About ExitRadar

About ExitRadar

ExitRadar is a pre-approach intelligence platform for acquisition searchers. We score every active UK company on exit timing and business quality to surface the businesses most likely to change hands before they ever reach a broker.

Each report combines machine-learning models with Companies House filings to deliver succession analysis, revenue estimation, risk flags, and indicative valuations: the intelligence you need to build a shortlist and approach with confidence.

Data privacy and GDPR

Data sources

All company data is sourced from the Companies House public API, which provides statutory information that companies are legally required to disclose.

Director and PSC information

ExitRadar processes data on company directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) sourced from the Companies House public register, under the legal basis of legitimate interest for the purpose of acquisition intelligence.

For each director and PSC, ExitRadar stores:

• Full name and surname
• Role (e.g., director, secretary, controlling shareholder)
• Appointment date and, where applicable, resignation date
• A computed age bracket (<30, 30–40, 40–50, 50–60, 60–70, 70+)
• Aggregate signals derived from the above, including tenure and family-business indicators

ExitRadar does not store:

• Dates of birth (the month and year published by Companies House are read once to compute the age bracket, then discarded)
• Residential or service addresses
• Nationality or country of residence
• National insurance numbers or any other identifiers
• The raw Companies House API payload

All information ExitRadar holds on named individuals is also publicly available on the Companies House register. Any individual named in our data has the right to access, correct, or request erasure. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Financial data

Financial information is extracted from statutory accounts filed at Companies House. This data is part of the public record and does not constitute personal data under GDPR.

Data retention

No personal data is shared with third parties. Company data is refreshed regularly from Companies House filings. For full details, see our Privacy Policy.

Important: estimated data

Many of the financial figures displayed (including net profit, cash flow, EBITDA, and valuation estimates) are not reported directly by the companies themselves. They are derived estimates based on automated analysis of statutory financial statements (balance sheets) filed at Companies House.

These estimates rely on assumptions and heuristics, particularly for micro-entities and small companies that file abbreviated accounts without a full profit and loss statement. Key limitations include:

• Net profit may be inferred from changes in retained earnings or equity, not from actual P&L data
• Cash flow is reconstructed from balance sheet movements and may not reflect actual cash transactions
• Cash balances for micro-entities may be proxied from total current assets when not separately disclosed
• Turnover is estimated from company size thresholds when not explicitly reported
• Valuations use sector-average multiples which may not reflect the specific company’s circumstances

All data and scores are intended for preliminary screening only and should not be relied upon for investment decisions. Always conduct your own independent due diligence, including reviewing original filings and obtaining professional financial advice, before pursuing any acquisition.

Pricing

Try ExitRadar free with three reports, then choose a project pack or a monthly plan based on how you source. See full pricing →

Tiers

What’s included when you unlock

• Company names revealed
• Overall score with Exit Timing and Quality sub-score breakdown
• Investment thesis and acquisition approach guidance
• Revenue estimation (ML-powered multi-method engine with confidence bands)
• Indicative valuation range (sector-specific multiples)
• Risk analysis (39 factors across critical, warning, and positive signals)
• Up to 5-year historical financials and trend charts
• Director analysis and succession signals
• Charges register with risk assessment
• Ownership and group structure mapping
• Peer benchmarking (vs. sector)
• Recommended next steps tailored to each company
• PDF export and interactive web report
• Unlocked permanently, so you can revisit anytime at no extra cost

What’s free

• Unlimited search and filtering across every qualifying target
• Scored qualifying targets: exit score, signals, sector and region, director-age and EBITDA bands (company identities stay hidden until you unlock)
• Pipeline tracking for up to 250 companies

Policies

• Unlocks never expire
• No cancellation once unlocks are delivered (see cancellation policy)
• One user per account; unlocks are non-transferable
• CSV export of your pipeline includes every company you hold the identity of: unlocked, or covered by your Buy Box Licence
• Unlocked companies can be revisited anytime at no extra cost

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Scoring methodology

Every company receives an Exit Score (0–100) that answers one question: how likely is this business to change hands in the near future, and how attractive is it as an acquisition?

The score combines two weighted dimensions, each drawing on different parts of the Companies House record:

Exit Timing (45%): when will they sell?

The biggest weight goes to succession urgency. We use a machine-learning model trained on real acquisition outcomes to assess director age brackets, tenure, single-director concentration risk, management depth, family ownership patterns, resignation rates, and signs of disengagement such as declining filing activity. A 70-year-old sole director with 30 years’ tenure and no deputy scores very differently from a young, multi-director board.

Business Quality (55%): is it worth buying?

This measures the underlying business quality: revenue stability, return on assets, employee trends, capital investment patterns, and cash flow quality. A high-quality score means the business is genuinely attractive, not merely available. Financial risk factors (leverage, liquidity, debt trends) are surfaced separately as risk flags in each report.

Valuations use sector-specific EBITDA multiples across 130+ SIC categories, with net-profit fallbacks when EBITDA is unavailable. Revenue is estimated via a multi-method triangulation engine when not directly disclosed.

ExitRadar parses Companies House filings submitted in XBRL (iXBRL) format. The vast majority of UK companies in the search-fund-sized target range file in XBRL, but a small minority (typically older micro-entities or entities filing on paper) submit PDF-only accounts that we cannot machine-read. Where financials appear missing for a UK entity, check Companies House directly for the latest filings; the data is publicly available even when we haven’t parsed it.

Scores should be used as a screening aid only and do not constitute financial advice. Always conduct thorough due diligence before any acquisition.

Companies House data used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.