Long-term home for UK life-safety businesses
Starboard Safety Group is a holding company that acquires established businesses in UK electrical and fire safety services, and supports them through long-term ownership and complementary acquisitions.
What we're looking for
We acquire UK businesses where regulated compliance work is the core, supported by remedial, installation and commissioning work. Our focus is electrical and fire safety.
Scale
Typically £3m-£15m turnover. Team, culture and reputation matter as much as the numbers.
Accreditation
Recognised third-party accreditation required. NICEIC or NAPIT for electrical, BAFE or FIA for fire safety.
Core Services
Installations, testing, inspection and maintenance at the heart of the work.
We are a different type of buyer
Time horizon
We hold for the long-term. We are not optimising for a sale in 2030, so we do not rush integration or force rebrands to fit an exit story.
Independent, not absorbed
Acquired businesses keep their name, their team, and their day-to-day operating model.
We have sat in your seat
We built and sold a family maritime services business through a strategy of successive acquisitions. We know what continuity actually means.
A succession shaped around you
Every owner's situation is different. We shape the deal around the owner. Succession works best as a transition, not a clean switch. Continuity of the team is what protects the business you have built.
Structured Handover
Most owners stay on for 18–24 months to hand over key relationships and bring the team through the transition.
Continuing Stake
Keep meaningful equity in your business on transparent terms, and share in the value created as we acquire and grow alongside you.
Phased Exit
Where the senior team is strong enough to carry the business, we structure a shorter active role and a longer advisory relationship for owners ready to step away.
We understand legacy
Our family previously built and exited Burando, a Rotterdam-based maritime services group. It grew over many years through successive acquisitions.
That experience taught us what owners want from a buyer: someone who turns up, does what they said they'd do, and is still there years later.
Starboard - steady, reliable, built for the long voyage.
Get in touch
If you are a founder considering succession, we would welcome a confidential conversation.