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Long-Standing Bakery Manufacturer With Freehold Site In Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of EnglandIdentity protected
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About this business
Bakes bread, cakes and tray bakes for local shops, schools and cafés, from a freehold bakery in a suburb of Cambridge where it has traded since 2011. Sales have dipped slightly, from £2.4m in 2021 to £2.3m, while EBITDA has edged up from £138k to £156k. Margins are thin, at about 7%, as is common for wholesale baking. The team of 15 includes bakers, packers and drivers. The asking price of £550k is below net assets of £826k, which include the freehold, so a buyer acquires the property and the trade together.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold bakery in suburban Cambridge
- Asking price below net assets of £826k
- Trading since 2011
- EBITDA up from £138k to £156k
Reason for sale
The owner is retiring and none of the family wish to take over the bakery.
Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first
No flagRevenue going backwards and one client being too much of it are the two things that end most deals in due diligence. Both are shown here up front, from the figures the seller supplied.
- Revenue directionNo flag
Turnover is flat year on year.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-1.1%)
- 2023 (+0.3%)
- 2024 (-1.6%)
- 2025 (-1.1%)
- 2026 (-0.5%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -4.0%
6 years of turnover, 2021 to 2026, as supplied by the seller.
- Client concentrationNot stated
The seller has not declared what share of revenue the largest clients represent.
No declaration supplied. Client concentration cannot be derived from accounts.
EBITDA margin widened from 5.8% in 2021 to 6.8% in 2026.
These are observations from the supplied figures, not a view on whether this business is worth buying. Nothing here predicts an outcome.
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What happens next
Submit an enquiry to the seller. Once they approve it, you sign a non-disclosure agreement and gain access to the information memorandum, the financials and a secure deal room with the seller.