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Foodservice Wholesaler Supplying Caterers Around Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire, South EastIdentity protected
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About this business
A wholesaler supplying dry goods, chilled lines and frozen food to restaurants, cafés, schools and care homes around Southampton, delivering from rented warehouse space on an industrial estate. It started in 2022 and employs 8. Turnover has fallen from £2.59m to £2.2m since then, but EBITDA has held steady at around £280k, so margins have improved to about 13%. A buyer gets the warehouse lease, the delivery vehicles and an account list built in a short time.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA steady near £280k
- Margin of about 13%
- Team of 8
- Net assets of £925k
Reason for sale
A food group is selling it as a non-core business.
Read this before you enquire
MaterialRevenue 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 directionMaterial
Turnover has fallen in each of the last 4 years, most recently by -2.9%.
- 2022: baseline
- 2023 (-4.8%)
- 2024 (-4.2%)
- 2025 (-3.9%)
- 2026 (-2.9%)
- Peak 2022 to latest 2026: -14.9%
5 years of turnover, 2022 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 11.2% in 2022 to 12.7% 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.