About Bob Parsons

I've Been Where You Are

My name is Bob Parsons. I've spent the last 40 years building, running, and sometimes surviving businesses — in property maintenance, automotive, limousine hire, tyres, private hire, and airport transfers.

I know what it takes to keep a business going when things are tough. I know the weight of being responsible for employees, customers, and a reputation you've spent years building.

And I know how hard it is to find a fair exit when the time comes.

That's why I started We Buy Any Business. Not as a fund. Not as a broker. As a fellow operator who buys businesses directly, runs them properly, and makes sure the people who built them are treated with respect.

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I’ve had wins and I’ve had losses. I’ll tell you about both — because if you’re thinking about selling, you deserve to deal with someone who tells you the truth.

A deal that went wrong

A business owner came to me with a powder coating company — £600k turnover, part of a larger group, getting into debt. He needed it separated from his other companies. I bought it for £1. Clean exit for him, or so I thought.

What I hadn’t fully sorted was the finance to turn the business around. I brought in a partner through my mentor at the time. They paid me £4,000 upfront with £1,000 a month to follow. Then they fell out with each other — and the company went into liquidation. I got the £4,000. I lost the other £8,000.

I tell that story because it taught me more about acquisitions than any course could. I won’t make those mistakes with your business.

I’ve been on your side of the table too

In 2012 I started a private hire taxi business called Handicabs. Like a lot of small business owners, I got into debt. After five years I met a liquidation expert, had an honest conversation about my situation, and learned about pre-pack liquidation — a way to save the business and protect my employees’ jobs. That’s exactly what we did.

The business progressed. I built it up to £800,000 turnover and sold it in 2019. After that I made a couple of acquisitions in the same industry — including an airport transfer business from a colleague who’d moved on during COVID. Over the last three years I’ve built that into a business now valued at around £50,000 and ready for sale.

Good things can come from bad situations.

I’m not just a buyer. I’ve built businesses, got into trouble, found a way through, and come out the other side. When you talk to me, you’re talking to someone who genuinely understands what you’ve put in — and what you’re going through.

Contact us for a free, confidential discussion. If nothing else we’ll lend an ear and help where we can. We understand.

A Career Built on Real Business

I left school and started working. No MBA. No family business to inherit. Just a willingness to learn, work hard, and keep going — even when things went wrong.

Over the years I've operated in sectors most people know nothing about until they need them: mobile vehicle repairs, recovery, a garage, limousine services, tyres, private hire licensing, and airport transfers. I've been through a pre-pack liquidation, rebuilt, and come back stronger.

Today I run Galaxy Cars & Airport Transfers in Eastleigh alongside We Buy Any Business — because I've never stopped believing that the best businesses are built by people who do the work themselves.

Business journey

Property maintenance — Self-employed from age 23, building a maintenance business from scratch

Automotive services — Mobile repairs, recovery, garage operations and tyre business

Limousine hire — Ran an American stretch limousine service alongside the garage

Private hire — Hackney and private hire licensed, started Handicabs Ltd (later 440 Cars Eastleigh)

Business sale — Sold the taxi business in October 2019 and started Galaxy Cars & Airport Transfers

Resilience through Covid — Retrained as a licensed security officer, kept Galaxy Cars running through the pandemic

We Buy Any Business — Founded to give other SME owners a fair, direct route to exit

I understand your team

I've employed people and been responsible for their livelihoods. When I take on a business, I protect the team — I don't treat them as a cost to cut.

I respect your legacy

Your business name and reputation took years to build. I'm not here to strip it down or rebrand it. I'm here to keep it going and make it stronger.

I work creatively on finance

Banks won't always lend. I don't depend on them. Seller finance, deferred payments, cash release — I find structures that work for both sides.