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Martyn's Law and your sale

Prove readiness before forecasting revenue

Build a readiness evidence map that separates legal status, customer responsibility, security capability and existing income.

For sellers 12 pages 9-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For security business owners preparing sale material. Use it to organise the evidence behind your existing services and explain the questions still open about Martyn's Law.

What you will take from it

  • Separate expected commencement from a confirmed start date.
  • Match customer responsibilities, contracted activities and people records.
  • Keep existing revenue distinct from enquiries and future forecasts.

What is inside

  1. Keep the dates straight
  2. Identify who is responsible
  3. Match people to the activity
  4. Read the promise in the contract
  5. Keep opportunity out of booked income

The tool: security readiness evidence map

A fillable map for one customer premises or event, linking each question to a record, a person and a check 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 security readiness evidence map as its own file.

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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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