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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-20 21:00:08 +01:00

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financial-due-diligence Generate a financial due diligence checklist and analysis framework for any investment, acquisition, or partnership. Use when asked for a due diligence checklist, M&A financial review, investment analysis framework, or vendor financial assessment. Produces a document request list, key analytical questions, red flags checklist, and a summarised financial health assessment.

Financial Due Diligence Skill

Produces a structured financial due diligence framework — document request list and analytical questions — for any investment, acquisition, or significant commercial relationship.

Required Inputs

  • Transaction type (acquisition / investment / partnership / supplier / fundraise)
  • Stage of diligence (initial screening / full DD / confirmatory)
  • Target company type (startup / SME / listed / subsidiary)
  • Key concerns (optional — e.g. revenue recognition, customer concentration)

Output Structure

1. Document Request List

Financial Statements

  • Audited accounts for last 3 years
  • Management accounts for current year (monthly)
  • Board-approved budget and latest reforecast
  • 3-year financial model with assumptions

Revenue

  • Revenue by customer (top 20, % of total)
  • Revenue by product/segment
  • Contracted vs recurring vs one-off breakdown
  • Churn and renewal data

Costs

  • Cost of sales breakdown
  • Headcount by department with compensation detail
  • Top 10 supplier contracts

Cash and Debt

  • Bank statements (12 months)
  • Debt schedule with covenants and maturity
  • Working capital analysis

Tax

  • Last 3 years tax returns
  • Any open enquiries
  • R&D tax credit claims

2. Key Analytical Questions

Revenue quality: Is revenue growing organically? What % is truly recurring? Customer concentration risk?

Margin analysis: Gross margin trend over 3 years? One-off items inflating EBITDA? Normalised EBITDA?

Cash conversion: Does profit convert to cash? Cash conversion cycle? Working capital red flags?

Debt and liabilities: Net debt position? Contingent liabilities? Covenant headroom?

3. Red Flags Checklist

  • Revenue concentration over 30% in one customer
  • Declining gross margins without explanation
  • EBITDA-to-cash conversion below 70%
  • Auditor qualifications or emphasis of matter
  • Related party transactions not at arm length
  • Aggressive revenue recognition
  • Growing debtor days with no explanation

4. Summary Output Template

  • Revenue quality: [Assessment]
  • Margin sustainability: [Assessment]
  • Cash generation: [Assessment]
  • Balance sheet risk: [Assessment]
  • Overall: Green Strong / Amber Acceptable / Red Material concerns

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Give me a financial due diligence checklist for [company type]"
  • "What documents should I request for financial DD?"
  • "Build a DD framework for our Series A investment"