Maximise the exit value of your security business.
We help owners of UK private security businesses who are considering a sale. Confidential valuations. Qualified buyers. Expert guidance.
Thinking of selling in a few years?
Get a written view of value
You receive the assumptions and the issues to tackle first.
Build income and stability
Work on the monitoring book, the contracts and the figures
Below where you want it, or not selling yet
Prepare the business and the terms
Check the whole business before approaching buyers.
Sell when you are ready
Simon runs the sale.
We speak your language.
We understand the difference between a manned guarding operation running 40 officers across regional contracts and a systems business managing 2,000 monitored alarm accounts.
This sector knowledge means we position your business correctly and attract the right buyers from day one.
Recurring monitoring revenue and private equity are reshaping the sector
Register as a security buyer.
If you are an individual buyer, a trade acquirer (a business in the trade buying to grow), or an investor actively looking at the sector, register your criteria and we will contact you directly when something suitable becomes available.
Simon Read, Founder & Managing Director
Simon Read leads our Security division, and decisions on every sale are made with him, through to completion. Reads M&A Advisory has many years of experience selling businesses.
Every conversation starts with understanding what matters most to you: the price, the legacy, the staff, the timing, or simply getting out with certainty. Nothing is decided until you are ready.