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Commercial Solar Installer On A Derby Industrial Estate
Derby, Derbyshire, East MidlandsIdentity protected
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About this business
Installs rooftop and ground-mounted solar for farms, warehouses and commercial buildings, with a design office and stores rented on a Derby industrial estate. Sales have drifted down from £5.44m in 2021 to £5.05m, but EBITDA has risen every year, from £440k to £508k, as the firm dropped low-margin domestic jobs. It has 30 staff and has been trading since 2016. The asking price of £1,525,000 is close to net assets of £1.51m, so most of the price is backed by assets.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA up 15% since 2021
- Asking price close to net assets
- 30 staff in design and installation
- Trading since 2016
Reason for sale
The owners are moving abroad and have decided to sell rather than run it remotely.
One thing worth reading before you enquire
Worth a lookRevenue 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 directionWorth a look
Turnover edged down -2.3% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-1.9%)
- 2023 (-0.6%)
- 2024 (-2.9%)
- 2025 (+0.4%)
- 2026 (-2.3%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -7.2%
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 8.1% in 2021 to 10.1% 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.