The Archive

Articles

Everything written here about selling a fire safety business, newest first. Valuation, contracts, certification, due diligence, tax and timing, by Simon Read.

40 articles. The dated archive runs from January 2025 to the present; the reference guides below it are kept current rather than dated.

Dated archive

2026

Mon 7th Sep 2026Autumn Service Season: Why the Recurring Book Decides the Price of a Fire Safety Business
Mon 3rd Aug 2026The 2026 Fire Safety Exit Window: Four Forces Repricing Certificated Businesses
Mon 6th Jul 2026Earn-Outs in Fire Safety Deals: How They Work and When They Bite
Mon 1st Jun 2026TUPE and the Fire Safety Sale: What Transfers and What Surprises People
Mon 4th May 2026Multiples in Fire Safety: What the Ranges Mean and What Moves You Up Them
Mon 6th Apr 2026The New Tax Year and What It Changed for Fire Safety Owners
Mon 2nd Mar 2026What Due Diligence Asks a Fire Safety Business For
Sun 1st Mar 2026What Is My Fire Safety Business Worth?
Mon 2nd Feb 2026Confidentiality: Selling a Fire Safety Business Without Telling the Market
Mon 5th Jan 2026If This Is the Year: The Sequence a Fire Safety Sale Actually Follows

2025

Mon 1st Dec 2025The Business Without You In It: December Questions for Fire Safety Owners
Mon 3rd Nov 2025Year End, Budget Season and the Fire Safety Owner's Timetable
Mon 6th Oct 2025Fire Doors: The Inspection Regime That Turned Into a Revenue Line
Mon 1st Sep 2025Autumn Service Season and the Evidence It Leaves Behind
Mon 4th Aug 2025Who Actually Buys Fire Safety Companies in the UK
Mon 7th Jul 2025The Quiet Half of the Year: Using Summer to Prepare a Fire Safety Sale
Mon 2nd Jun 2025Engineers, Not Vans: Why the Workforce Is the Constraint Buyers Price
Mon 5th May 2025The Responsible Person Problem: Owner Dependency in a Certificated Business
Mon 7th Apr 2025Maintenance Contracts Are the Business: Reading a Fire Safety Book Like a Buyer
Mon 3rd Mar 2025The Five-Week Countdown: Fire Safety Owners and the 5 April Tax Year End
Mon 3rd Feb 2025What BAFE Registration Is Actually Worth When You Sell
Mon 6th Jan 2025Why January Is When Fire Safety Owners Start Asking What the Business Is Worth

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