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Buying a fire safety business in 2027

The checks before you agree a price

Check service scope, certificates, people, maintenance terms and unfinished work before agreeing a fire safety business price.

For buyers 12 pages 10-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For buyers considering a fire safety business, including an additional acquisition. Use the scorecard to organise the evidence behind your offer assumptions.

What you will take from it

  • Match certificate holders and modules to the work being bought.
  • Separate maintenance income from signed terms still in date.
  • Reconcile owner replacement costs and outstanding work before settling offer assumptions.

What is inside

  1. Separate the services
  2. Read the certificate properly
  3. Find who can do the work
  4. Test the maintenance income
  5. Price the owner's replacement
  6. Follow the unfinished work

The tool: buyer's fire safety evidence scorecard

Record ten evidence checks with a red, amber or green rating, the document and the next action, owner and date.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

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Tell us who you are and the guide opens on this page, with the buyer's fire safety evidence scorecard as its own file.

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Simon Read

Prepared by Simon Read

Founder & Managing Director, Reads Advice Partners Ltd

Simon founded Reads M&A Advisory to specialise in trades such as HVAC, electrical, fire safety and facilities management, and has spent many years selling businesses to independent buyers, trade companies and private equity-backed groups across the UK.

Updated Oct 2026. The Autumn Budget is scheduled for Oct 2026, and we review every guide after it.

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