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Small Apprenticeship Provider With Own Premises In Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South EastIdentity protected
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About this business
A small apprenticeship provider training apprentices placed with employers in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. A team of 4 handles teaching, assessment and the paperwork that funded training requires. The business owns its suburban premises, included in the sale, and has traded since 2016. Turnover has grown from £208k in 2021 to £270k, but EBITDA has stayed at about £50k throughout, so margins have narrowed as it has grown. A buyer with an existing training business could add these learners and spread the overheads, or a hands-on owner could run it directly.
Key investment highlights
- Owned premises included in the sale
- Turnover up from £208k to £270k
- Steady EBITDA of about £50k
- Trading since 2016
Reason for sale
The owner is retiring and wants the learners to move to a provider who will keep the service going.
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 rose +6.7% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (+3.8%)
- 2023 (+5.6%)
- 2024 (+6.6%)
- 2025 (+4.1%)
- 2026 (+6.7%)
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 narrowed from 24.0% in 2021 to 18.5% 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.