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Permanent Recruitment Agency With Freehold Office In Sunderland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North EastIdentity protected
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About this business
A Sunderland agency placing permanent staff in office, accounts and administrative roles for local employers, working on placement fees. Its small suburban office is freehold and comes with the business; three consultants work there, and it has traded since 2017. Fee income has risen to £320k, but adjusted EBITDA has fallen from £79k to £55k as advertising and salary costs went up. A buyer would own the office and take on a compact desk with a known local name.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold office included
- Fee income of £320k
- Team of three
- Trading since 2017
Reason for sale
The owner is relocating to Scotland and does not want to run the agency remotely.
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 +2.6% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (+3.4%)
- 2023 (+0.3%)
- 2024 (+2.3%)
- 2025 (+1.0%)
- 2026 (+2.6%)
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 27.1% in 2021 to 17.2% 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.