Sell Your Security Services Business

I'm Bob Parsons. I haven't built or run a security firm — but for five years, on and off, I've worked in the industry myself as a static guard and mobile supervisor. I know the licensing, the welfare checks, the vehicle patrols, the shift patterns, and what it actually takes to keep a client site covered night after night. I buy directly, no broker fees, no commission, using flexible seller finance.

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I've Worked This Industry, So I Know What Keeps It Running

I'll be straight with you — I haven't owned a security business the way I've owned a taxi firm or a garage. But I've done the shifts. I've carried out welfare checks and vehicle patrols, worked under SIA licensing requirements, covered client sites at 3am, and dealt with the scheduling headache of keeping guards on rota without burning them out. That's not a broker reading a set of accounts — that's someone who knows what your staff are actually doing tonight, and what makes a contract worth keeping or worth losing.

Why Sellers Come to Me Instead of a Broker

A broker lists your business and hopes someone turns up. I'm the buyer. That's the whole difference — and it changes everything about how the sale goes.

Selling through a broker

✕ A hefty upfront fee, win or lose
✕ A chunky commission on top when it sells
✕ Tied in for 18–24 months, sometimes longer
✕ 9–12 months waiting — if it sells at all
✕ A middleman between you and the real buyer

Selling direct to me

✓ No fees. No commission. Ever.
✓ A decision from me in days, not months
✓ No contract tying you in — you're free to walk
✓ 100% confidential — staff and customers needn't know
✓ You deal with me — the man buying your business

Can't Find a Buyer Who Can Get the Finance?

A security services business is a hard sell to a bank-backed buyer. The value is in SIA-licensed staff and client contracts that can be cancelled on notice — not in fixed assets a bank can easily lend against. I use seller finance, so the deal doesn't hang on a bank. You get a fair price paid over an agreed period, set out in a proper solicitor-drawn agreement and secured by a legal charge over the business.

What I'm Looking For

UK security services businesses turning over £350k to £10m — static guarding, mobile patrol and keyholding, event security, corporate and industrial site contracts. SIA-accredited, with established client relationships. Owner-operated or with a management structure in place. Profitable, ready for retirement, or struggling.

How It Works

1. A free, confidential chat

You tell me about the business, I listen. No forms, no obligation.

2. A fair offer, fast

I look at the numbers and come back with a fair offer, usually within days.

3. A structure that suits you

Seller finance, deferred payments, cash release, or a mix — built around your situation.

4. Completion and handover

We complete and handle the handover carefully. Your people and your name are looked after.

Questions Sellers Ask Me

Fair question, and I won't pretend otherwise. I haven't built or run a security firm the way I have a taxi business or a garage. What I do have is five years on the ground as a static guard and mobile supervisor — the licensing, the welfare checks, the vehicle patrols, the shift patterns, the client sites. That's real operational knowledge, not a broker's guesswork. If you want someone who's sat exactly where you're sitting, I'm not that person. If you want a buyer who actually understands what your staff do every night, I am.

Properly. SIA-licensed staff, client contracts and their notice periods, and the relationships that keep a site renewing year after year all count — not just the vehicles and equipment on a balance sheet.

Yes. I buy profitable, retirement and distressed businesses. If nothing else we'll lend an ear and tell you straight.

Both. Static guarding, mobile patrol and keyholding, event security — I've worked shifts across most of it, so a business built around any of them is worth talking to me about.