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Import And Sourcing Company With Its Own Warehouse Near Cambridge

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of EnglandIdentity protected

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Import and sourcing company with its own warehouse near Cambridge

About this business

An import and sourcing company based near Cambridge, owning its warehouse freehold since starting in 2023. It sources packaging, catering disposables and cleaning products from overseas and supplies them to wholesalers and food businesses in the East of England. Turnover has risen slightly to £3.85m, and EBITDA has grown every year from £237k to £278k. Margins are thin at about 7%, typical of volume supply. A team of 9 runs buying, warehousing and deliveries. A buyer gets the property and a business with steady repeat orders.

Key investment highlights

  • Freehold warehouse included
  • EBITDA up every year to £278k
  • Repeat orders from food businesses
  • Team of 9

Reason for sale

The owner is relocating overseas to run the sourcing office there.

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.

    • 2023: baseline
    • 2024 (+1.4%)
    • 2025 (-0.7%)
    • 2026 (+2.0%)

    4 years of turnover, 2023 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.