For business owners

What happens next matters.

You may have spent twenty or thirty years building your business. Your name is above the door. Your customers know you. Your people have helped build it alongside you.

So when the time comes to think about its future, the question isn’t simply what someone will pay for it. It’s who you’re trusting with what you’ve built — and what happens after the deal is done.

Your next move

Your deal should reflect what you want next.

Some owners see a sale as the beginning of a planned transition out of the business. Others want to continue leading and build with the backing of a larger group. And some want to use their experience more broadly and play a role in what Phixr becomes.

We start with you

We start by understanding what you want — financially, personally and for the business — and shape your transition and future involvement around that.

  1. Owner beside his service van 01

    Plan your exit

    Transition out of the business over an agreed period.

  2. Two colleagues talking over a tablet 02

    Keep building

    Continue leading your business as part of Phixr, with the backing and resources of the wider group.

  3. Team member in a workshop 03

    Help build Phixr

    Bring your experience to the wider group and play a role in what we build next.

A deal built around you

More than one way forward.

A transaction doesn’t have to fit a standard template. The right structure can combine different elements around what matters to you.

Cash at
completion

Realise the value you’ve created when the transaction completes.

Future
participation

Part of the value you receive is linked to the future performance of the business, giving you the opportunity to benefit from what happens next.

Equity in
what comes next

You retain an investment in the wider group, allowing you to share in the value created as Phixr grows. Realise value from your business today while retaining a stake in a larger group, benefiting from its growth, investment and future acquisitions.

Continued
leadership

If you’re not ready to stop, we can structure a role that allows you to continue leading the business.

What happens to my business?

We’re not buying businesses to make them all look the same.

A Phixr team member talking with two colleagues in a workshop

When Phixr acquires a business, we don’t arrive on Monday morning with a new name above the door and a hundred-page integration manual.

First, we learn.

  • How does the business really operate?Who are the people everyone relies on?
  • Why do customers stay?Where does the owner still hold knowledge or relationships?
  • What’s working brilliantly?And where is the business being held back?

Only then do we decide together where Phixr can help.

After completion

First understand.
Then improve.

0–30 days

Listen

Spend time with management and teams. Understand customers, operations, systems, people and priorities.

30–60 days

Decide

Agree where the biggest opportunities exist and what doesn’t need changing.

60–100 days

Act

Start putting resources behind the priorities we’ve agreed together.

No integration theatre. No change for the sake of change.

What could become possible?

Turn the things
holding you back
into opportunities.

  • Recruitment

    Perhaps you’ve been unable to recruit quickly enough.

    Build stronger teams.
  • Administration

    Perhaps your engineers spend too much time completing paperwork.

    Give time back to engineers.
  • Acquisitions

    Maybe there’s another business you’d love to acquire but haven’t had the capital or experience to do it.

    Capital + M&A capability.
  • Information

    Your management information might arrive three weeks too late.

    See what’s happening now.
  • AI

    You may know AI could improve your business but have neither the time nor the people to start.

    AI applied within the Phixr group where it matters.
  • Capacity

    Or perhaps growth has reached the point where doing everything yourself isn’t sustainable anymore.

    Build capability around the owner.

Remove the friction. Create room to grow.

That’s where Phixr’s investment, technology and shared expertise start to make a difference.

What we’re looking for

We know a great business when we see one.

A business owner talking with two engineers in a van yard

We’re looking for established field service businesses with strong customer relationships, specialist expertise, capable people and a reputation built over time.

  • Customer relationshipsBuilt over years.
  • Specialist expertiseKnowledge customers depend on.
  • Capable peoplePeople who know the business and care about the work.
  • ReputationTrust earned over time.

Businesses don’t have to be perfect. Systems and processes can be improved. What’s harder to create is trust, expertise and a team that cares.

That’s where we start.

Our focus
  • Fire & Security
  • HVAC
  • Medical Equipment
  • Water & Environmental
The transaction

Straightforward.
Confidential. Direct.

You don’t need to know how an acquisition works before speaking to us. We’ll explain what happens, what we need and where you stand at each stage.

  1. 01

    Conversation

    No pitch deck. No commitment. We want to understand your business, why you’re considering a transaction and what you want next.

  2. 02

    Understand

    We’ll review the information needed to understand performance, customers, recurring revenues, people and operations.

  3. 03

    Proposal

    If there’s a fit, we’ll explain our valuation, how a transaction could be structured and what your future involvement could look like.

  4. 04

    Due diligence

    We’ll work through the detail with you and your advisers, keeping the process focused and communication direct.

  5. 05

    Completion

    Complete the transaction, agree the transition and begin what comes next.

What owners actually want to know

Questions worth asking.

Will you change the name of my business?

Phixr is being built around strong individual businesses, not a one-brand-fits-all model. We start by understanding the value in your existing identity, reputation and customer relationships before deciding what, if anything, should change.

What happens to my employees?

Your people are a major part of what makes the business valuable. Our starting point is to understand the team, protect important capability and create opportunities for people as the business develops.

Do I have to stay after selling?

Every transaction includes an agreed transition period, designed around you and the needs of the business. Beyond that, some owners choose to step away, while others want to remain involved and continue building the business with us. We discuss what you want from the outset so there are no surprises later.

Can I stay and continue running the business?

Absolutely. For some owners, selling isn’t about stepping away — it’s about becoming part of a larger group with the backing to take the business further. Where that’s what you want, we can build a structure that allows you to continue leading the business and participate in its future growth.

How do you value a company like mine?

We look at the quality and sustainability of earnings, recurring and repeat revenues, customers, management, market position, growth opportunities and the characteristics of the business as a whole. We then explain our thinking rather than simply presenting a number.

What information will you need from me?

Initially, enough to understand the shape of the business — typically recent financial performance, revenue mix, customers, employees and how the company operates. More detailed information comes later if we both decide to progress.

How long does a transaction normally take?

It depends on the business and circumstances. Our aim is to keep momentum, communicate clearly and avoid unnecessary complexity rather than impose an arbitrary timetable.

What happens if we start talking and I decide not to sell?

Nothing. An initial conversation isn’t a commitment to transact. If the timing isn’t right, we leave the conversation on good terms and you carry on running your business.

No pressure. No obligation.

Sometimes the first step is simply a conversation.

You don’t need an adviser. You don’t need an information memorandum. And you don’t need to have decided that you want to sell.

If you’re starting to think about what comes next, we’d be interested to hear about the business you’ve built.

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