Business Acquisition Finance · Queensland

Business acquisition finance in Queensland, structured around earnings and goodwill

Funding to buy a business, a book of clients or a practice across Queensland — where earnings quality, goodwill and the structure of the purchase drive how the deal is supported.

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Where the deal is won or lost

Earnings quality and deal structure carry the weight

Acquisition deals are assessed on the quality and durability of earnings, the goodwill component, and how the purchase is structured — vendor terms, earn-outs and security all change the read. Two similar businesses can attract very different lender appetite.

We structure the acquisition and match the lender before submission, alongside your accountant.

  • Purchase of a business or going concern
  • Book / client-base and practice acquisition
  • Partnership buy-in and equity transitions
  • Vendor terms, earn-outs and security structuring
  • Goodwill and earnings-quality considerations
  • Coordinated with your accountant
How a lender reads it

How a lender reads an acquisition

01

Earnings quality

Durability and concentration of earnings shape how the deal is assessed.

02

Goodwill & security

The goodwill component and available security drive structure and appetite.

03

Deal terms

Vendor finance, earn-outs and transition arrangements all factor in.

Phil on business acquisition finance

The questions clients ask first

How much goodwill will a lender support? +
It depends on the business, the earnings and the security available — there’s no single answer, and it’s general information only. We structure the deal to suit the right lender.
Can vendor terms help the deal? +
Often — vendor finance and earn-outs can change how an acquisition is structured and assessed. Any finance is subject to the lender’s assessment.
Do you cover the whole state? +
Yes — across Queensland and nationally.
“In an acquisition, the lender is really buying the earnings. Structure the deal around that and match the right lender, and it reads very differently.”

— Phil Riches, Commercial Finance Broker (a division of Model Mortgages)

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Talk through your Queensland acquisition

Understand how your situation is likely to be assessed — and what that may mean for your next step. Every conversation is strictly confidential.

Part of Finance on the Coast

The commercial desk of Finance on the Coast

Commercial Finance Australia is the commercial desk of Finance on the Coast — same brokers, same licence (Model Mortgages Pty Ltd, Australian Credit Licence 387460, ABN 82 108 681 063). Happy to just deal with the team?

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