Business Advisory

Get the direction and advice you need

A wealth of experience

We've been accounting for over 40 years. In that time, we've developed the skills to provide realistic and effective business advisory services.

Full range of service

Our team is more than capable of providing a full range of accounting and business advisory services. We've grown successful business of our own, and we can help you do it too.

Long-term client partnerships

Everything we do is guided by rigorous systems processes. We've developed, improved, and innovated our processes by growing our own businesses.

Leading industry innovation

Our goal is to work with you for the long-term so we can help you reach your long-term goals, providing realistic, actionable advice every step of the way.

Our approach to business advisory

Effective business advisory takes a proactive approach to the financial health of your business. Instead of waiting for problems to come up, we will plan for potential obstacles and help you avoid or overcome them.

Stay on top of your goals with realistic, helpful advice from our business experts.

Proactive planning
Financial modelling
Realistic, actionable advice
Decision making advice

Meet our business advisers

We have worked with Liston Newton Advisory for over a decade. During that time, our business has grown substantially both organically and through purchases. This wouldn’t have been possible without Liston Newton Advisory to assist with our business planning, providing proactive advice and ensuring our accounts were always compliant in a complex and volatile industry.

Karsten Horne

CEO, Reho Travel

Liston Newton Advisory analysed our financial and business situation and helped us implement strategies to improve our position. Their strategies turned our business from making a loss, to recording a 6-month net profit of 36 per cent. And we are now on track to show a 240 per cent increase in turnover over the next financial year.

Lisa Clarke

SL Constructions

Liston Newton Advisory helped us move our accounting over to Xero. They managed the set up and training so we felt comfortable with the software. We now have all our processes streamlined which gives us improved visibility of our business performance. This has allowed us to open 2 more stores without a significant increase in administration effort.

Peter Luskan

Pandora

Our method for business success

All our business advisory services are designed to help you reach your business goals, whatever they happen to be. We can also help you no matter what stage your business is at.

Whether you're just starting up, starting to experience serious growth, or planning for your exit and succession, we can help you get to where you want to be.

Find out how we do things

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Expertise you can trust

We're capable and qualified to provide business advice and financial services.

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Expert business advisory services will help you grow a successful business and reach your goals.

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Our case studies

Papermill Media

We restructured Papermill Media and moved them to cloud accounting. Papermill was listed at number 43 in the Australian Financial Review's Fast 100 List in 2017.

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Cambridge Plumbing

We have helped Cambridge Plumbing to manage and forecast cash flow. We've also provided the director with advice on wealth creation and asset allocation.

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Quality Energy

After helping them transition to Xero, we conducted quarterly business coaching with Quality Energy and helped increase their profits by 90 per cent.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the role of a business adviser?

A business adviser goes above and beyond the completion of tax returns and accounts. At Liston Newton Advisory, we review various KPIs of the business and guide clients as to how they can improve their business. An adviser also looks at all aspects of a client’s financial lives.

What is my business worth?

Clients need to understand how a business is valued and what methods are used to do so. By understanding the value of the business you can see how it fits into your overall goal for wealth creation.

There are various approaches to valuing a business, and we can help you understand how it works.

How can I increase the value of my business?

The best way to increase the value of your business is typically to increase your profitability. This is easier said than done, but we can help you do it. Business advisory services can help you set and meet KPIs to improve your business performance.

How do I buy a business and know what is it worth?

You need somebody to handle your due diligence on the figures for a business you are looking to buy and provide guidance on what they estimate the value of the business to be.

How do I increase the profit of my business?

By focusing on the key drivers of your business and understanding how your decisions affect the profitability of the business. Business advisory can help you create a realistic and effective plan to increase your profitability.

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