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Vegetable Farm With Freehold Land In Rural Lancashire Near Preston
Preston, Lancashire, North WestIdentity protected
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About this business
Vegetable farm on freehold land near Preston, growing potatoes, leeks and salad crops since 1962 with a team of 6. Turnover has been steady at around £1.2m, and EBITDA has improved 19% since 2021 to £211k, a margin of about 18%. That is a strong return for vegetable growing. The land, packing shed and machinery are owned. A buyer takes on a family farm with 64 years of growing and a small, experienced team.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA up 19% since 2021
- Margin of about 18%
- Freehold land and packing shed
- Growing since 1962
Reason for sale
The family is selling as no one in the next generation wants to farm.
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 (+1.9%)
- 2023 (+1.0%)
- 2024 (-0.8%)
- 2025 (+2.9%)
- 2026 (-0.6%)
- Peak 2025 to latest 2026: -0.6%
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 widened from 15.5% in 2021 to 17.6% 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.