Part of the Reads Advice Partners network, we focus exclusively on facilities management businesses.
Reads M&A Advisory is a business brokerage with over a decade of experience selling businesses across finance, accountancy, private equity and family office markets. We have worked with over 17,000 accountancy firms and built strong relationships with private equity investors, business investors and family offices that are actively seeking acquisition opportunities.
Many of those buyers have been asking us specifically for facilities management businesses. The IWFM (formerly BIFM) sector is on their radar: they understand contract length as a value driver, multi-year frameworks with public sector clients, bundled IFM service models over single-service operators, and the TUPE workforce considerations that come with every FM contract change. That demand is the reason we have launched a dedicated FM specialist service.
We are upfront about something important. We have not sold facilities management businesses before. This is a new dedicated focus for us. What we bring is a substantial buyer network already asking for FM opportunities, over a decade of business sales process expertise, and direct access to acquisition specialists, finance directors and consultants who help prepare your business for sale.
If you are exploring a sale, you will deal directly with our Facilities Management Senior Specialist. Not a sales team. Not a call centre. A direct conversation with someone who will personally see your sale through.
Simon Read manages every FM mandate personally, from initial conversation through to completion. There is no sales team. There are no junior analysts running your deal.
When you call, you speak to the person who has access to the buyer network and will manage your sale from start to finish. Simon understands the vocabulary of FM: TUPE on contract transfer, multi-year framework agreements as a value driver, the difference between IFM and single-service positioning, and how IWFM membership signals business maturity to buyers. That understanding comes from over a decade in business sales and a buyer network that has been specifically requesting FM acquisitions.
This direct, personal approach means nothing is lost in translation. Your business is positioned accurately, your concerns are heard by the person making decisions, and you always know exactly where you stand in the process.
Simon brings over a decade in business sales and a buyer network that has been actively requesting FM opportunities. He works directly with every client from first conversation through to completion.
Every conversation starts with understanding what matters most to you: the price, the protection of your workforce, the continuity of your client contracts, or simply completing with certainty. TUPE, multi-year frameworks, IFM versus single-service positioning, IWFM membership: these are not abstract concepts for the buyers we work with, and they will not be for Simon either.
Nothing is decided until you are ready. There is no pressure, no timeline you have not set yourself.
The strongest position a seller can be in is to have a broker whose existing buyer relationships are already asking for businesses like yours. That is our position with facilities management.
The UK FM sector recorded 181 M&A transactions in 2024, up 34% on 2021, with private equity involved in 54% of all deals. Buyers are active. What they tell us they want are multi-year contract books, IWFM-credentialled teams, IFM capability, and clean TUPE employment records. They will pay a premium for businesses that have all four.
We present your business to the right buyers through a structured, confidential process. No public listings. No speculative conversations. Every approach is made to a qualified buyer who has already indicated appetite for FM acquisitions.
Source: Grant Thornton, Facilities Management M&A Review Winter 2024
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