We tell you the truth about value
Value is a range, set by the buyers who exist for your business, not a multiple picked from a chart. We show you the range and the reasons before you sign anything.
SELLING
Sell your business privately, to the right buyer.
Selling well is mostly preparation: knowing what the business is worth and to whom, getting the numbers straight, and running a process that holds together through due diligence.
No listing or monthly feesFirst fee on delivery of the packNDA before any detail movesOne senior contact throughout
Owner-led businesses with something a buyer can keep.
WHO THIS IS FOR
The businesses that sell well have profit that can be evidenced, revenue that repeats, customers that stay when the owner leaves, and a sector where acquirers are active. Most of our work is with companies between £1m and £10m of enterprise value in fire and security, lifts, water hygiene, electrical compliance and related services.
If your business is smaller, earlier, or more dependent on you than that, the readiness check will say so, and we will tell you what to do about it.
We do not send your business to hundreds of buyers. We send it to the ten who should own it.
We decline what we can't sell
We do not take a mandate unless we can see who would buy the business. A signed mandate with no buyers is a waste of your time and ours.
We prepare, then approach
Buyers make decisions on the pack. We finish it before anyone is contacted, so the first impression is the best one.
What happens, and when.
THE PROCESS
Weeks 1–2
Assessment
Confidential call, headline financials, a written view of value and buyers.
Weeks 2–3
Mandate
Terms agreed, NDA in place, document request issued.
Weeks 3–8
Transaction pack
Financial normalisation, customer and contract analysis, teaser and information memorandum. Fee due on delivery.
Weeks 8–16
Buyer approach
Approved list contacted under NDA. Management meetings with the serious ones.
Weeks 16–22
Offers and heads of terms
Written offers, structure negotiated, exclusivity agreed with the chosen buyer.
Weeks 22–36
Diligence and completion
Financial, legal and commercial diligence, sale agreement, completion.
How we charge.
FEES
AssessmentFree.
Listing or monthly feesNone. We do not charge to sign you up and there is nothing to pay while we work.
Preparation feeFrom £5,000, agreed before you sign. Nothing is paid on signature; the fee is due when we deliver the transaction pack. Credited in full against the success fee on completion.
Success feeA percentage of the sale value, agreed in the engagement letter with a minimum. Paid on completion, from proceeds.
ExclusivityA defined period agreed in the engagement letter, with a tail for buyers we introduce.
We put the percentage and the minimum in writing before you sign, and we never take an undisclosed fee from the buyer on the same deal. If a buyer is paying us for anything, you will know in advance. More on fees, tax and process in our answers for owners.
THE TRANSACTION PACK
What buyers receive.
- Anonymous two-page teaser for first contact.
- Business history, ownership and reason for sale.
- Products, services, revenue model and pricing.
- Customer profile, concentration, contracts and repeat revenue.
- Market position, accreditations and competitive advantages.
- Operations, systems, premises, fleet and suppliers.
- Organisation, employees, leadership and owner dependency.
- Three years of historic performance and current-year run rate.
- Normalised EBITDA bridge with explanations.
- Working capital, cash conversion, debt and exceptional items.
- Proposed deal perimeter and transition expectations.
- The issues due diligence will find, dealt with first.
- Initial data-room index.
Start a confidential conversation.
Tell us a little about the business. Ranges are fine. Everything you send is held under our privacy policy and is not shared with anyone.
All conversations are confidential and handled directly.
Not sure the business is ready?
Take the ten-minute readiness checkor call 01277 674 800