- Three storey corner premises occupying enviable town centre position at the junction of The Strand and Victoria Road
- The property provides ground floor retail accommodation for two shops (with associated storage and a workshop) and offices on the floors above
- Shops and three, multi-room office units let on secure leases – whilst eight other rooms are used as serviced office accommodation
- £56,474 ren…
- First class name & reputation
- Excellent relationships with referring bodies including therapists, nursing homes, NHS & the Motability Scheme
- Able to rely heavily on repeat & referred business (very significant level of returning customers)
- Highly skilled, experienced, loyal and flexible workforce
- Totally personalised service provided and full assessment/bespoke service always given (no telephone or i…
Exmouth Laundry Services was established in 1973 and acquired by Lindsay and Teresa Norris in 2008 and provides a domestic and commercial laundry and dry cleaning service. As the business has evolved the commercial element has grown to represent 75% of the trade and the business has become established in a niche sector offering a superior level of service and a quality performance to up-market ho…
Plym Valley Manufacturing was established in 1982 by Michael Pengilley and Tony Horswell. The business manufactures features for commercial buildings such as shop-fronts, entrances, automatic doors and windows using aluminium. Michael and Tony were responsible for the surveying, estimating, setting-out, ordering and invoicing with Mrs. Pengilley helping in the office. Three full-time members of s…
A1 Removals & Storage was established in 1982 and acquired by Gary Haley in 2002. He took pride in offering an efficient, friendly and professional removals and storage business operating from his home near Exeter. Gary developed the business from just one van to operating three larger vehicles. The business is mainly involved in residential moves across The United Kingdom and Western Europe for …
M.W. Gozna Services, based near Exeter, was founded in 1979 by Mike Gozna as a business undertaking general building work alongside plumbing and heating. Over the years the business evolved becoming a specialist in adapting properties for disabled people particularly in bathrooms and wet rooms but also carrying out kitchen adaptations and other features such as ramps and structures such as handra…
- Established in 1974
- 3 separate narrow gauge railways with over 3 miles of track through a beautiful valley – a veritable oasis of wildlife conservation!
- Believed to be the only attraction in Europe with 3 different railway gauges (15, 10¼ and 7¼ inch gauges)
- Leisure, recreational and children’s adventure areas accessed by steam train from Benny Halt Station, adjacent to visitors car park (capacity …
- Modern construction – estate development started around 2001
- Mains services connected
- Popular small unit scheme with good tenant mix
- Very prominent location providing good access to Torbay, Newton Abbot, Exeter and the M5
MARKETING PRICE : £595,000
- Well established & highly successful business
- A1 name & reputation
- Excellent workforce
- Beneficial accreditations, certificates & business partnerships in place
- Sizeable & rapidly expanding customer base
- Turnover £480,000 (adjusted net profit £79,000)
- Genuine & significant scope for further business growth
- Exciting new developments ahead in its market sector
- First time on market
- Owners emigrating to Austra…
- Specialises in the design, manufacture and fitting of beautiful and handcrafted custom made kitchens
- Also manufactures (and installs) bespoke, high quality furniture for bedrooms, lounges, dining rooms, studies, libraries, etc.
- First class name & reputation
- Lots of repeat & recommended business
- Excellent, loyal & highly skilled workforce
- Very well equipped and spacious workshop with capacity for consi…
- Established (by current owner & business partner) in 1988
- Well known company with first class name & reputation
- Roofing, suspended ceilings, partitioning & some miscellaneous minor building works
- C.H.A.S. accredited
- Commercial, private & public sector clients
- Scope for more maintenance contract work to be undertaken
- Excellent workforce
- Strong order book & pipeline work
- Turnover £1.4m
- Adjusted Net Profit £…
- Established in 1953 and always operated from its current premises
- Top quality work – mostly bespoke
- Reputation attracts customers throughout U.K.
- Wide & varied customer base (organisations, companies & private individuals) – particularly strong in the classic car and marine sectors
- Very well equipped for its trade
- Owner-operated by a 69 year old (with some part time assistance from his wife) who works…
- Specialist restorer of period timber doors & windows
- Fensa registered
- Company website
- Business established by current owners (husband & wife) in 1998
- Very well established client base
- Excellent potential for expansion
- Operated from home (office) and from fully equipped commercial premises (leased)
- Motivated & loyal workforce
- Projected turnover £606,000
- Projected net profit £117,000
- Never previously offer…
- First class reputation
- Predominantly providing surveys & mitigation advice in respect of proposed developments
- A combination of own staff and associate ecologists (who between them embrace a wide range of specialisms) throughout area of operation provides excellent coverage and total flexibility
- Currently providing services mainly in Devon & Cornwall
- Consistent growth without pro-active marketing
- Turn…
- Developed by its established parent company since 2005
- Providing property management services including keyholding, holiday changeovers, cleaning & property maintenance
- Currently 76 properties under contract in portfolio
- Significant further development scope
- Very well set up (robust systems, processes, standards, quality control, contracts etc. Including extremely good training programme for ‘self-em…
- Developed by its established parent company since 2005
- Providing property management services including keyholding, holiday changeovers, cleaning & property maintenance
- Currently 70 properties under contract in portfolio
- County-wide service with significant further development scope
- Very well set up (robust systems, processes, standards, quality control, contracts etc. Including extremely good traini…
- The only betting office in the town
- Benefits from having good trading position
- Good customer base including 140 client telephone accounts
- 2 gaming machines (fixed odds betting terminals) installed producing excellent profits
- Turnover nearly £.05m (gross profit £112,000)
- £18,000 adjusted net profit but would, of course, be much higher if business were owner operated
- Genuine retirement sale (owner in her…
Saddles & Paddles, the popular leisure business situated on Exeter's historic quayside, has changed hands.
The business (whose name explains all!) was established in 1992, offering locals and visitors a chance to cruise along the beautiful Exe Estuary by bike or boat, by offering bike, canoe and kayak hire. Saddles & Paddles is also a fully functioning bike shop, offering repairs and a range of bi…
- Highly respected with excellent name & reputation
- 10% sales growth (full financial year)
- 23% growth year on year (final quarter)
- Distinguished clientele
- In-house installation team
- Established sub-contract team
- Trading style trademark registered
- Turnover £382,467
- Net profit £69,571
- Retirement sale
MARKETING PRICE : OFFERS AROUND £100,000
- Well established business with very good name & reputation
- Approximately 95% of distribution achieved via own transport
- Business premises consist of 2 interconnecting, modern commercial units – one owned, one leased (will sell freehold unit if required or offer with a lease)
- Turnover £1m (net profit £99,000) & rising
- Genuine scope significant further growth
- Current owner inherited business from her pa…
- Established in 1972 (in present ownership since 1990)
- Very well known business with excellent reputation
- Trade & retail custom
- Contract & sub-contract work undertaken
- Enviable customer database
- Ever expanding range of services and products
- Highly qualified workforce led by extremely capable manager
- Trained & fully certified to all relevant health & safety standards and operating to best industry practic…
New Hands for the Clock and Environmental Measurement Business. The business of Fine Carriage Clocks (now known as F.C.C.) was established around 35 years ago and supplies precision made clocks and weather instruments and has become particularly well regarded in the marine sector. Look in any chandlery and you are likely to find the traditional brass clocks bearing the F.C.C. name. The range of p…
Storm clouds and silver linings. Substantial business in Fire & Flood Restoration work - Devon. Rainbow International is a business that delivers restoration services following fires and floods to commercial and residential properties. The nationwide operation is a franchise business with over 80 franchise areas operating across the country with contracts with major insurance companies providing …
Western Bolt & Engineering Supplies, the business that claims to have the largest range of industrial fasteners and fixings in the South West, has changed hands.
The business was established in Taunton in 1985 by Barrie Cridland and his late business partner and prides itself on its service to customers and speed of supply and delivery. With this level of service the business has relied almost ent…
