- £50,000
- Business Reference No. 12767
- Long and very well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- Able to rely very heavily on repeat, referred and recommended trade
- Operated from home and almost entirely Monday to Friday only and very selective in terms of work acceptance – rejects about half of all enquiries received (preferring to accept the bigger and more lucrative jobs)
- Husband and wife owner operators (both p/t) with one employee (f/t)
- Turnover £136,000 (adjusted net profit £56,000 - projection for current year)
- Genuine retirement sale
- Very attractively priced for quick sale (due to deteriorating health issues) and available with or without vehicles
- £65,000 plus stock at valuation (WAS £95,000)
- Business Reference No. 12759
- Well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- Highly skilled and reliable workforce
- Niche market operator whose ‘branded’ products are becoming increasingly popular
- Turnover £207,211 (Net Profit £52,000)
- Genuine scope for significant further business expansion
- Very well (and valuably) equipped for its trade
- Offered for sale as owner wishes to emigrate
- £90,000 (WAS £110,000)
- Business Reference No. 12757a
- Long and very well established
- Excellent (highly visible) trading location
- Extensively equipped to high standards
- Highly skilled and loyal workforce
- Benefits from regular repeat and recommended trade
- Turnover £189,000 with net profit of £78,000 in year to 31st March 2024
- Genuine scope to increase trade – owner has been satisfied with current sales/profit levels and operating 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday only, whilst employing a relatively low level of marketing activity (given business expansion has not been on his agenda)
- Health issues cause owner to want to retire
- Business offered for sale with a lease or with the freehold property (owned by our vendor client)
- INCREASED PROFITS PLUS A PRICE REDUCTION
- £120,000
- Business Reference No. 12779
- Well established
- Operating mainly across England and Wales
- Wide range and high number of commercial and private clients
- Benefits greatly from very high level of repeat business
- Operated by Managing Director (the business founder) and 8 directly employed specialists (with additional support from a consultant director)
- Business expanding at a fairly rapid rate
- Turnover £533,000 (adjusted Net Profit £118,000) y/e 31/03/2024
- Well and extensively equipped for its trade
- Offered for sale at attractive price to encourage early sale
- £125,000
- Business Reference No. 12773
- Long and well-established
- First class name and reputation
- Able to rely heavily on high level of repeat, recommended and referred custom
- No need for marketing support to promote the business – regularly having to reject work opportunities due to high demand/lack of capacity
- Highly capable, multi-skilled and loyal workforce
- Draft figures for the latest financial year are Turnover £410,000 and Net Profit £92,000
- Good level of Work-in-Progress and Order Book value in hand
- Realistic scope to significantly increase profit margins
- Offered for sale with rented business premises or on a relocation basis if preferred
- First time on the market
- Retirement sale
- Attractively priced
- £145,000
- Business Reference No. 12749
- First time on market
- Long and well established
- Enviable good name and reputation for excellence
- Able to rely heavily on repeat, recommended and referred business – so little need for significant market spend to promote the business
- Approx. 50% commercial and 50% domestic trade
- Mainly (circa 90% of total trade) conducted within a 15 mile radius of Bath
- Certain types of flooring enquiries declined – thus providing opportunity for a new owner to expand the company’s range of work if desired
- Turnover £582,627 (Adjusted Net Profit £186,375) y/e 31/01/2024
- Genuine and significant scope for further business expansion
- PRICE REDUCED - OWNER KEEN TO RETIRE
- £150,000
- Business Reference No. 12720
- Very well established
- Readily transferable into new ownership
- Considerable ongoing regular income from rented equipment and extended warranty contracts
- Turnover £226,000 (Net Profit £23,000* in year to 31st March 2024) - * Please see N.B.3 in Trade section
- Trade was higher in years prior to the Covid-19 lockdowns but it is now emerging strongly from those times
- Genuine and considerable scope for business expansion
- Price reduction – owner keen to retire
- £225,000 plus stock/work-in-progress
- Business Reference No. 12784
- Very well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- No marketing support required to promote the business – able to rely heavily on repeat, recommended and referred custom
- Vast majority of work conducted within 40 mile radius of business base
- Trade splits 50/50 commercial/domestic custom
- Supply and installation service offered, but approx. 75% of manufactured items purchased on ‘supply only’ basis
- Turnover £430,000 (adjusted net profit £158,000)
- Genuine scope for further expansion of trade if required
- Extensively and valuably equipped for its trade
- Company (or business) offered with a lease on business premises (or with freehold property if preferred)
- Vendor looking to retire
- Attractively priced for early sale
- £235,000
- Business Reference No. 12777
- Long and well established
- Operating mainly within a 40 mile radius of its base
- Well located in good quality business premises
- Comprehensively and valuably equipped
- First class name and reputation
- Able to rely heavily on repeat, referred and recommended trade
- Impressive trading record
- Turnover £426,000 (Net Profit £149,000)
- Genuine scope for significant further business development
- One of the two company directors will be more than happy to stay on if required
- Attractively priced (to produce an excellent return on investment) to encourage an early sale
- £260,000 plus stock/work-in-progress
- Business Reference No. 12780
- Long and well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- Very broad range of work commissions undertaken
- All products produced on a bespoke basis on a manufacture and supply basis only – delivery and installation work not conducted
- Operating almost entirely within 40 mile radius of its business premises
- Turnover £600,000 and rising (adjusted net profit £150,000)
- Genuine scope for significant further business expansion
- Comprehensively equipped for its trade including Masterwood CNC machine
- Highly skilled and experienced workforce
- Own in-house spray shop
- Retirement sale
- First time on the market
- £295,000
- Business Reference No. 12750
- Very long and well established
- First class name and reputation
- Provides a broad range of services for cars and light commercial vehicles of all makes, including MOT testing, repairs, maintenance, servicing, engine installations and bodywork (tyres and exhausts fittings are sub-contracted to specialists at discounted trade prices)
- Highly experienced and fully qualified vehicle technicians
- Operates 5 days per week only
- Turnover £281,636 (Net Profit £104,615) y/e 31/01/2023 (figures annualised)
- Genuine potential to further expand trade
- Offered with freehold premises (but vendor willing to consider selling business with a lease)
- Offered for sale to enable operating owner to retire due to serious ill health
- £500,000
- Business Reference No. 12783
- Well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- Providing services to customers throughout South West and into South Wales and across to Oxfordshire
- Operated almost entirely under management
- Turnover £1.6m (Net Profit £218,000)
- Real and significant scope for further business expansion
- Extensively and valuably equipped for its trade
- Retirement sale
- Attractively priced for early transfer
- £600,000
- Business Reference No. 12774
- Very long and well-established business with a first rate name and reputation
- Sizeable customer database, including circa 600 regular purchasers
- Business successfully operated under management
- Very capable, motivated, flexible and dependable workforce
- Trades Monday to Friday only
- Turnover £1.422m (adjusted net profit £282,722)
- Business premises offered with existing lease
- Offered for sale at attractive price to enable the directors/shareholders to fully retire
- £695,000
- Business Reference No. 12782
- Well established
- Excellent name and reputation
- Benefits greatly from a high level of repeat, referred and recommended trade
- Operates throughout Devon and Somerset and into parts of their surrounding counties
- Comprehensively and valuably equipped for its trade
- Highly skilled, reliable and loyal workforce
- Managed by husband and wife directors
- Turnover £1.2m (adjusted operating profit £383,058)
- Genuine scope for considerable further expansion
- Available with rented business premises or on a relocation basis
- Retirement sale
- £3,700,000
- Business Reference No. 12765
- Very long established
- Highly respected, popular and profitable business
- Enviable customer database including many long-term ‘regulars’
- Excellent base facilities (including on-site garage workshop operated by own mechanics) with easy access to M5 and A30 trunk route
- Extensively and very valuably equipped for its trade
- Turnover £6.1m (Adjusted Net Profit £1.16m) y/e 31/05/2022
- Constantly having to turn away business opportunities!
- Genuine and enormous potential for expansion of trade
- Retirement Sale