§ CHAPTER VI
VI.
Risk Register
Chapter VI of the seven-chapter CDD spine.
§ DIRECT ANSWER
Chapter VI of the CDD spine: Risk Register. The chapter answers the IC’s primary question for this leg of diligence and cites the primary UK sources it draws on. Source: ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty; BVCA Industry Activity.
Chapter VI lists every red flag the diligence has surfaced, scored red, amber or green. Red kills the deal or drives an SPA fix. Amber is a price-chip lever. Green is documented and parked.
§ 1.1Red-flag taxonomy
- Customer concentration / churn
- Market structural threat
- Competitive displacement
- Regulatory exposure
- Unit economics decay
- Management capability gap
§ 1.2Template
See /templates/risk-register/ for the column structure.
§ 1.3Tie to synthesis
Every red item appears verbatim on the one-page IC summary (chapter VII). No surprises.
VERIFIED 21 JUN 2026NEXT REVIEW 21 SEP 2026SRC: ICAEW CF; BVCA Industry Activity 2025-26