The right home for the property services business you built.
We acquire established UK property services companies — Facilities Management, Planned Preventative Maintenance, HVAC and Passive Fire Protection. Your team, your clients and your accreditations preserved.
- £1m–£20m
- Turnover range
- 14 days
- To non-binding offer
- 100%
- Confidential
01 — What we acquire
Specialists in the work that keeps British buildings safe, compliant and operating.
We acquire UK property services companies across four disciplines. If your business serves commercial, healthcare, education, residential or industrial estates with any of the work below, we would be pleased to talk in complete confidence.
Facilities Management
Hard FM, multi-service contracts, mobile engineering
PPM
Planned Preventative Maintenance across portfolios
HVAC
Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, BMS
Passive Fire Protection
Fire stopping, compartmentation, intumescent, fire doors
Acquisition criteria
- Annual turnover £1m – £20m
- Profitable with recurring contracts or frameworks
- Relevant accreditations (SafeContractor, CHAS, Gas Safe, REFCOM, F-Gas, FIRAS, BAFE, NICEIC)
- Headquartered anywhere in the UK
- Owner seeking succession or partial exit
- 10+ engineers or operatives, established 5+ years
02 — Why owners choose us
Built for property services owners, by buyers who understand the trade.
Your team stays
We retain operatives, supervisors and surveyors. Accreditations and competency records carry forward intact.
Fair, fast cash offer
Non-binding valuation within 14 days. Cash-led structures, minimal earn-outs where possible.
Absolute discretion
Mutual NDA before any information changes hands. Your staff and clients hear nothing until you choose.
Operator buyer, not a fund
We hold long-term. No flip in 3–5 years, no LP timelines, no committee approvals.
Accreditations protected
SafeContractor, CHAS, Gas Safe, REFCOM, F-Gas, FIRAS, BAFE — we resource the QA and compliance function so certification continues without disruption.
Close in 60–90 days
Streamlined diligence, experienced legal counsel, predictable completion.
03 — Process
Five steps. No surprises.
You speak with the principals from day one — never a junior analyst, never an outsourced advisor.
- 01
Introduction
A 30-minute confidential call. Mutual NDA signed before anything is shared.
- 02
Information review
We review 3 years of accounts, contract base and key data. One week.
- 03
Non-binding offer
- 04
Diligence & legals
5+ engineers or operatives, established 5+ years
- 05
Completion
Funds in your account in 60–90 days. Handover plan agreed in advance.
04 — Our promise
“The engineers, supervisors and managers you trained are the business. We buy good property services companies from good people, look after the staff, and protect the standards you spent years earning.”
The Principals, Sterling Acquisitions
05 — Questions
The things owners usually ask first.
We invest our own capital with no external LPs and no fixed exit horizon. There is no committee to convince and no five-year flip planned. We hold for the long term.
06 — Begin a conversation
Confidential. No obligation. No advisor required.
Share a few details and one of the principals will be in touch within two working days. Everything is treated under mutual NDA from the first reply.
E. info@sterlingacquisitions.com
London · Manchester