compliance position — covering AML/CTF framework quality, FCA permission scope and usage, safeguarding or client money arrangements, regulatory correspondence history, CDD file quality, staff training records, financial promotions compliance, and SMCR accountability documentation. We identify any issues before buyers do — giving you the opportunity to remediate them, disclose them accurately, or factor them into your pricing strategy — and produce a clean, presentable compliance record that instils buyer confidence.
Key Facts
Who needs this
Licence holders preparing to sell
Requirement
N/A — best practice for sellers
Timeline
2–3 weeks
Price from
POA
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Our Pre-Sale Audit Process
Full Compliance Review
Review all compliance arrangements against current FCA requirements.
AML Framework Audit
Assess AML policies, CDD records, and transaction monitoring.
Regulatory Status Check
Verify FCA register status, permissions, and any outstanding conditions.
Gap Identification
Identify all compliance gaps and remediation requirements.
Remediation Support
Fix identified issues to maximise licence value before sale.
Vendor Report
Produce a vendor due diligence report for prospective buyers.
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What's Included
Full compliance review
FCA register status verification
Capital adequacy check
Remediation support
Valuation enhancement advice
AML framework assessment
Safeguarding review
Gap analysis report
Vendor due diligence report
Buyer Q&A preparation
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
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