Independent, confidential guidance - working alongside your existing advisers

AFN provides strategic advisory to help owners navigate growth, acquisition, transition and exit. We combine financial expertise with practical business insight to give clients clarity, confidence, and lender‑ready structure. This advisory is collaborative — we work with your accountant, lawyer, planner, or consultant to ensure your business and finance strategy aligns with your broader planning.

This is the missing link in most advisory ecosystems: the business + finance effect of your planning.

Our Advisory Services

AFN’s advisory offering is built around the real needs of professional practices and SMEs.

Acquisition Advisory

Buy with confidence. We help you understand the process, costs, risks, and funding pathways so you can negotiate from a position of strength .

Due Diligence Guidance

We don’t perform due diligence — but we guide you through what to look for, what information to request, and what questions to ask .

Valuation Guidance

Professional practices and many SMEs have well‑established valuation benchmarks based on market sales and lender criteria .

Funding Structure

We design loan structures that preserve tax minimisation strategies and protect the family home wherever possible .

Negotiation Support

We support you through the negotiation process, documentation, and decision points — and advise when legal input is required .

Succession & Partner Transition

Plan smooth, financially sound transitions. We assist with partner buy‑ins, buy‑outs, staged succession, internal sale structures, and valuation alignment .

Growth & Performance Advisory

Build a stronger, more profitable business.

We help with:

• Strategic planning
• Cashflow improvement
• Operational review
• Funding readiness

Our role is to translate strategy into funding structure, cashflow reality, and lender‑ready documentation.

Exit Planning

Prepare your business for sale or transition.

We support:

• Valuation uplift strategies
• Vendor preparation
• Buyer engagement
• Funding pathways for purchasers

How AFN Works With Your Existing Advisers

This is the key enhancement you asked for — now integrated clearly and professionally.

Your accountant, lawyer, or planner already provides strategic, tax, legal, and structural advice. AFN complements this by providing:

The business and finance effect of their planning

We translate advisory recommendations into:

• Funding structures
• Cashflow modelling
• Lender‑ready documentation
• Risk management
• Practical implementation
• Sequencing and timing
• Bank negotiation strategy

We don’t replace your advisers — we amplify them.

This collaborative model ensures the client’s strategy is not just well‑designed, but well‑funded, well‑structured, and executable.

. Contact us to discuss your requirements