Rarely, if the spending assumes an outcome. An initial assessment of the existing facts costs far less than reorganising ownership, forming entities or acquiring an operating business. Ask for that assessment first, with a written scope, and treat any restructuring as a commercial decision that must make sense on its own terms even if no application follows.
Do not price eligibility by asset value
There is no published minimum, so a large holding buys no advantage and a modest operating business is not disqualified by size. What counts is capital genuinely committed and at risk in a working enterprise. Keep professional fees and any government charges recorded separately from that capital, confirm official fees at the point each step is taken, and avoid transactions undertaken solely to reach a number someone quoted.
Ask for an initial assessment of the existing facts, with a written scope, before any restructuring is contemplated, since reorganising ownership, forming entities, or acquiring an operating business costs many times more and assumes the outcome. Treat any restructuring as a commercial decision that must make sense on its own terms even if no application follows. There is no published minimum, so a large holding buys no advantage and a modest operating business is not disqualified by size; what counts is capital genuinely committed and at risk in a working enterprise.
Keep professional fees and government charges recorded separately from that capital.