Due Diligence That Goes Deeper

Independent financial analysis and risk assessment — built for boards, executives, and investors who need to know what others miss.

About due diligence

Due diligence has become a strategic discipline

Due diligence in Australia has evolved from a defensive process into a strategic discipline — used to assess hidden liabilities, quality of earnings, operational resilience, and growth potential.

For buyers, investors, and business leaders, the diligence period is an opportunity to build a clear view of both risk and upside — understanding where value may be lost, protected, or created.

In a market shaped by higher capital costs and greater uncertainty, high-quality due diligence is the difference between completing a transaction and executing a clear plan for sustainable value creation.

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protection before the loss

Due diligence is our signature service. Most organisations rely on contracts to protect them, but contracts only matter after something goes wrong. Due diligence determines whether you should enter the relationship at all.

Due diligence is our signature service. Most organisations rely on contracts to protect them, but contracts only matter after something goes wrong. Due diligence determines whether you should enter the relationship at all.

About

We provide tailored, hands-on due diligence backed by real-world experience. Our investigations span the full spectrum of financial, legal, operational, and reputational factors — giving you the confidence to commit, negotiate, or walk away. 

A boutique firm you can trust. 

Counterparty risk

Most businesses don’t fail because of bad contracts. They fail because they trusted the wrong counterparty.

Most businesses don’t fail because of bad contracts. They fail because they trusted the wrong counterparty.

We go beyond the financials to uncover the issues most businesses miss before they become your problem.

We go beyond the financials to uncover the issues most businesses miss before they become your problem.

What we look for before it becomes exposure

What we look for before it becomes exposure

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Who is actually behind the business — including failed entities, undisclosed control, or phoenix activity.

Who is actually behind the business — including failed entities, undisclosed control, or phoenix activity.

02

Patterns of delayed or non-payment to suppliers, contractors, and commercial partners.

Patterns of delayed or non-payment to suppliers, contractors, and commercial partners.

03

Legal behaviour used to avoid, delay, or dispute payment obligations.

Legal behaviour used to avoid, delay, or dispute payment obligations.

04

Reputational signals and financial stress indicators that are visible before failure.

Reputational signals and financial stress indicators that are visible before failure.

Why Choose Us

The cost of not knowing

The cost of not knowing

The cost of not knowing

Australia is experiencing a sustained wave of corporate insolvencies, with construction leading the collapse.
The data below shows why rigorous due diligence is no longer optional.
Australia is experiencing a sustained wave of corporate insolvencies, with construction leading the collapse.
The data below shows why rigorous due diligence is no longer optional.
Australia is experiencing a sustained wave of corporate insolvencies, with construction leading the collapse.
The data below shows why rigorous due diligence is no longer optional.
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10,600+

companies failed in Australia between July 2025 and March 2026 alone.

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10,600+

companies failed in Australia between July 2025 and March 2026 alone.

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10,600+

companies failed in Australia between July 2025 and March 2026 alone.

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14,000 - 14,500

total company failures projected for full year FY2025/26.

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14,000 - 14,500

total company failures projected for full year FY2025/26.

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14,000 - 14,500

total company failures projected for full year FY2025/26.

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25-27%

of all insolvencies driven by construction — the single largest failure sector in the Australian economy. [

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25-27%

of all insolvencies driven by construction — the single largest failure sector in the Australian economy. [

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25-27%

of all insolvencies driven by construction — the single largest failure sector in the Australian economy. [

Insolvency exposure

What insolvency actually costs

What insolvency actually costs

Once insolvency occurs, recovery is limited. The real cost is felt across creditors, suppliers, employees, and directors — often long before a formal collapse is visible.

Once insolvency occurs, recovery is limited. The real cost is felt across creditors, suppliers, employees, and directors — often long before a formal collapse is visible.

Recovery rates

96%

96%

of corporate insolvencies leave creditors recovering 11 cents or less in the dollar. Personal bankruptcy may recover around 2 cents; restructuring may reach around 20 cents in best-case scenarios.

Scale

11,000+

11,000+

insolvencies occur each year in Australia and are rising sharply. Construction accounts for roughly 1 in 4 failures — the dominant single sector.

Contagion

Multi-party loss

Multi-party loss

Supply-chain structures create cascading losses when a single entity fails. Subcontractors and SMEs often bear the greatest impact and are least equipped to absorb it.

Personal impact

30%

30%

of personal insolvencies are directly linked to business failure. More than 40% of personal bankruptcies involve business activity.

Built for Clarity

Collapse rarely affects only the failing entity. It moves through suppliers, contractors, partners, workers, and taxpayers — which is why verification before commitment is the only effective protection.

Collapse rarely affects only the failing entity. It moves through suppliers, contractors, partners, workers, and taxpayers — which is why verification before commitment is the only effective protection.

Collapse rarely affects only the failing entity. It moves through suppliers, contractors, partners, workers, and taxpayers — which is why verification before commitment is the only effective protection.

Construction risk

Verification before commitment

Construction risk

Verification before commitment

Construction due diligence

Construction due diligence that tests real delivery risk

Construction due diligence that tests real delivery risk

Construction due diligence that tests real delivery risk

Richmount Advisory focuses on construction, where insolvency risk is highest and failure can cascade quickly through projects, contractors and communities.

Richmount Advisory focuses on construction, where insolvency risk is highest and failure can cascade quickly through projects, contractors and communities.

We help investors, governments, school boards and organisations engaging builders verify capability, capacity and hidden exposure before they commit.

We help investors, governments, school boards and organisations engaging builders verify capability, capacity and hidden exposure before they commit.

Key diligence lenses

Delivery capacity

Planning compliance

Subcontractor risk

Hidden exposure

Specialist input

Built for Clarity

Five Core Areas of Our Due Diligence Coverage

01

Financial

Financial

Earnings quality, cash flow, tax exposure, hidden liabilities and forensic review.

02

Legal

Legal

Licences, compliance history, contracts, disputes, litigation and principal searches.

03

Risk & Tax

Risk & Tax

Entity structure, related-party exposure, tax posture, mitigations and liabilities.

04

Operational

Operational

Supply chain, workforce, key-person risk, systems, capacity and delivery readiness.

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Reputational

Reputational

Principal checks, adverse media, behavioural patterns, open-source signals and undisclosed associations.

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Legal review assumes capability. We verify it.

Whether you’re preparing for a transaction, responding to a live issue, or strengthening your operational foundations — our specialists are ready to engage.

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Get started today

Legal review assumes capability. We verify it.

Whether you’re preparing for a transaction, responding to a live issue, or strengthening your operational foundations — our specialists are ready to engage.

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Get started today

Legal review assumes capability. We verify it.

Whether you’re preparing for a transaction, responding to a live issue, or strengthening your operational foundations — our specialists are ready to engage.

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knowledge based descisions

Due Diligence when it matters most

Due Diligence when it matters most

Due diligence is an independent investigation of a business across financial, legal, operational, and reputational areas — replacing assumption with verified fact to give buyers, investors, and partners a clear understanding of what they are dealing with.

Due diligence is an independent investigation of a business across financial, legal, operational, and reputational areas — replacing assumption with verified fact to give buyers, investors, and partners a clear understanding of what they are dealing with.