Cash, service visits and installation work at completion
Working capital in a fire safety business
Reconcile fire safety debtors, installation deposits and service visits owed before discussing a working-capital target.
For sellers and buyers 12 pages 10-minute read Updated Oct 2026
Who this guide is for
For fire safety business owners preparing completion figures and buyers checking the work they will take on. Use it with your accountant and solicitor.
What you will take from it
- Keep retentions within the debtor total and trace their release conditions.
- Match installation deposits and service advances to the work still owed.
- Use the fillable estimator to record amounts, evidence and agreed treatment.
What is inside
- Start with a dated schedule
- Separate retentions from available cash
- Follow the installation through handover
- Put service cash beside visits owed
- Reconcile equipment and supplier bills
- Agree the completion definition
The tool: working capital and service-obligation estimator
Record each balance once, note the agreed treatment and calculate the total manually. Keep open questions with an evidence owner and review date.
It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.
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