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Residential Estate Agency With Freehold Offices In Stoke-On-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, West MidlandsIdentity protected

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Residential estate agency with freehold offices in Stoke-on-Trent

About this business

An estate agency selling homes across Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries towns, offering valuations, viewings, sales progression and mortgage referrals. It employs 15 people and owns its office on a business estate, which is part of the sale. It has traded since 2005. Turnover has held steady at about £1.15m, but adjusted EBITDA has fallen from £164k in 2021 to £123k as costs have crept up. Net profit is £101k. A buyer could restore margin by tightening overheads; the asking price is £650k.

Key investment highlights

  • Freehold office included
  • Team of 15
  • Trading since 2005
  • Turnover steady at about £1.15m

Reason for sale

The founding partners are retiring together and have no successor.

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 (+0.2%)
    • 2023 (+0.4%)
    • 2024 (+0.9%)
    • 2025 (+0.9%)
    • 2026 (+0.9%)

    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 14.7% in 2021 to 10.7% 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.