People often get nervous speaking about numbers. Or sending company information. Before any of that we like to have a chat about the business overall. This isn’t Dragon’s Den! A rough idea of the turnover and profit are always helpful of course. First of all we establish whether we can help.

The sad fact is that most of those businesses listed on broker sites will never sell. Or take years and years with a huge fee at the end. Sometimes there’s a huge broker fee at the beginning too, just for creating the listing. We don’t charge you anything for a consultation to buy your business. And we can move swiftly under the right circumstances.

Well, ordinarily, according to BusinessForSale.com, “the average time it takes to sell a business is 6-9 months, but this could turn into years”. The hundreds of business languishing on brokers websites for multiple years is testament to this. As private buyers, rather than brokers, we can potentially reduce that time period by many months. This is down to having a very experienced team and backing that means we can move very quickly under the right circumstances and be more confidential. And we don’t charge a fee either.

We’re looking for business that relate to marketing or are customer focused at their heart. We have a criteria we use to assess whether a business is right for us. So not all will be eligible. For example, it must be solvent, profitable and in good standing.

Any information shred or discussed is only between us. We don’t list, advertise, tell your competitors or disclose your information publicly. It’s entirely confidential.

Performance changes in business is a common thing so don’t worry about that. We assess any potential acquisition on a case-by-case basis.