How do you maintain confidentiality during the sale process?

Confidentiality is the foundation of our process, not a feature. We use anonymised teasers when approaching buyers, staged information disclosure, and NDAs at every stage. Your staff, clients, and competitors will not know you are considering a sale unless you choose to tell them.

Why should I choose a specialist FM broker over a generalist?

A generalist broker sells businesses across every sector and is unlikely to understand IWFM membership, the triple ISO certification, SafeContractor or CHAS accreditation, hard FM versus soft FM valuation, TUPE considerations, or which PE platforms are actively acquiring facilities management businesses. Sector expertise means we position your business correctly and attract the right buyers, which directly affects the price you achieve.

How many buyers can you generate for my facilities management business?

Buyers register with us and tell us what they are looking for. They include PE-backed multi-service FM platforms, national facilities management groups, regional trade buyers, and qualified operators. Our structured process is designed to create competitive tension by generating multiple interested parties. Competition between buyers is the most effective way to maximise your sale price.

What makes us different.

The questions you should ask any broker, and why our answers matter.

Six reasons to work with us.

Many Years of Business Sales Experience

Reads M&A Advisory brings many years of business sales experience across finance, accountancy, private equity (investment firms that buy companies to grow and sell on) and family office markets. We also bring access to consultants and acquisition specialists who understand the sector.

Active Buyer Register

Buyers register with us and tell us what they are looking for: PE-backed multi-service FM platforms, national facilities management groups, regional FM firms consolidating their contract base, and qualified operators seeking IWFM-credentialled businesses with multi-year contract books and strong TUPE records, showing staff transferred on their existing terms. We do not advertise your business on public listing sites.

Competitive Fee Structure

The free calculator and your first conversation cost nothing. For the sale itself, there is a fee agreed in writing before we start, with no hidden costs.

Competitive Tension

We do not find you one buyer and hope for the best. We create a structured process that generates multiple interested parties.

Complete Confidentiality

Your staff, clients, and competitors will not know you are considering a sale. We use anonymised teasers, short summaries that do not name you, and release information in stages, with a confidentiality agreement (NDA) signed at every stage. Confidentiality is not a feature of our service. It is the foundation.

Process Clarity

We tell you exactly what happens at each stage, what documents you will need, how long each phase takes, and what to expect. No surprises and no ambiguity.

Simon Read, Founder & Managing Director

A direct line to the person who runs your sale. Ask for Simon. Your first conversation can be with Simon or Emily, and decisions on the sale are made with Simon. He has access to the buyer network and leads your sale from start to finish.

Simon runs every sale personally, and the people around him help owners prepare in the years before it, through the Reads Pre-Sale Programme. You can see who does what, and when.

Questions to ask any broker.

1 Do you specialise in my sector, or do you sell all types of businesses?

2 Will my business be advertised on public listing sites?

3 Do you charge any upfront fees, retainers, or marketing costs?

4 How many interested buyers can you typically generate for a business like mine?

5 Who will manage my sale day to day? Will I deal with a senior person or a junior?

6 What is your average time to completion?

7 Can you explain exactly how you maintain confidentiality at each stage?

We are happy to answer every one of these questions in detail. If a broker cannot, or will not, that tells you something.

See the difference for yourself.

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