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.
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.
Typically £3m-£15m turnover. Team, culture and reputation matter as much as the numbers.
Recognised third-party accreditation required. NICEIC or NAPIT for electrical, BAFE or FIA for fire safety.
Installations, testing, inspection and maintenance at the heart of the work.
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.
Acquired businesses keep their name, their team, and their day-to-day operating model.
We built and sold a family maritime services business through a strategy of successive acquisitions. We know what continuity actually means.
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.
Most owners stay on for 18–24 months to hand over key relationships and bring the team through the transition.
Keep meaningful equity in your business on transparent terms, and share in the value created as we acquire and grow alongside you.
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.
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.
If you are a founder considering succession, we would welcome a confidential conversation.