We buy HVAC businesses and keep them running.

Silvercrest acquires established UK heating, ventilation and air conditioning companies from owners who are ready to step back. We hold them, invest in them, and join them together. We are not a fund and we are not brokering your business to someone else.

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We are the buyer.

You deal directly with the people making the acquisition decision. We are serious buyers with access to acquisition capital — not brokers looking to pass your details on.

The business keeps trading.

Same name, same engineers, same customers. Most owners stay six to twelve months, some longer, some not at all — that is a conversation, not a condition.

We move at a sensible pace.

Indicative offer in weeks, not quarters, because we do the research before we approach you.

We’ve probably already read your accounts.

We screen the UK HVAC market continuously — every filing, every company, refreshed. Turnover and margin trends, headcount, service mix, shareholder structure, age of the principals. By the time we get in touch we understand roughly how your business performs and why, so the first call is a conversation between people who know the sector rather than an hour of you explaining it.

It also means we are interested in businesses that look tired on paper. A good business with lower margins than its peers isn’t necessarily a red flag to us. Often, that’s where we see the greatest opportunity to invest, improve and grow.

The shape of the group we are building.

We are building one of the UK’s leading independent HVAC groups by bringing together strong regional businesses, preserving what makes them successful and giving them access to greater resources, technology, commercial support and opportunities for their people.

National coverage built from strong regional businesses.
Installation and service under one roof.
Recurring maintenance as the backbone.
Shared commercial, finance and technology, so branches stop doing their own back office.

Our approach

Straightforward, private, and at a pace that suits you.

Step 1
Private conversation
A confidential initial conversation about you, the business and what you want from a potential sale.
Step 2
Understand the business
We spend time understanding the financials, customers, people, operations and your plans for the future.
Step 3
Indicative proposal
If there is a fit, we make a clear, straightforward indicative proposal.
Step 4
Focused due diligence
We work through the detail with you and your advisers while trying to minimise disruption to the business.
Step 5
Completion and transition
We agree a transition that works for you, your employees and customers.
Step 6
Invest for the future
We support the management team and invest in the people, systems and growth opportunities that can take the business forward.

The people behind Silvercrest.

Commercial, M&A, operational and engineering experience — including 5+ acquisitions completed and businesses grown to around £75m combined revenue.

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If you are within a few years of stepping back, an early, private conversation costs you nothing.

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