You may have been
giving the sale of all or part of your business, whether now, or in the
next few years, some thought:
- It may be the time for your retirement plan or exit
strategy to be put into effect;
- You may want more working capital to help other parts of
your business; or
- It may be opportune to ‘cash in’ now to maximise the value
of your business.
- We’ll deal with you with honesty, discretion,
professionalism, confidentiality and a straight-up approach. We
have an excellent reputation for acquisitions in this trade which we
want to see develop further still.
- There's no middlemen to deal with - we're not brokers and
we buy only for ourselves.
- Over the past couple of decades, we’ve successfully acquired
many businesses similar to yours through agreeing good,
competitive, realistic valuations. We’re keen for this to
continue so you won’t be dealing with time-wasters;
- Your business, name, reputation, customers and staff will all
be in good, safe hands. We appreciate the dedication and hard
work involved over the years; we preserve identities and trading
names; we maintain customer service and customer loyalty; and we
keep a high retention of existing staff. In summary, we understand
the businesses like yours that we’ve acquired and we're keen to see
them develop.
- Your transaction can be well structured for tax purposes
thanks to our good knowledge, experience, and advice on tax matters.
This can make an enormous difference in maximising your return and
keeping the Treasury’s take to an absolute minimum.
- Transaction costs can be minimised. Selling a business
can be an expensive process with high professional fees...but it
doesn't have to be! We can talk you through each step of the
process, through each of the documents, etc. This leaves you free to
spend more of the money where it really counts!
- Guaranteed finance is already in place so you can talk to
us if your company is large and we’ve the flexibility to buy it if
it’s small. In short: if you turnover £20m, £20k, or anything in
between – we are very interested.
Here’s just one comment from the many vendors that we’ve dealt with over
the years:
“I have no hesitation in recommending Anderstore to any other
prospective seller. All monies were paid in full, and on the exact
due date. The whole process was carried out in a very professional
manner with no problems or hitches.”
Additionally, in their letter
of reference
NatWest Bank
say that:
“[Anderstore] has been known to [NatWest
Bank] for five years, is held in very high regard, and during
this period the Bank has supported the business in its acquisition of
seven other operations.
Over recent years we have provided significant facilities to
assist with acquisitions and remain keen to continue our supportive
stance to this very well run operation”.
If you’ve given the matter some thought and you’re serious about selling
whether now or in the future, then we should definitely talk. Please
contact us by:
- phoning Alex Goodwin on
0113 236 5358;
- email to
acquisitions@anderstore.com;
- fax it back to us on 0113 236 5359; or
- post using ‘snail-mail’. Please mark the envelope “FAO Alex Goodwin,
STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL” and address it to Anderstore Limited,
71 Harehills Road, Leeds, LS8 5HS;
At Anderstore we take your confidentiality very seriously. You may rest assured that throughout your dealings with us, the potential acquisition, along with any accompanying information given, will
of course be treated with both the strictest of confidence and discretion as our exemplarily track record testifies.
Our
pre-valuation questionnaire
(requires Adobe® Acrobat®
or other PDF reader) includes commitments regarding confidentiality.
Additionally, should you require a more formal non-disclosure/confidentiality
agreement (“NDA” ) in place, we are happy to prepare and enter into a
suitable agreement on
standards-based NDA terms (again requires
Acrobat® or
other PDF reader).
If you’ve given the matter some thought and you’re serious about selling, then undoubtedly
one of the questions that will crop up early will be the value of your business.
As mentioned above, we’ve successfully acquired businesses similar to
yours precisely because we give good, realistic valuations. In order for us to be able to
give the best valuation for yours, we have a few questions that we would first need answers to. Indeed, it is impossible for us to proceed too far without this information.
To this end, we have compiled a very minimal and simple set of questions. These may be found on our
pre-valuation questionnaire
(again requires Acrobat®
or other PDF reader). Instructions for the completion and return of the document are included.
Once you’ve got the information together, simply it to us as set out in the form and we will contact you to discuss the matter further in due course.
Alternatively, please feel free to contact us as above with any
questions or for any information.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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