IPO readiness as a programme, not a buzzword.
Pre-listing diagnostics, working-capital reviews, financial reporting uplift and sponsor-interaction support for companies eyeing AIM or main market.
Listing-grade discipline, 12-18 months ahead of the prospectus.
The difference between a good IPO and a painful one is almost always preparation. We run a structured 12-18 month readiness programme covering financial reporting, controls, governance, systems and investor-narrative that lets sponsors and advisers move quickly when the window opens.
Before work begins, we clarify the operating context, governance expectations, and commercial pressures behind the brief. That gives the engagement a clear purpose before technical analysis starts.
The result is a more complete advisory view: what matters now, where risk may surface next, and how recommendations can be implemented without creating unnecessary hand-offs or ambiguity.
Scope
Clarify the decision, deadline, stakeholders, and evidence standard before work begins.
Delivery
Combine partner judgement, technical review, and practical implementation planning in one workstream.
Follow-through
Convert findings into owners, actions, and next steps that leadership can track after the session.
Financial reporting uplift
IFRS conversion or reporting GAAP alignment, segment reporting, historic financial information compilation.
- IFRS conversion
- HFI compilation
- Segment reporting design
Controls & audit readiness
SOx-style control maturity for private companies looking at a public listing pathway.
- Controls framework
- ITGC uplift
- Audit readiness review
Governance
Board composition, committee charters, remuneration policy and corporate governance code alignment.
- Board composition
- Audit & Rem committees
- UK Code alignment
Equity story & working capital
Working capital model, equity story, analyst-pack preparation and sponsor interaction.
- Working capital review
- Equity story & KPIs
- Sponsor engagement
Ownership, with a handoff plan.
A good IPO readiness partner sets the programme up, runs it while executive bandwidth is tight, and hands over to internal leadership well before the sponsor is engaged in earnest. We explicitly plan for that hand-over from month one.
- 12-18 month readiness programme
- Monthly steering committee
- Sponsor-interaction support
- Clear handover to internal leadership
About IPO readiness.
Both - our readiness programme is modular and adapts to the listing venue.
IPO window in sight?
A two-week readiness diagnostic gives a candid view of where you are and a committed month-by-month plan.