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Pet Transport Firm On A Stoke-On-Trent Retail Park
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, West MidlandsIdentity protected
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About this business
Offers pet transport for house moves, vet referrals and breeders, including overnight trips within the UK, with a team of 9 drivers and coordinators. The business has traded since 2009 and leases a unit on a retail park in Stoke-on-Trent. Turnover has held at around £450k since 2021, while EBITDA has grown each year from £41k to £51k. The asking price is £200k. A buyer gets a well-known service with steady sales and improving profit.
Key investment highlights
- Trading since 2009
- EBITDA up 24% since 2021
- Team of 9
- Leased retail park unit
Reason for sale
The partners have decided to go separate ways and are selling the business.
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 (+0.7%)
- 2023 (-2.6%)
- 2024 (+0.7%)
- 2025 (+0.9%)
- 2026 (-0.7%)
- Peak 2022 to latest 2026: -1.7%
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 widened from 9.0% in 2021 to 11.3% 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.