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Why a security business price can change after yes

Keep the offer tied to the evidence

Connect a security business offer to contract evidence, replacement costs and completion figures, with a two-page issue log.

For sellers 13 pages 9-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For security business owners preparing for a sale or reviewing an indicative offer. Use it to separate continuing work, unresolved obligations and the agreed treatment of money.

What you will take from it

  • Separate the business-value illustration from the completion figure.
  • Check guarding assignments, alarm renewals and monitoring obligations against current records.
  • Record each disputed issue once and trace any overlapping treatment.

What is inside

  1. Write down what yes covers
  2. Separate income from continuing work
  3. Price the work the owner leaves
  4. Follow the people and obligations
  5. Give each issue one home
  6. Reconcile the completion figure

The tool: security offer-to-completion issue log

A two-page fillable log for evidence, disputed amounts, overlap checks, responsible people and resolution dates.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

Two pages from the guide

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Tell us who you are and the guide opens on this page, with the security offer-to-completion issue log 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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