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Frequently asked questions
What information do I need to provide to get a valuation?
Usually very little. You can start with just a company name or registration number and we will retrieve the filed accounts for you. If you would rather value the business using more recent or management figures, you can upload the accounts yourself - we need an income statement and balance sheet.
How does Mltpl arrive at the valuation?
Mltpl performs a market approach valuation, by comparison to public market data. Mltpl selects a set of comparable companies, extracts the relevant multiples - principally EV/EBITDA - and applies them to an estimate of the subject company’s maintainable EBITDA. That produces an Enterprise Value, from which net debt is deducted to estimate an Equity Value for the business.
The result is presented as a peer-implied range with interquartile analysis, so you can see where the bulk of the peer set sits, rather than relying on a single point estimate.
What is in the report, and what can I do with it?
Every report shows the full peer set, all adjustments and all calculations, so the number can be interrogated rather than taken on trust - which matters whether you are taking it to a board, a buyer or the other side of a dispute.
You can download the report as a PDF, copy a share link, or email it to someone directly. Reports are produced in minutes, so it is practical to re-run one as figures change or to test a different set of assumptions.
Who can see the documents I upload and the reports I generate?
Anything you upload is private to your account and to the valuation it is used for. It is encrypted, access is limited, and it is never used to train a model beyond your account - our Security page sets out how we handle your data.
Reports are visible only to you unless you choose to share them. Public information such as filed accounts and market comparables is treated differently from the financial material you may upload; only the latter carries the protections above.
Our security controls and compliance status are published in the Mltpl Trust Centre.
Who is the data controller, and do we need a DPA in place with Mltpl?
Mltpl acts as a data controller, and no data processing agreement is required.
We process any personal data contained in the information you provide as part of delivering our own valuation service: Mltpl determines how that information is collected, how it is analysed against market data, and how it is used to generate your report. We are not processing it on a customer’s instructions or on a customer’s behalf, which is what would make us a processor. A DPA under Article 28(3) of the UK GDPR is required only in that second case, so the requirement does not arise here.
Documents used in a valuation often contain incidental personal data - directors’ names and remuneration, shareholder details, the name of the adviser who prepared the file. We expect this, and you do not need to redact anything before uploading. We would simply ask that you leave out special category data, such as health or biometric information, and personal data unrelated to the valuation, as Mltpl has no use for either. Our Terms of Service govern your use of the platform.
Our Privacy Policy sets out the personal data we hold, the lawful bases we rely on, how long we keep it, and how to exercise your rights. If your procurement or compliance team has a standard DPA request in their onboarding pack, point them to this FAQ and to our Trust Centre - and if they would like to talk it through, we are happy to do so.