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Electrical business add-backs

What belongs in adjusted profit?

Build an electrical contractor's profit bridge with evidence for each adjustment and a separate view of disputed costs.

For sellers 13 pages 11-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For electrical business owners preparing adjusted profit for a sale discussion. Use it with your accountant to separate supported adjustments from costs that still need review.

What you will take from it

  • Match every proposed adjustment to the accounts period and its evidence.
  • Keep the cost of estimating, supervision and other continuing work visible.
  • Calculate supported and disputed profit cases separately before discussing value.

What is inside

  1. Start with the same profit
  2. Replace the owner's work
  3. Prove that a cost ends
  4. Keep the work safe and supported
  5. Give every adjustment a verdict
  6. Keep profit separate from price

The tool: electrical add-backs worksheet

A three-page fillable worksheet for evidence, continuing costs and supported versus disputed profit cases. Add the figures yourself; it does not calculate.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

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Prepared by Simon Read

Founder & Managing Director, Reads Advice Partners Ltd

Simon founded Reads M&A Advisory to specialise in trades such as HVAC, electrical, fire safety and facilities management, and has spent many years selling businesses to independent buyers, trade companies and private equity-backed groups across the UK.

Updated Oct 2026. The Autumn Budget is scheduled for Oct 2026, and we review every guide after it.

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