This Company was successfully sold for a figure in excess of the valuation within 5 months of instruction.

What do we do?

Axis Partnership have been established for over 15 years and specialise in getting the maximum sale price for your business. Axis has a first class reputation as a leading Business Sales Agents in the UK.

Why do you need us?

We pride ourselves on offering a confidential, discreet and personal service, eliminating any potential disruptive effects on staff, suppliers and competitors. With a team of expert, understanding brokers who have experience specialising in your particular sector, we have established a strong link with your industry, allowing us to give a realistic valuation of your Company with a swift and achievable timescale of between 3-12 months for completion.

The next step

Contact our Valuation Department on 01284 716000 or email us on valuation@axisuk.co.uk

Our client is looking for:

• Contract Cleaning Companies with a Turnover of £500,000 to £1m

• Preferable location London but for the right business will consider Essex area

• Management team in place or reduced dependency on owner(s)

• Secure ongoing contracts

• All major types of contract cleaning considered (building, schools, offices etc)

Our client has funds in place to move quickly, and will pay our professional fees for the sale therefore the costs to you will be minimal resulting in you walking away with the maximum amount.

To find out how the Axis Partnership can assist with the sale of your Business please contact me today on 01284 716 000

We can give you a free valuation as well as discuss the process of selling your cleaning Company with full confidentiality ensured.

After several interested parties a Purchaser was found within a short period of time from the initial instruction on the business and with the guidance of the Axis Partnership a deal was quickly agreed and guided through to a successful Completion……..

What do we do?
Axis Partnership have been established for over 15 years and specialise in getting the maximum sale price for your business.  Axis has a first class reputation as a leading Business Sales Agents in the UK.

Why do you need us?
We pride ourselves on offering a confidential, discreet and personal service, eliminating any potential disruptive effects on staff, suppliers and competitors. With a team of expert, understanding brokers who have experience specialising in your particular sector, we have established a strong link with your industry, allowing us to give a realistic valuation of your Company with a swift and achievable timescale of between 3-12 months for completion.

The next step

Contact our Valuation Department on 01284 716000 or email us on valuation@axisuk.co.uk

Part of our service offered to clients, which is often grossly overlooked by Vendors when selling a business off their own backs, is to look at the bigger picture. Not only should you consider the obvious details when negotiating a sale, like “how much are they going to pay me for my business, and when”, but a main point which is regularly overlooked is the Vendor’s Tax standpoint, and their Asset or Balance sheet value.

The buzz words here for people to consider are “Entrepreneurial Tax Relief”. In layman’s terms it basically means that if you have owned a trading company for more than 12 months, then you potentially only have to pay 10% Tax on up to £10m of your lifetime gains through company disposal (I always suggest seeking professional Tax Advice).

This is an example of how a simple piece of advice and professional brokering from someone like Axis can make you that huge potential gain in your overall return on your life’s work. It is not only the “Goodwill” value that benefits from this tax relief, but also potentially your Balance Sheet / Assets. Let me give you a recent example of how Axis managed to help a client realise a higher return from their company disposal:

We had been brokering a sale for a client in the recruitment sector recently that had a “Goodwill” value of circa £1 million, but also had Cash and Assets within the company of around £1 million. The client’s first instinct was to draw down this cash; as they quite rightly stated, “It was my cash”. This is something hundreds of company owners are saying and doing all around the country as we speak but, I am afraid, unknowingly to their huge loss. Our Senior Broker who handled the sale quickly stated that this was not the best course of action to take at present, as Axis often has great success in selling this cash for its clients. If this is achievable, then the Tax saving for the client is potentially huge. Ultimately, if we could not sell the cash then, quite rightly, it was yours to “Draw Down”. Luckily for our client, the purchaser was happy to work with them as part of the negotiating process and helped them secure their hard earned money at this far more advantageous Tax rate, and in this case, securing them nearly an extra £200,000 worth of cash! This money would originally have been written off through having both no prior knowledge of this Tax break, and no professional advice.

Asking for a little help is not a bad thing… Is it?

Summing up then, most business owners out there are perfectly capable of selling their own business, and require no help at any stage of the process. But for the majority of Vendors out in the market that are considering this process, asking for a little help is not a bad thing.  And it could be potentially the best business decision they will ever make. Axis will always act with our clients best interests and if offering advice such as turning your Partnership or Sole Trader into a Limited Company or LLP would enable the client to achieve better sale value, then this is something we will do, as ultimately the more money we secure for our client.

Little things like this, is one of many areas where we pro-actively earn our “Fee”, and I have only just skimmed the surface on how much we get involved with a sale from start to finish.

If you are interested in learning more about this please call 01284 716000 or email ross.bennett@axisuk.co.uk

Business Valuations, Sales, and Acquisitions
25th April 10.30am – 12.30pm

We invite you and your clients to attend our free business seminar examining business valuations, sales, and acquisitions on Wednesday 25th April 2012, at Axis House in Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7EA.

The seminar will include an explanation of the various ways businesses in different sectors are valued, with examples of the types of valuations reports available. The seminar will explain the various stages involved in selling a Company, what your clients need to implement today to maximise the value they will receive when they sell in 2-3 years’ time, as well as the main areas where deals fall apart and how to avoid these pitfalls.  It will also consider the current market and appetite for business sales and purchase in different sectors, and the options open to Companies looking to grow via acquiring other Companies.

We know that confidentiality is important to you and your clients. This seminar will be held under Chatham House Rules, namely: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.”

If you or your client would like to attend, please email Adam Croft at adam.croft@axisuk.co.uk , or telephone 01284 716 000.

This is what previous attendees had to say:

“Very Professional, well organised and timed. Good breadth of subject matter”

“The level of detailed provided, from Multiples of EBITDA through to the way to calculate sale price was very informative. Including how the demand in sectors varies over time, what you expect in the future and the factors influencing this has allowed me to plan my exit strategy”

Our office address is:

Axis House
Hillside Road
Bury St Edmunds
IP32 7EA

One of the quickest and easiest ways for a cleaning Company to grow in the current market is via acquisition.  More and more Companies are realising that by buying cleaning contracts or a bolt-on business, they can gain significant synergy savings rather than trying to grow from their existing customer base

This high demand for commercial contract cleaning is reinforced every day when we get calls from interested buyers.  Knowing who the buyers are and the values they attribute to different types of cleaning is paramount and this is something we pride ourselves on.

The next step….

Why not give us a call today on 01284 716000 to book your Free Valuation or to have a confidential chat about planning your exit strategy and what your Business is potentially worth.

In our 10 plus years in selling cleaning Companies we have sold in all major cleaning sectors including: commercial, window, buildings, one offs and domestic.  This is what we can offer you:

Confidentiality

We market the sale of all of our clients with the strictest of confidence, ensuring staff, suppliers and competitors do not become aware of the sale until it becomes absolutely necessary.

We Know the Buyers

If you have been approached by a national organisation or an independent cleaning agency and they have made an offer to buy your Company, how do you know whether this is the best value?  Even if you have had a valuation, several buyers will pay a ‘premium’ for certain Companies depending on location and services offered.  Here at Axis we have dealt with ALL of the national cleaning buyers and therefore know how they value and how to maximise the price through negotiations.

We are Specialists in Cleaning

Unlike other agents Cleaning has been one of Axis’ core sectors since the beginning, with a specialist team dedicated to the sale of cleaning Companies.  Therefore we know your industry as this is what we market and sell every day.

The next step….

Please call 01284 716000 and ask to speak to Ross Bennett to book your Free Valuation or to have a confidential chat about planning your exit strategy and what your Business is potentially worth.

What do we do?
Axis Partnership have been established for over 15 years and specialise in getting the maximum sale price for your business. Axis has a first class reputation as a leading Business Sales Agents in the UK.

Why do you need us?
We pride ourselves on offering a confidential, discreet and personal service, eliminating any potential disruptive effects on staff, suppliers and competitors. With a team of expert, understanding brokers who have experience specialising in your particular sector, we have established a strong link with your industry, allowing us to give a realistic valuation of your Company with a swift and achievable timescale of between 3-12 months for completion.

The next step

Contact our Valuation Department on 01284 716000
or email us on valuation@axisuk.co.uk

After taking instruction back in May 2011 Axis managed to arrange in a very short timeframe 4 buyer/seller meetings all with suitable candidates. Then we located and negotiated the right price for our client that allowed her to walk away with all the money on day one in cash!

What do we do?
Axis Partnership have been established for over 15 years and specialise in getting the maximum sale price for your business.  Axis has a first class reputation as a leading Business Sales Agents in the UK.

Why do you need us?
We pride ourselves on offering a confidential, discreet and personal service, eliminating any potential disruptive effects on staff, suppliers and competitors. With a team of expert, understanding brokers who have experience specialising in your particular sector, we have established a strong link with your industry, allowing us to give a realistic valuation of your Company with a swift and achievable timescale of between 3-12 months for completion.

The next step

Contact our Valuation Department on 01284 716000 or email us on valuation@axisuk.co.uk

They would consider any business in these sectors, but for larger acquisitions, they would prefer Security as this is their forte.

As a national Company they would consider businesses all around the UK.

The benefits for you:

1. Our client has funds in place to move quickly and are very experienced in the sales process.
2. They have signed a Confidentiality Undertaking meaning that all discussions with Axis are held in the strictest of confidence before anything moves forward to meetings.
3. We are instructed as their client and as such they pay our sales fee.  This means you receive the most from your business sale.

For a confidential discussion to see if your business would be suitable, please contact Martin Broughton  n 01284 716000 or email us on valuation@axisuk.co.uk