If you operate an electrical contracting business in the UK and you have searched “sell my electrical contracting business in the UK”, the variables that drive your sale price are United Kingdom-specific in ways the broader category data does not capture. The named PE platforms with active deal posture in the UK in 2026, the EBITDA-tier multiples bands stated in £ GBP, the jurisdiction-specific tax-arbitrage structuring (which is the single largest after-tax lever any owner has), the regulator transfer procedure under HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the relevant industry licensing body, and the 2024-2026 dated comparable transactions all reshape the multiple a buyer will pay. This page walks through the the UK valuation framework as electrical contracting businesses are actually trading in mid-2026, the named buyers actively acquiring here, and the regulator transfer + tax structuring that determine net-of-tax proceeds.
CT Acquisitions runs sell-side M&A advisory mandates for owners of recurring-services businesses across the UK and the broader English-speaking market. The introductory conversation is confidential and NDA-protected. This page is the localised valuation framework for 🇬🇧 the UK electrical contracting sellers, built from named-and-dated 2024-2026 transactional research rather than generic broker-listing rules of thumb.
The detailed market sizing, named-buyer table, EBITDA-tier multiples bands, regulator transfer procedure, jurisdiction-specific tax-arbitrage structuring, and 2024-2026 dated comparable transactions for the UK electrical contracting are set out below. This section is the core valuation framework — everything else on the page is supporting context.
The detailed market sizing, named-buyer table, EBITDA-tier multiples bands, regulator transfer procedure, jurisdiction-specific tax-arbitrage structuring, and 2024-2026 dated comparable transactions for the UK electrical contracting are set out below. This section is the core valuation framework — everything else on the page is supporting context.
The UK electrical installation sector sits under SIC 2007 code 43.21 (electrical installation) and is one of the largest specialist trade contracting sub-segments inside the wider construction industry. IBISWorld pegs the 2026 market size for Electrical Installation in the United Kingdom at £291.2bn, with roughly 585,000 businesses operating in the sector and a 2020 to 2025 CAGR of 4.3% on value and 3.0% on enterprise count. That headline figure encompasses.
The UK electrical installation sector sits under SIC 2007 code 43.21 (electrical installation) and is one of the largest specialist trade contracting sub-segments inside the wider construction industry. IBISWorld pegs the 2026 market size for Electrical Installation in the United Kingdom at £291.2bn, with roughly 585,000 businesses operating in the sector and a 2020 to 2025 CAGR of 4.3% on value and 3.0% on enterprise count. That headline figure encompasses everything from sole-trader domestic rewires to large industrial M&E main contractors.
On a more conservative basis, ONS Annual Business Survey data and Construction Products Association reporting indicate that the specialist electrical contracting cohort excluding wholesale, manufacturing and pure utility-scale grid work runs at roughly £24bn to £28bn of contractor turnover annually in the UK as of 2025, which is the relevant TAM for boutique and lower mid-market sell-side mandates. The Office for National Statistics records around 110,000 to 120,000 active VAT or PAYE registered electrical installation enterprises within SIC 43.21 once one strips out sole-trader micro-firms, with the modal business being a 4 to 12 head firm turning over £350k to £2.5m.
Top 5 players by UK electrical contracting and electrotechnical services revenue (excluding pure wholesale and pure utility transmission):
Below the top tier sit Apleona UK (Bain Capital since 2025, previously PAI Partners April 2021 to 2025 at ~EUR 1.6bn entry, ~EUR 4bn exit), NG Bailey (privately held, family owned), ISS UK, CBRE GWS, and Imtech.
Three structural features matter for valuation:
UK lower mid-market electrical contracting deal flow is being driven by four overlapping buyer pools. Pool 1: UK growth-capital and lower mid-market sponsors : BGF (Business Growth Fund) — consistent minority investor at £3m to £15m EBITDA tier LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) — multiple control deals in technical services Inflexion — partnership-capital strategy for founder transitions in £5m to £40m EBITDA building services targets Livingbridge — active in residential-facing trade.
UK lower mid-market electrical contracting deal flow is being driven by four overlapping buyer pools.
Pool 1: UK growth-capital and lower mid-market sponsors:
Each of these will price recurring-revenue compliance specialists at 8 to 11x trailing EBITDA for sub-£10m EBITDA targets in the current 2026 market, with project-led contractors landing at 5 to 7x.
Pool 2: US-platform scouts:
Pool 3: European multi-technical strategics: Bouygues’ Equans, Vinci Facilities, Engie Services, Spie SA (UK-active), and Apleona (Bain Capital since 2025) all live trade buyers for £10m to £100m EBITDA UK electrical contractors.
Pool 4: UK listed strategics and PE-backed roll-up platforms: Mitie post-Marlowe (now structurally dominant UK TIC, fire, compliance consolidator with at least £30m FY28 synergies targeted), Cap10’s Sureserve platform (acquisitive in social-housing electrical compliance), Macquarie Capital Principal Finance’s PTSG (acquired at over £300m EV in 2019, Warburg Pincus partnered 2021), Stark Group (Lone Star Funds, acquired Wolseley UK for £308m in 2021).
For owner-operators, there is genuine bid competition at the £1.5m to £8m EBITDA range.
Sub-£2M EBITDA : 3.0x to 5.0x adjusted EBITDA. Project-only contractors with high reliance on single GC anchor clear at 3.0-3.5x. Contractors with diversified SME mix + 30%+ recurring/framework revenue clear 4.0-5.0x. NICEIC Approved + NAPIT + ECS-carded workforce is table stakes. £2-5M EBITDA : 5.0x to 7.0x. Densest tier in UK lower mid-market deal flow. EICR cycle work for social housing landlords (mandated by Electrical Safety Standards in Private Rented.
Bridges to higher pricing: high recurring-revenue mix, framework concentration in policy-locked end markets (NHS, MoD, DfE, social housing decarbonisation under PAS 2035), low customer concentration (no customer over 15% of revenue), strong second-tier management, low working-capital intensity, 100% ECS-carded workforce with low agency dependence.
Electrical contracting in the UK is not a single-licence regime. It is a stack of voluntary accreditation, statutory self-certification rights, building-control duties, and union-mediated workforce qualifications. NICEIC (National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting), operated by Certsure LLP and ultimately controlled by ECA, is the dominant UK accreditation body. NICEIC Approved Contractor status, NICEIC Domestic Installer status, and ECS cards for individuals are de facto entry tickets. NICEIC accreditation is.
Electrical contracting in the UK is not a single-licence regime. It is a stack of voluntary accreditation, statutory self-certification rights, building-control duties, and union-mediated workforce qualifications.
NICEIC (National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting), operated by Certsure LLP and ultimately controlled by ECA, is the dominant UK accreditation body. NICEIC Approved Contractor status, NICEIC Domestic Installer status, and ECS cards for individuals are de facto entry tickets. NICEIC accreditation is enterprise-level. On a share sale, NICEIC accreditation transfers with the entity provided the qualifying supervisor remains in post or a replacement is named, registered and assessed within the notification window (typically 28 days). On an asset sale, NICEIC requires re-application by acquiring entity, including site assessment, which can take 6 to 12 weeks. This is one of the principal reasons share sales dominate UK electrical contracting transactions.
NAPIT (National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers) is the parallel competent-person scheme. Many contractors hold both NICEIC and NAPIT to maximise framework eligibility. NAPIT Part-P self-certification rights allow registered contractors to certify their own domestic electrical installation work for Building Regulations compliance without involving local authority Building Control.
ECA (Electrical Contractors’ Association, founded 1901) is the trade association and the employer counterparty to the JIB Collective Agreement. ECA Member status is separate accreditation, gates participation in larger commercial frameworks, and is buyer-favourable due diligence signal.
EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) is a regulated periodic inspection deliverable under BS 7671. Under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, private landlords in England have a statutory duty to procure an EICR at least every five years. EICR cycle work is a structurally recurring revenue stream and is the single most attractive contractor revenue category for PE buyers.
BS 7671 (Requirements for Electrical Installations, IET Wiring Regulations) is in its 18th Edition with Amendment 2 issued March 2022, effective from 27 September 2022. Amendment 2 brought significant changes to EV charge-point installations, smart-home integration, surge protection requirements, and arc fault detection device guidance. Workforce currency on BS 7671 18th Edition Amendment 2 is binary diligence item.
JIB (Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry) sets collective wage rates, grading, sick pay, holiday pay, pension and overtime terms for unionised electrical contractors. JIB operates grading from labourer through Approved Electrician, Technician and Senior Technician, with wage rates increasing on 6 January 2025 under the two-year 2024-2025 deal and again from 6 January 2026 under a new three-year 2026-2028 deal agreed by ECA and Unite the Union.
Beyond electrical-specific accreditations, contractors typically hold CHAS, Constructionline, SafeContractor, SMAS Worksafe and Achilles BuildingConfidence pre-qualification accreditations for tier-one commercial and public sector frameworks.
EV charge-point install adds further layer: Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) authorisation required for any contractor delivering grant-funded EV chargepoint installations under EV Chargepoint Grant or Workplace Charging Scheme.
Solar PV and battery storage adds MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) certification.
The tax landscape for UK electrical contracting M&A in 2026 is dominated by one event: the Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) rate cliff on 6 April 2026 . BADR rates (per HMRC, Hawsons, Cowgills, Brodies): Historic through 5 April 2025: 10% on first £1m lifetime qualifying gains 6 April 2025 to 5 April 2026: 14% On or after 6 April 2026: 18% The £1m lifetime cap unchanged. Max cash tax.
The tax landscape for UK electrical contracting M&A in 2026 is dominated by one event: the Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) rate cliff on 6 April 2026.
BADR rates (per HMRC, Hawsons, Cowgills, Brodies):
The £1m lifetime cap unchanged. Max cash tax saving on £1m gain falls from £100,000 historically to £60,000 from April 2026.
For a founder selling a £10m-equity-value contracting business with nil base cost:
Anti-forestalling rules introduced by Finance Act 2025 limit ability to use pre-6 April 2026 unconditional contract to lock in lower rate. Contract must be genuinely unconditional, parties not connected (or commercial justification for timing), disposal must complete on contract terms.
Structuring tools:
Substantial Shareholding Exemption (SSE) under Schedule 7AC TCGA 1992 allows UK trading company that has held at least 10% of investee trading company for at least 12 months in prior six years to dispose of those shares free of Corporation Tax.
Section 135 TCGA 1992 share-for-share rollover allows shareholders to defer CGT on share-for-share exchange where acquirer is corporate buyer issuing shares as consideration. Where buyer is PE-backed bidco, seller can rollover into bidco shares (often A and B equity strips) and defer CGT until ultimate exit. This is the structural backbone of PE management roll-over instruments.
SDLT applies to UK real estate transfers. Non-residential SDLT rate is 5% on consideration above £250,000 (2026 thresholds). Where premises are owned by founder personally and let to trading entity, sale-and-leaseback prior to disposal can crystallise SDLT.
EOT (Employee Ownership Trust) sales under Schedule 8 Finance Act 2014 give founders a 0% CGT exit where 51%+ of equity is sold to qualifying trust for benefit of employees. 2024 Finance (No. 2) Act tightened EOT rules (former owner control restrictions, valuation discipline, holding-period extensions). 2026 EOT pricing typically lands at lower end of trade range (5x to 7x EBITDA) because buyer (trust) pays out of future profits, but 0% CGT plus £3,600 per employee tax-free annual bonus is materially valuable.
EMI (Enterprise Management Incentive) share options under Schedule 5 ITEPA 2003 are pre-sale management retention tools. EMI granted at least 24 months before disposal gives option holder BADR rate on gain over exercise price.
Rollover equity for the founder is the third leg. PE buyers typically require 20% to 40% rollover into bidco equity for sub-£10m EBITDA targets and 10% to 25% for £10m to £30m EBITDA targets, structured through Section 135 rollover.
The April 2026 cliff is creating a 12-month rush of UK lower mid-market processes through Q1 2026.
NSI Act 2021 (in force 4 January 2022) — 17 sectors subject to mandatory notification regardless of deal value, no financial threshold. For UK electrical contracting deals, relevant mandatory sectors typically: Energy — covers electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply, includes contractors operating/maintaining/repairing energy infrastructure above defined capacity thresholds. July 2025 government consultation proposed a 500 MW cumulative threshold for energy aggregators , with notification at every 500 MW increment.
NSI Act 2021 (in force 4 January 2022) — 17 sectors subject to mandatory notification regardless of deal value, no financial threshold. For UK electrical contracting deals, relevant mandatory sectors typically:
For typical residential and commercial electrical contractors with no MoD, no critical national infrastructure data-centre and no high-voltage transmission exposure, NSI mandatory notification is unlikely to apply. Penalties for non-notification: transaction void plus fines of up to 5% of global group turnover or £10m, whichever is higher.
CMA Merger Review under Enterprise Act 2002 as amended by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA, in force 1 January 2025) has been recalibrated:
Mitie Group plc → Marlowe plc, completed 5 August 2025 , £350m equity / £366m EV, 11.2x FY25 adjusted EBITDA , creating UK’s largest TIC, fire and electrical compliance platform with ~79,000 employees combined and at least £30m of FY28 synergy target.
Multiple sub-£30m undisclosed-multiple transactions involving regional EICR specialists, EV chargepoint install platforms (responding to OZEV grant pipeline), and data-centre fit-out specialists (responding to UK hyperscaler capex).
London and South East dominates UK electrical contracting revenue. London commercial fit-out, data-centre fit-out (West London, Slough Trading Estate, Park Royal, new A4 hyperscaler campuses), high-net-worth residential fit-out and prime residential PRS rewires. JIB Grade Approved Electrician hourly rates carry London supplement. Sell-side processes for London-anchored contractors typically clear 1-2 turns of EBITDA above equivalent regional contractor . The Midlands (West Midlands centred on Birmingham, East Midlands centred on Leicester/Nottingham/Derby).
London and South East dominates UK electrical contracting revenue. London commercial fit-out, data-centre fit-out (West London, Slough Trading Estate, Park Royal, new A4 hyperscaler campuses), high-net-worth residential fit-out and prime residential PRS rewires. JIB Grade Approved Electrician hourly rates carry London supplement. Sell-side processes for London-anchored contractors typically clear 1-2 turns of EBITDA above equivalent regional contractor.
The Midlands (West Midlands centred on Birmingham, East Midlands centred on Leicester/Nottingham/Derby) is heartland of UK industrial and logistics electrical contracting, anchored by automotive (JLR, BMW Mini, Aston Martin), Midlands Engine logistics corridor (DHL, Amazon, Maersk DC fit-out), and large social-housing landlords.
The North (NW Manchester/Liverpool, Yorkshire Leeds/Sheffield, NE Newcastle/Sunderland). Manchester is major data-centre and tech-corridor hub. Liverpool is port and offshore-wind support hub. Yorkshire anchored by social housing landlords and NHS estate. North East has heavy industry (offshore wind, automotive), defence, large social housing footprint.
Scotland governed by separate building standards (Scottish Building Regulations) and separate licensing — SELECT (Scottish electrotechnical trade body) plays similar role to NICEIC/ECA in England. SELECT membership and Scottish Joint Industry Board for Electrical Contracting Industry (SJIB) operate parallel to JIB.
Wales — Welsh Government’s Optimised Retrofit Programme funding social housing decarbonisation works. Welsh contractor pricing typically 5-10% below comparable English midpoint.
Northern Ireland operates different building-control regime (Building Regulations (NI)). NIE Networks distribution monopoly. UK PE buyers rarely cross into NI without specific platform thesis.
UK electrical contracting is structurally labour-constrained. CITB and ECA workforce modelling indicates UK shortfall of approximately 12,000 to 17,000 electricians by 2028 against demand pipeline driven by net-zero retrofit, social housing decarbonisation, EV charging rollout, data-centre fit-out and Future Homes Standard new-build. Unite the Union is dominant union counterparty to ECA under JIB Collective Agreement. ECA and Unite agreed a two-year wage deal from January 2024 covering wage rates that.
UK electrical contracting is structurally labour-constrained. CITB and ECA workforce modelling indicates UK shortfall of approximately 12,000 to 17,000 electricians by 2028 against demand pipeline driven by net-zero retrofit, social housing decarbonisation, EV charging rollout, data-centre fit-out and Future Homes Standard new-build.
Unite the Union is dominant union counterparty to ECA under JIB Collective Agreement. ECA and Unite agreed a two-year wage deal from January 2024 covering wage rates that increased on 6 January 2025, with new three-year deal from January 2026 covering 2026-2028 period agreed late 2025, layering further wage increases of approximately 4% per year.
JIB grading runs from labourer through Electrical Improver, Electrician, Approved Electrician, Technician and Senior Technician. Joint Industry Board Pension and Member Education Scheme (JIB-PMES) is the underlying pension vehicle.
Apprentice pipeline runs through ECS-recognised training providers, with Level 3 Electrotechnical Apprenticeship (typically four years) culminating in AM2 Assessment of Occupational Competence and JIB Approved Electrician status. CITB Levy and Apprenticeship Levy fund training. Pipeline shortfall reflects (a) longstanding underinvestment in apprenticeship places by smaller contractors, (b) competition for school leavers from rail, data centres, renewables, (c) multi-year lag between apprentice intake and productive Approved Electrician output.
Buyer diligence on workforce typically covers: ECS card validity, JIB grading mix and labour cost per grade, agency labour reliance percentage (over 20% is a concern), apprentice ratio and intake cadence, RIDDOR incident history, HSE prohibition or improvement notices, pension scheme funding status.
UK electrical contractors are typically asset-light with three principal balance-sheet exposures: trade working capital, retentions, vehicle and tools capex. Trade working capital is dominated by trade debtors. Main-contractor payment terms are stretched — 45 to 90 day terms standard, effective DSO often 60 to 120 days. The Construction Act (Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, as amended by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009) gives subcontractors statutory.
UK electrical contractors are typically asset-light with three principal balance-sheet exposures: trade working capital, retentions, vehicle and tools capex.
Trade working capital is dominated by trade debtors. Main-contractor payment terms are stretched — 45 to 90 day terms standard, effective DSO often 60 to 120 days. The Construction Act (Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, as amended by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009) gives subcontractors statutory rights to interim payments and prohibits pay-when-paid clauses.
Retentions are the cash flow killer. Typical UK construction contracts retain 3-5% of contract value, payable half on practical completion and half on expiry of defects-liability period (typically 12 months post-completion). For a £5m-revenue contractor, retentions can tie up £150k to £400k of working capital. Aged retentions older than 24 months are recurring write-off risk.
Vehicle and tools capex runs at 1-3% of revenue annually. Sale-and-leaseback of vans through Lex Autolease, Arval, LeasePlan/Ayvens, ALD Automotive/Ayvens common pre-process structuring step.
Stock and works in progress (WIP) typically modest because installation contractors buy materials on per-project basis with payment terms from electrical wholesalers (Edmundson Electrical, City Electrical Factors, Rexel, YESSS Electrical). Large fit-out and design-and-build contractors may carry meaningful WIP — revenue recognition policy (over-time vs point-in-time, percentage-of-completion methodology) is key audit and QoE diligence area for IFRS 15 / FRS 102 compliance.
Insurance and bonding capacity is often-overlooked working-capital constraint. Large commercial frameworks require performance bonds (5-10% of contract value) and parent-company guarantees. Contractor bonding capacity scales with net assets and clean ten-year claims history.
Cash conversion across cycle typically 60-80% of EBITDA for healthy contractor businesses. Below 60% flagged in diligence.
CT Acquisitions is a sell-side advisory house focused on lower mid-market specialist trade contracting and building services. Brief on UK electrical contracting M&A is concentrated in the £1.5m to £15m EBITDA founder-owned segment , where structural information asymmetry between owner-operators and PE buyers is largest. CT Acquisitions process built around four operating pillars: Pre-process EBITDA normalisation and QoE preparation — work with target management and accountants to identify add-backs, rationalise.
CT Acquisitions is a sell-side advisory house focused on lower mid-market specialist trade contracting and building services. Brief on UK electrical contracting M&A is concentrated in the £1.5m to £15m EBITDA founder-owned segment, where structural information asymmetry between owner-operators and PE buyers is largest.
CT Acquisitions process built around four operating pillars:
CT Acquisitions is a US sell-side advisor with active cross-border M&A deal flow into the UK. Our practice connects the UK owners to: (a) the named the UK PE platforms documented above with active deal posture in your size band and sub-vertical; (b) cross-border US strategic acquirers running an international rollup thesis in your vertical; (c) UK / European PE platforms (Apax, Cinven, EQT, Bridgepoint, Hg, Inflexion, CVC, Permira, BC.
CT Acquisitions is a US sell-side advisor with active cross-border M&A deal flow into the UK. Our practice connects the UK owners to: (a) the named the UK PE platforms documented above with active deal posture in your size band and sub-vertical; (b) cross-border US strategic acquirers running an international rollup thesis in your vertical; (c) UK / European PE platforms (Apax, Cinven, EQT, Bridgepoint, Hg, Inflexion, CVC, Permira, BC Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Carlyle, KKR, etc.) running cross-border platforms. The introductory conversation is confidential, NDA-protected, and walks through the band-specific buyer pool, the regulator-transfer timeline at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), and the tax-arbitrage structuring that determines your net-of-tax proceeds.
EBITDA multiples for lower middle market businesses vary by size, buyer type, and vertical. The table below shows typical bands for privately-held sellers in 2026 based on GF Data and Axial 2025 benchmarks.
| EBITDA size band | Typical multiple | Dominant buyer type |
|---|---|---|
| $500K to $1M | 3.0x to 4.5x | Individual buyers, ETA, small local PE |
| $1M to $3M | 4.0x to 6.0x | Search funds, small PE, family offices |
| $3M to $10M | 5.5x to 8.0x | Lower middle market PE, strategic tuck-ins |
| $10M to $25M | 7.0x to 10.5x | Middle market PE platforms, strategic acquirers |
Multiples band, premium drivers, and discount drivers are set out in the named-buyer + multiples sections above. The headline answer: most owner-operator sub-£2M EBITDA businesses trade 3-5x SDE; mid-market £2-5M EBITDA businesses trade 4-7x EBITDA; platform-candidate £5-15M EBITDA businesses trade 6-9x; add-ons to a PE platform or public strategic trade 7-11x; and £50M+ EBITDA strategic transactions reach 9-14x depending on sub-vertical and recurring-revenue mix. The actual band for your business depends on the premium/discount drivers documented in the multiples section above.
The named-buyers section above lists the 3-5 most-active acquirers in the UK for electrical contracting as of mid-2026, with ownership, HQ, recent acquisitions, and approximate revenue band documented per buyer. The the UK buyer pool typically includes (a) the UK-domiciled PE platforms; (b) cross-border US or UK strategics running international rollup theses; (c) listed-company strategics on London Stock Exchange (LSE / AIM); and (d) the global PE platforms (Apax, Cinven, EQT, Bridgepoint, etc.) running cross-border platforms.
The regulator-transfer procedure section above documents the specific consents, novations, or new-entity applications required for a the UK electrical contracting sale. Typical timeline is 60-180 days for most industry licences; some specialised regulators (financial-services AFSL transfers, healthcare CQC/HIQA/HSE notifications, environmental EPA permits) can run 6-12 months. Pre-sale engagement with the regulator 12-18 months before LOI removes most timing risk and is the highest-ROI pre-sale workstream.
The tax-arbitrage structuring section above documents the the UK-specific levers available. For most owner-operators with 15+ year holds, the jurisdiction-specific tax relief framework can reduce effective CGT on a multi-million sale to a small fraction of headline gain. The specific arbitrage depends on: (a) ownership tenure (15+ year holds unlock the most powerful exemptions); (b) seller age (some reliefs are age-gated at 55+); (c) entity structure (share sale vs asset sale, individual vs corporate seller, holdco vs trading-company structure); (d) post-completion plans (rollover into replacement asset; super contribution; retirement). Pre-sale tax-structuring engagement with a the UK-domiciled adviser is the single highest-ROI pre-sale workstream after regulator-transfer planning.
The recent-transactions section above lists the 1-3 most-relevant dated comparable transactions in the UK electrical contracting from 2024-2026 with named buyer, named target, approximate consideration where disclosed, and source citations. These transactions anchor the multiples band that buyers will reference when underwriting your sale and are the single most-cited piece of evidence in any sell-side IM.
Yes — CT Acquisitions is a US sell-side advisor with active cross-border deal flow into the UK. The introductory conversation maps your trailing-12-month revenue and EBITDA in £ GBP to the band-specific buyer pool, identifies the 18-24 month pre-sale workstream priorities specific to the UK electrical contracting, walks through the named buyers actively acquiring in the UK at your size band, and pre-positions the tax-arbitrage outcome that determines your net-of-tax proceeds.
If you want a buyer-paid process, our electrical M&A advisory page explains how the model works. Our national data on electrical valuation multiples shows what buyers actually pay by tier.