Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 10 October 2026.

1. Who these terms are between

These terms govern your use of this website and the brokerage services provided by SC Business Broker UK Ltd, trading as SC Business Brokers, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 17347398, with its registered office at Building 7, 566 Chiswick High Road, Level 5, Chiswick Business Park, London W4 5YG. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to SC Business Broker UK Ltd, and “you” refers to a business owner, buyer or investor using our website or services.

2. What we do

We act as a cross-border business broker for the sale and purchase of businesses in the United Kingdom, the European Union and Ukraine. Depending on what you engage us for, this may include preparing and packaging a business for sale, presenting it to buyers, running a buy-side search against your criteria, and supporting both sides through to completion.

We are intermediaries. We are not a party to the transaction between a seller and a buyer, and we do not take ownership of any business offered through us.

3. Engagement

Nothing on this website is an offer capable of acceptance. A working relationship begins only when a separate written mandate is signed between you and us. That mandate, not this page, sets out the specific scope, exclusivity and duration that apply to your instruction.

4. Fees

Our commission is 3–10% of the deal value, and it is payable only on the result, that is, only from money you have actually received on completion.
There are no upfront fees for a standard sell-side mandate.
A paid buy-side mandate, where we actively search against your criteria, may carry a retainer that is credited back into the commission.
A written valuation ordered as a separate service is charged at the price agreed in writing before the work starts.
The exact percentage applicable to your instruction is fixed in your mandate.

5. Your right to exit

You may terminate your mandate at any time, without penalties. Any commission already earned on a transaction that has completed remains payable.

6. Confidentiality and the blind profile

A business offered for sale through us is published to the market as a blind profile that does not name the company. The name and identifying details are disclosed to a buyer only after that buyer has passed our identity and anti-money laundering checks, has shown evidence of available funds where we ask for it, and has signed a non-disclosure agreement. If you receive confidential information from us, you may use it solely to evaluate the transaction in question.

7. Anti-money laundering checks

When we act on the sale or purchase of a business or property, we are an estate agency business for the purposes of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.

Before we share confidential information about a business, put forward or accept an offer, or move a transaction towards completion, we must verify the identity of the seller and the buyer, including the people who own or control them, and understand the source of the funds. We may ask for further information at any stage of the transaction.

If the checks cannot be completed, or their results give us cause for concern, we may pause the transaction, decline to act or end our services. We are not responsible for any delay or loss this causes. Where the law requires us to report a suspicion to the authorities, we will do so, and we may not be allowed to tell you.

8. No guarantee of outcome

We do not guarantee that a business will be sold, that a buyer or a target will be found, that any particular price will be achieved, or that a transaction will complete within any particular period. Any timeline, valuation range or estimate we provide is an informed opinion based on the information available at the time, not a promise.

9. Information you provide

You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information you give us about a business, and for holding the rights to share it. We rely on that information when preparing materials and presenting an opportunity, and we do not independently audit it unless you have separately engaged us to do so.

10. Not professional advice

Nothing on this website or in our materials is legal, tax, accounting or investment advice, and it should not be relied on as such. You should take your own professional advice before entering into any transaction. Listings and materials are provided for information only, and any figures shown are supplied by the seller unless we state otherwise.

11. Intellectual property

The content of this website (text, layout, graphics and the catalogue as a compilation) belongs to us or our licensors. You may view and print it for your own use in evaluating our services. You may not republish, resell or systematically extract it without our written permission.

12. Liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, opportunity or anticipated savings arising from the use of this website or from a transaction you decide to enter into.

13. Complaints

If you are unhappy with our service, please write to office@sc-brokers.com. We will acknowledge your complaint within 3 working days and send a full written response within 15 working days.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

15. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The version published on this page at the moment you use the website is the version that applies.

16. Contact

SC Business Broker UK Ltd, Building 7, 566 Chiswick High Road, Level 5, Chiswick Business Park, London W4 5YG · office@sc-brokers.com · +44 7899 922099.