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Commercial Cleaning Contractor With Freehold Depot In York

York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the HumberIdentity protected

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Commercial cleaning contractor with freehold depot in York

About this business

Since 2016 this York contractor has provided regular cleaning to offices, schools, hotels and industrial sites across North Yorkshire, plus window, carpet and deep cleaning. It owns a depot on an industrial estate and employs 136 people, most of them cleaners on site. Turnover has grown each year to £3.8m and adjusted EBITDA from £369k to £440k. Net profit was £356k. A buyer gets the freehold depot, a large established workforce and steady repeat work.

Key investment highlights

  • Freehold depot included
  • Team of 136
  • Adjusted EBITDA up from £369k to £440k
  • Offices, schools, hotels and industry

Reason for sale

The owners are retiring and would like the business to stay locally run.

Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first

No flag

Revenue 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 (+0.6%)
    • 2023 (+2.3%)
    • 2024 (+1.4%)
    • 2025 (+0.2%)
    • 2026 (+1.3%)

    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 10.3% in 2021 to 11.6% 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.