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The 90-day test

Can your fire safety business run without you?

Test which fire safety tasks still depend on you, with a practical handover plan and a fillable owner-dependency scorecard.

For sellers 14 pages 10-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For a fire safety business owner planning a handover or considering a sale. It helps you separate office tasks from work needing demonstrated competence and an accepted role.

What you will take from it

  • Map tasks to competent cover and the services your organisation actually provides.
  • Use completed job records to test delegated work within agreed limits.
  • Reconcile replacement work and record what still needs your involvement.

What is inside

  1. Map the work, not the job title
  2. Check the limits of the cover
  3. Make the job file usable
  4. Observe work before stepping back
  5. Price the work that remains
  6. Leave a handover someone can use

The tool: owner-dependency scorecard

A two-page fillable scorecard for ten tasks, with current owner, competent deputy, evidence and before-and-after ratings. Record follow-up actions and stop the delegation test if competent cover is absent.

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 owner-dependency 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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