About How to approach a business owner about selling
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta). He runs this site, reads every brief himself and replies directly.
Why this site exists
We read 25 providers' own pages on 28 October 2026 and only 3 of them print a figure, so the only way to see the spread is to read all of them and show the working. That is what this site is: one table, every source named, dated.
Who it is for
People who want to buy a UK business that is not on the market and need to know how to approach the owner, what the rules on cold emails and calls say, and what the offer paperwork costs.
What is on this site
One question, "how to approach a business owner about selling", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 5 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- UK Offer Letter and Heads of Terms Price Index: every published figure: Every provider we read that publishes a figure for how to approach a business owner about selling, what it publishes, and the day we read it. 3 of 25 read.
- Who publishes a price, and who makes you ask: 3 of 25 providers read for how to approach a business owner about selling publish a figure. These are the ones that do not.
- Offer to buy a business letter: what goes in it and what it costs: What an offer to buy a business letter says in the UK: price, structure, conditions and exclusivity, and the published price of a template or drafting help.
- Letter of intent to buy a business in the UK: heads of terms: A letter of intent to buy a business in the UK is usually called heads of terms: what it says, which clauses bind, and what drafting costs on published prices.
- Approaching a business owner: the email, call and takeover rules: The rules on approaching a UK business owner about selling: PECR email rules for companies and sole traders, the TPS for calls, and the Takeover Code.
What it does not do
- No ranking, no best-of list and no scores: the table is sorted by the figure, not by us.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No invented figure: a provider that publishes nothing is listed as publishing nothing.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@offertobuyabusiness.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any broker or firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no firm in a table has paid to be there. Every figure is read from the named firm's or authority's own public page on the date shown. Nothing here is tax, legal, regulated or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.