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Business performance & growth

Investment & sale readiness

Competitor analysis

What type of analysis
will help you right now?

Improve your business, examine an investment or understand a competitor. Start with the decision you need to make.

We examine how your organisation works and how this shapes its financial performance. Then we model what its strengths, constraints and possible improvements could mean for earnings and value over time.

Introductory offer · £900 + VAT
Commission by 31 March 2027.

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For established owner-led SMEs and larger businesses.

Three services. Your commercial question.

01 / OWNERS & FOUNDERS

Business performance & growth

“Where should we focus to improve our earnings?”

Understand what is limiting performance, why the same problems return and what could help your business grow in value.

Prioritise changes in your own business.

Introductory analysis · £900 + VAT

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02 / BUYERS, INVESTORS & ADVISERS

Investment & sale readiness

“Can this business deliver the future we’re expecting?”

Examine what future earnings depend on, what could undermine them and what needs strengthening before investment or sale.

Test the organisation behind the financial case.

Introductory analysis · £900 + VAT

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03 / OWNERS & COMMERCIAL LEADERS

Competitor analysis

“Where and how could we compete more effectively?”

Understand a named competitor’s apparent strengths, vulnerabilities and direction, and what they mean for your own choices.

Identify competitive opportunities worth testing.

Introductory analysis · £900 + VAT

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See the organisation behind the results

Your numbers show the results of thousands of choices, relationships and everyday actions. Understanding what produces those results helps you judge what can continue, and what could improve.

Meridian connects organisational health and internal friction with how work happens, then follows the implications into earnings, investment needs and value over time.

Decisions & execution

Customers & market position

People & capability

Capital & growth quality

Organisational diagnosis, economic modelling and practical coaching come together in one connected approach, alongside the expertise of your existing advisers.

Analysis you can question.
Decisions you can act on.

A written analysis

A clear account of the findings, the evidence behind them and their implications for your question. Where evidence supports it, economic scenarios explore what different choices could mean.

A 90-minute working session

Following your initial 90-minute fact-find and our research, spend 90 minutes with us exploring the findings, challenging assumptions and deciding next steps.

Start with a clear question.

£900

+ VAT

Introductory offer for analyses commissioned by 31st December 2026.

Begin with a 30-minute call to discuss your question and agree the scope, evidence and timing before committing.

Included in your analysis

  • One business or named competitor.

  • One agreed commercial question.

  • An agreed evidence set and brief.

  • A 90-minute fact-find with you as the client.

  • Research and written analysis, including economic scenarios where the evidence supports them.

  • A 90-minute working session to discuss the findings and decide next steps.

Need a wider scope?

Additional interviews, further businesses or competitors, customer research and implementation support are priced separately. Contact us to discuss what would be useful. We agree any additional fees before work begins.

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A clear scope.
A useful analysis. Your next steps.

01 | Agree the scope · 30 minutes

Discuss your commercial question, the available evidence and your timing. We confirm the scope and fee before you commit.

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02 | Gather the detail · 90 minutes

A fact-finding conversation with you as the owner, investor or leader, supported by the agreed evidence set, gives us the context for your analysis.

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03 | Research & written analysis

We connect the evidence, examine the implications and develop economic scenarios where the evidence supports them.

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04 | Decide next steps · 90 minutes

Explore the findings together, test the interpretation and decide what to do next. Any wider research or support is agreed separately.

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Before we begin

  • Start with the business and decision you have in mind. If your question spans more than one service - for example, improving earnings while preparing for sale - we can agree a scope that connects them.

  • Public information can support an initial investment view or competitor analysis where enough evidence exists. Understanding a performance problem inside your own business usually also requires internal records and conversations.

  • AI supports research and analysis through Meridian’s documented instructions and evidence rules. Human review examines the interpretation and connects the findings to your situation. The strength of each conclusion depends on the available evidence.

  • Yes. Coaching, advisory support and training can help your people address the patterns affecting results and track progress. We agree that work separately around your priorities.

What would you like
to understand better?

Tell us about the decision you face, the business you want to understand and any deadline. We’ll explore which analysis would be useful.

Request your analysis.

Start with a 30-minute call to discuss and agree the scope. Introductory analysis: £900 + VAT for work commissioned by 31 March 2027.