We Buy Family-Owned Businesses
Just Like Yours to Run Them Forever
You own a business. Maybe you started it. Maybe your father did. Regardless, for as long as you can remember, the business has been the first thing you think of in the morning, and the last thing you think of at night.
Over the years, your business has grown into a company that achieves considerable revenue and employs many people. Your business is a family that pulls together to do things for your customers that others simply can’t.
Your business isn’t formal or corporate. It doesn’t have layers of red tape and it’s not owned by a bunch of financial investors. It’s run by you and your closest confidants. You know what needs to be done to generate a comfortable return for your family and your employees.
After many years of running your business, maybe you want to spend more time with your kids. Alternatively, maybe you just want to slow down and enjoy the fruits of your labour.`
No matter the reason, you are contemplating if, how, and when to sell your business.
We Buy Family-Owned Businesses Just Like Yours to Run Them Forever
You own a business. Maybe you started it. Maybe your father did. Regardless, for as long as you can remember, the business has been the first thing you think of in the morning, and the last thing you think of at night.
Over the years, your business has grown into a company that achieves considerable revenue and employs many people. Your business is a family that pulls together to do things for your customers that others simply can’t.
Your business isn’t formal or corporate. It doesn’t have layers of red tape and it’s not owned by a bunch of financial investors. It’s run by you and your closest confidants. You know what needs to be done to generate a comfortable return for your family and your employees.
After many years of running your business, maybe you want to spend more time with your kids. Alternatively, maybe you just want to slow down and enjoy the fruits of your labour.`
No matter the reason, you are contemplating if, how, and when to sell your business.
The Process of Selling Your Business Can Be Stressful But It Doesn’t Need to Be
Selling your business is likely to be one of the biggest financial events of your life. It will also be emotional.
While you want to reap your rewards for decades of hard work, you also want your friends in the business to be looked after following any sale.
If your business turns over less than £10m in sales per year, you may have put off selling your business because you’ve heard how stressful the process can be from someone in a similar position. They’re not wrong.
The usual process for selling your business at the smaller end of the scale is often a frustrating experience for all. Overworked brokers juggle their many mandates, corporate lawyers over-complicate their paperwork, and inexperienced buyers struggle to pull together their funds.
We are different.
We created EMC Capital because small business owners like yourself deserve a fast, fair, and friendly exit when you decide the time is right to sell your business.
We acquire profitable, well managed businesses using our own committed capital. We leave the strong management team you have built in place to continue running the business following any sale.
Having acquired multiple businesses since 2004, we have developed a discreet and efficient acquisition process that keeps things simple and as “pain-free” as possible.
Our Step-By-Step Acquisitions Process Below Allows You To Sell Your Business In As Little As 100 Days
Day 1
Getting to know you
On the first day, we will start our journey with a telephone call or video conference. You will tell us about your business and what you want to get out of the sale, in whole or part. We will tell your more about our approach and, together, we will decide whether it’s worth continuing discussions in more detail now or in the future.
Day 7
Getting to know your business
At this stage, we will exchange a non-disclosure agreements so that we can both talk freely. Once signed, we can discuss your business (and ours!) candidly. We will submit a short information request so that we can look at your company’s performance for the last 3 years to estimate its value. Upon receipt of the information requested, we will speak again to talk through any queries we may have and ensure we can structure a deal that works for you and your business.
Day 14
Expressing our interest
Once we have completed our initial review of the business and reached our valuation, we will provide you with an indicative offer that reflects a fair market value for your business and its future profitability. We will offer a deal structure that is both simple and suits your specific needs. At this stage, you decide whether you wish to proceed with a sale of your business to us.
Day 21
Meeting you in person
If you are happy with our indicative valuation, we will arrange a meeting as soon as possible. We believe there is no substitute for sitting in a room and agreeing the finer points in person. We would ideally like to meet at your premises, so that we can see the company and its operations, Of course, we understand this can be a sensitive subject, so we are happy to meet in our board room in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Day 28
Drafting the heads of terms
Following our meeting, we draft heads of terms that clearly set out the key terms of the proposed transaction. We are no-nonsense and we won’t waste your time with unrealistic demands that aim to tie you up in knots. We have been writing these terms for more than 20 years and make sure they only include what is necessary to get the deal done without unnecessary fuss or complication.
Day 35
Commencing due diligence
As soon as you sign our heads of terms, we fully commit our resources to commence more detailed “due diligence”. This is the most time-consuming part of the transaction but is vitally important to protect your position and ensure that we can continue to build on your legacy following completion. We have our own team of trusted advisers, that we have used many times before. They focus on the most important financial, commercial, and operational aspects of your business.
Day 56
Drawing up the contract
Assuming due diligence is progressing smoothly, we will instruct our lawyers to draft the relevant paperwork using the Heads of Terms we have developed together. This paperwork is designed to protect everyone’s interests and, unlike other buyers, we use seller friendly templates that avoid us both racking up unnecessary costs.
Day 100 (or earlier)
Selling your business
After a couple of months, we will have completed due diligence, as well as resolving any further issues, and finalising the relevant paperwork. We will have been in regular contact with you throughout the process and, once you are ready, we will both sign on the dotted line! We will work with you to make a suitable announcement to your staff and, after the champagne bubbles have subsided, we will transition the business into our ownership over an agreed period of time.
Day 101
Stepping back
During transition, we work with you and the existing management team to minimise any disruption caused by the acquisition and to secure your legacy. As you gradually step back, you will begin to enjoy the fruits of your labour, free from the responsibility of running a company on a day-to-day basis.
Start the conversation
If you want to start a confidential discussion about the potential for selling all or part of your business, please get in touch with us today. One of our decision-makers will get back to you within 48 hours to get to know you and your business.