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Export Trading Business Selling Overseas From Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of EnglandIdentity protected
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About this business
An export trading business near Cambridge that sources laboratory supplies and scientific equipment from British manufacturers and sells them to distributors abroad. Since 2021 it has rented warehouse space close to the city. Turnover has drifted down from £5.04m to £4.65m, and EBITDA from £767k to £673k, though the margin remains healthy at about 14%. A team of 11 handles sales, export documents and logistics. A buyer would want to look at which markets have slowed, but takes on a profitable business with good supplier ties.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA of £673k
- Laboratory and scientific supplies
- Team of 11
- Margin of about 14%
Reason for sale
The founders are going separate ways and would rather sell than divide the business.
One thing worth reading before you enquire
Worth a lookRevenue 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 directionWorth a look
Turnover edged down -2.3% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-0.4%)
- 2023 (-1.1%)
- 2024 (-3.7%)
- 2025 (-0.5%)
- 2026 (-2.3%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -7.7%
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.
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.