Financials that survive diligence

The problem a generic accountant misses

Books kept for tax filing are rarely ready for diligence. Owner expenses run through the business. One-off costs sit alongside recurring ones. Inventory is valued inconsistently, freight sits in operating expense, and margin by channel cannot be shown. Each issue gives a buyer a reason to lower the price, add conditions, or walk away.

Pickleball has drawn real interest from investors and larger sporting goods companies. That interest rewards brands that can present clean, consistent, defensible financials, and penalizes those that cannot.

What we do

We prepare your financials to the standard buyers and investors expect. Your founder brings Big Four audit experience, so we look at your numbers the way a diligence team will.

We build normalized EBITDA, adjusting for owner compensation, one-off costs and non-recurring items, with each adjustment documented. We restate inventory and cost of goods on a consistent landed-cost basis. We produce SKU-level and channel-level margins that support your growth story. We prepare a data room of financial statements, reconciliations and schedules, and support you through buyer questions.

The same work serves you if the goal is not a sale: a funding round, a bank facility, or a major retail partnership.