What We Do

Our Services

From focused to comprehensive exercises, our three core service lines are all delivered with bespoke scoping, well-researched analysis, and clear senior expertise.

Buy-side

Commercial Due Diligence

Before committing capital, investment teams need to be certain the story stacks up. RPL's buy-side CDD gives clients an honest, evidence-based view on their investment thesis.

RPL's CDD enables investors to…

Understand the target

Gives a deep understanding of the target's business model and position in the market value chain.

Reveal operational insights

Provides context and confidence on historical performance and reveals indications on future performance.

Assess target reputation and performance

Tests stakeholder satisfaction, switching risk, performance against substitutes and future revenue potential. Develops qualitative commentary to support quantitative findings.

Contextualise the deal

Positions the target within the market and competitor landscapes in which it operates to outline boundaries to the investment case and the target's defensibility.

Identify risks to the investment case

Refines the assumptions used to underwrite the transaction's viability and growth plan.

Start the value creation process

Uncovers growth opportunities in existing and adjacent channels to gain a head start on post-transaction strategic planning.

Receive independent recommendations

Delivers actionable conclusions covering transaction viability, growth pathways to pursue, risks to mitigate, and value to unlock.

Service Areas

  • Target financial performance review
  • Internal data validation
  • Supply chain assessment
  • Historical and forecast market sizing
  • Drivers, inhibitors and trend analysis
  • Competitor segmentation and benchmarking
  • Business model and pricing comparison
  • Sectoral M&A activity mapping
  • Customer & stakeholder interviewing
  • Email & panel surveying
  • Growth opportunity identification
  • Pipeline & forecast analysis
  • Upside & downside sensitivities
  • Exit opportunity assessment
"RPL's clear analysis was incredibly helpful in further shaping our view of the investment opportunity. Despite the niche market, RPL quickly and efficiently got up to speed with the sector. The team produced an excellent commercial DD report, covering the market and competitor landscape comprehensively."
— Jamie Warner, Maven Capital Partners Maven Capital Partners
Sell-side

Vendor Commercial Due Diligence

When going to market, clear business positioning and a credible growth story are essential. Standalone, or alongside your corporate finance advisor, RPL's VCDD is one of the most effective ways to protect valuation and give buyers the confidence to proceed quickly.

RPL's VCDD benefits management teams by…

Providing a clear explanation of the business model

Summarises the business' history and current operational structure, allowing buyers to quickly understand the opportunity.

Positioning the business today

Evidences the business' differentiation and right to win within the context of its market and competitor landscapes.

Independently verifying growth prospects

Identification and validation of opportunities to independently evaluate the achievability of growth projections.

Building a compelling narrative

Works with the management team to develop and refine a powerful account of the business' potential, inviting investors to buy-in to management's vision.

Supporting during a transaction

Independently presenting our findings and taking on the task of answering questions from potential investors.

Streamlining timelines

Frontloads due diligence work needed by investors, accelerating deal timelines, reducing diligence costs, and eliminating surprises before they happen.

Delivering independent recommendations

Delivers actionable conclusions to strengthen business positioning and maximise value before going to market.

Service Areas

  • Business model summary
  • Business financial performance review
  • Internal data validation
  • Supply chain assessment
  • Historical and forecast market sizing
  • Drivers, inhibitors and trend analysis
  • Competitor segmentation and benchmarking
  • Business model and pricing comparison
  • Sectoral M&A activity mapping
  • Customer & stakeholder interviewing
  • Email & panel surveying
  • Growth opportunity identification
  • Pipeline & forecast analysis
"RPL got to grips with our industry and, more importantly, what sets Schoolblazer apart very quickly. We felt their research was thorough and findings comprehensive and informative. They clearly set out the growth opportunities across adjacent markets and territories available to potential acquirers, information that we've subsequently used to inform and drive our global expansion strategy. RPL played a positive role in our transaction and I would have no hesitation in recommending them."
— Tim James, Schoolblazer Schoolblazer
Strategy

Value Creation

RPL partners with clients to identify growth opportunities, strengthen competitive positioning, and support confident, evidence-based decision-making.

RPL creates value for operating businesses by…

Opening new markets

Evaluates expansion into new geographies, verticals, and customer segments, including sizing the opportunity, assessing the competition, and defining a credible route to entry.

Sharpening competitive positioning

Establishes where the business wins, where it is exposed, and how to strengthen its differentiation against current and emerging competitors.

Strengthening the proposition

Tests how current products or services land with customers, identifying where current offering can be refined, extended, or repositioned to capture more value from existing customers.

Optimising pricing and commercial models

Assesses how current offerings are priced, what the market's willingness to pay is, and what opportunities may exist to improve business margin, packaging, and revenue quality.

Building the growth roadmap

Translates strategic ambition into a prioritised, actionable plan informed by well-evidenced research.

Driving inorganic growth

Maps the potential acquisition landscape, screens and prioritises targets, and assesses strategic fit with the business to support buy-and-build and partnerships strategies that accelerate growth beyond the organic path.

Approaches

  • Historical and forecast market sizing
  • Drivers, inhibitors and trend analysis
  • Competitor benchmarking
  • Pricing analysis
  • Win / loss analysis
  • Churn & retention analysis
  • Customer landscaping & segmentation
  • Pipeline & forecast review
  • Stakeholder & panel surveys
  • Stakeholder & expert interviews
  • M&A target screening
  • Site visits & management workshops
  • Scenario modelling
"RPL were very responsive and thorough in carrying out a number of different research pieces, both primary telephone interviews and secondary desktop work, including on the US/Canadian markets. The outputs were comprehensive yet clear to understand, and were very useful in guiding us in our strategic decisions. I have no hesitation in recommending RPL to others."
— Tristan Parsons, Sapphire Balconies Sapphire Balconies

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