- Enviable name and reputation
- Very little needs to be spent on marketing to promote the business
- Excellent and well equipped business premises
- Located in the centre of a very large trading estate. N.B. The city of Exeter has about 30 vehicle dealerships – the vast majority of which (about 25) are to be found on the subject trading estate – and this is understood to be the highest density…
- Well established with excellent brand and reputation
- Akin to a niche market business and the UK’s leading supplier for VW T1, T2 & T3 elevated roofs
- Uncomplicated and easily operated on very easy hours basis
- Manufacturing outsourced (fitting work could also be sub-contracted)
- Turnover £343,350 (Abridged Net Profit £138,000)
- Significant real scope for trade expansion (and particularly in respect of exp…
‘THE ORIGINAL PASTY HOUSE’
* AN OUTSTANDING INVESTMENT & EXPANSION OPPORTUNITY *
- Highly successful independent café, takeaway, collection & delivery service business operating from very prominent, highly visible and easily accessible city/town centre locations in Plymouth & Tavistock
- The Plymouth outlet was very successfully “modelled” on the initial Tavistock business and has demonstrably proved …
- Separate trading names, branding and trademarks (wholly owned by the subject company) for the coffee and milkshakes aspects of the business
- Very high level of repeat and recommended trade
- Enviable customer base
- Operating mainly throughout Devon
- Turnover £450,000 (Adjusted Net Profit £83,000)
- Real scope for significant further development
- Comprehensive and very valuably equipped for its trade
- Retirement …
- Operates mainly within a 40 mile radius of its Okehampton base
- Excellent name and reputation
- Able to rely heavily on repeat and recommended custom
- Extremely well equipped to high professional standards
- Projected turnover (as at end October 2021) for y/e 31/12/2021 = £155,783 (Adjusted Net Profit £88,501) despite Covid-19 restrictions during the first half of the year
- Forecast turnover for 2022 = £182,…
- Impressive growth of wholesale trade with etail clients
- Offers next day delivery to all parts of Great Britain for all orders received by noon
- Very successful and profitable
- Easily managed – current owner/director usually works in the business just 3 to 4 half days per week (including from home)
- Good, loyal and flexible staff – including a manager who is fully capable of controlling the business (a…
The Polished Wheel Company Limited in Wadebridge, Cornwall is now under new ownership following the sale but it will be business as normal.
The business was established in 2008 by Sandra Fennell and her late husband Gary and offers a complete alloy wheel refurbishment service, including diamond cut wheels, to both trade and retail customers.
Looking to take a step back Sandra decided it was tim…
- Excellent name and reputation for property preservation, restoration and conservation
- Undertakes work on residential, commercial and listed buildings and properties of particular architectural merit
- Turnover £430,000 (Adjusted Net Profit £173,000) but very scalable and with real scope for much higher
- Turnover £263,500 in first six of 2021/2022 with adjusted net profit £113,000 (estimated figures fro…
Countrywide Grounds Maintenance is a national franchise of 46 territories, offering services including soft landscaping, tree works, hedge trimming, lawn maintenance, invasive weed treatment etc. The franchise territory covering Cornwall and West and South Devon was established in 1988 and is operated from a depot just on the Cornish side of the border near Plymouth.
The franchise model is prefe…
Belaf organises language study holidays in England and was established in 1975. It has more recently been arranging individual French student placements but originally arranged school trips for French students who, with their teachers travelled to England, stayed with host families and enjoyed excursions to attractions, sights and cities across the south of England. The style has been for the stu…
Established in 1979 by David Barrow the consultancy of Wat-er-Save Services provides advice on water management from helping clients understand tariffs and monitoring consumption to leakage detection and repair.
The clients of the business include businesses with industrial and manufacturing premises and large sites such as university campuses and holiday and leisure parks. From its headquarters…
- Enviable client base and benefits greatly from repeat, recommended and referred business
- Works mainly in hardwoods, mostly sourced from North America and Europe
- Turnover £250,000 and adjusted net profit £73,000 projected for the current year ending 31st August 2021
- Genuine and significant scope for growth – currently operating at a level to suit the owner, who recognises that a new owner could readi…
- Paint sales and a popular paint-mixing service (using Corob System equipment) accounts for about 60% of turnover – significant scope to develop other aspects of the trade
- Turnover £216,000 (Net Profit £20,000 for single working owner) y/e 31/10/2020 despite impact of Covid-19 related restrictions on trade and owner’s declining working ability due to deteriorating health problems
- Real scope …
- Excellent and loyal customer base
- Some own label branded products and opportunity to develop this further
- Delivery rounds to trade customers throughout Cornwall and Devon plus parts of Somerset (also pallet only deliveries to retail trade customers in other areas)
- Recently launched new website with online store for trade customers posting out to rest of UK
- Able to rely heavily on repeat a…
- Excellent name and reputation – no need for marketing expenditure to promote the business, as able to rely on regular repeat and recommended trade
- Operates Monday to Friday (6 staff) and managed by husband (f/t) and wife (p/t) owners
- Extremely well and valuably equipped
- Turnover £232,305 (Net Profit £54,658)
- Real scope for significant expansion in younger, more ambitious hands
- Priced for early sale to…
Although called The Big Brown Carrier Bag Suppliers the business actually offers a wide range of recycled and reusable bags in an array of colours and sizes and with the option of the bags being printed with logos or other designs and messages.
The business was established in 2005 and acquired by Amanda Pettit in 2014. Based in Honiton Amanda grew the business by offering bags made from either r…
Home & Away Southwest Cleaning Services has recently been one of the quickest business sales for Beardsley Theobalds – the specialist business transfer agents. From the start of advertising the business for sale a deal was agreed and the sale completed in just six weeks.
The business, which was established in 2006, provides cleaning and ancillary services to holiday home owners, local domestic …
- Established company with good name and excellent reputation
- Achieving above industry average margins
- Benefitting from strong cashflow and consistently high operating profits
- Turnover £1.14m (Adjusted Net Profit £221,000)
- Genuine scope for significant further business expansion
- Retirement sale
- Shareholders/Directors (2) willing to stay on for an agreed period if required
- Very attractively priced to enco…
- Providing Sub-Contract Services, Predominently for Customers in the Aerospace, Defence & Telecommunications Industry Sectors
- Long established, niche market operation
- Comprehensively and expensively equipped
- Highly skilled, flexible and loyal workforce
- Turnover £1m+ (Adj. Net Profit £581,000)
- Genuine scope for significant further expansion
- Business premises available with lease (or freehold if preferred…
SOLD : Supplier & Installer of Garage Doors and Own Manufactured Automatic Gate Systems - South West
- Some Electrical Contracting (Industrial & Commercial Only) work provided
- Highly skilled and loyal workforce
- Good customer base including many regular clients
- Profits greatly from highly beneficial purchasing discounts
- Turnover £580,000
- Adjusted Net Profit £114,000
- Real scope considerable for further business expansion
- Strong reputation and good levels of repeat and recommended business
- Genuine …
- Substantial commercial/residential property located in the town centre and occupying a large and highly visible corner site at the junction of Queen Street and Beer Road
- The premises comprise a mix of 6 shops, 9 leasehold flats & 5 car parking spaces
- Current annualised income £42,499 (as at August 2019)
- Offered for sale by our vendor client (someone of retirement age)
- Very competitively/attrac…
- Long and well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- 90% wholesale and 10% retail (online only) trade
- Almost entirely south west based wholesale trade
- Turnover £1.23m (Adj. Net Profit £93,000)
- Genuine and significant further development scope
- Structurally managed business following recent streamlining and rejuvenation programme
- Business premises offered with existing (or new) leases. Alter…
- Long and well established business
- Excellent name and reputation
- No need for marketing expenditure to promote the business as it is able to rely heavily on recommendations, referrals and repeat business
- Turnover £96,096 (gross profit £33,569) but genuine scope for significantly higher – was achieving £180,000 to £280,000 p.a. (2014/15 – 2015/16) prior to owner cutting back on type and level of work …
- Based on a bespoke, highly intelligent main website (one of the three business websites included in the sale) which systematically and automatically deals with all business matters
- Little to no day to day involvement necessary on the part of the owner
- Producing excellent return on capital
- Currently run from the owner’s home and therefore offered for sale on a relocation basis
- No staff or stock involv…
