The 90-day test
Who runs the security business when you are away?
Map the security work that depends on you, check permitted cover and test the handover with a practical owner-dependency scorecard.
For sellers 12 pages 10-minute read Updated Oct 2026
Who this guide is for
For a security business owner who still handles rota changes, quotations and out-of-hours decisions. Use it to prepare a handover or improve cover while keeping the business.
What you will take from it
- Separate a deputy's availability from competence, licensing and permission.
- Reconcile the cost of the owner's continuing duties with adjusted profit.
- Use a controlled trial to record interventions and choose the next responsibility to improve.
What is inside
- Map the work that reaches you
- Separate permission from availability
- Test the night and weekend chain
- Cost the work that remains
- Run a controlled absence trial
- Decide what to fix before a sale
The tool: security owner-dependency scorecard
Two fillable sheets record primary people, permitted deputies, evidence, absence trials and unresolved dependencies. Save a copy or print it.
It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.
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