Business for sale

Business description

Established in 1981, this business is a fire and security system specialist. Operating from small retail freehold premises ideally located for easy acccess to all the major commercial and particularly affluent residential areas of Hampshire and Surrey, this business supplies, installs and maintains all types of fire, intruder, CCTV, security systems and nurse/warden call systems as well as access control, emergency lighting, suppression systems, portable fire extinguishers, electrical testing, fixed wiring and PAT testing. A relatively small but growing part of the business is the retail of DIY security systems, for which this business is one of the few reputable outlets in the area.

NSI (NACOSS) Gold Approved for the installation of intruder alarms and operating a quality management system to ISO 9001 – 2008 specification, whilst no job is ever too small, this business has all the necessary resources to undertake the largest and most complex projects.

Operating as far north as Birmingham and as far south as the South Coast, this business has a long standing customer base bridging both the commercial and domestic marketplaces, including offices, warehousing and retail outlets as well as private residences. Key Clients include a major property refurbishment company, several local Estate Agents and a Property Investment Management company. Alongside the large volume of installation work undertaken, this business can boast in excess of £150,000 of on-going contracted maintenance agreements each year.

This business appreciates perhaps more than most that its people are its most important resource. By the very nature of the sector in which this business operates it is imperative that all Clients and all the systems installed are treated with equal importance. As a consequence this business has always been extremely careful to employ only staff of proven experience and expertise. Staff work very closely together as a team achieving the highest technical and professional standards in order to ensure a consistently high level of customer satisfaction on every project, whatever the size. This satisfaction is significantly underpinned by the high levels of investment the business has made throughout its many years of operation in the necessary resources and training. Computers are utilised in all areas of design, project management and maintenance. In addition all engineers receive ongoing training to ensure they’re kept up to date with the latest systems technology.

This is a very well established, highly reputable business. With turnover consistently in the region of £350,000 - £400,000, gross profits of approximately £150,000 but perhaps more importantly annual income from maintenance contracts at a similar level, this represents an excellent opportunity to acquire a leading, consistently performing business in a fast growing sector and should certainly appeal to an existing operator as an ideal ‘bolt on’ or for a new entrant into the sector looking for a good platform from which to grow.