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Permanent Recruitment Agency For Logistics Roles In Preston

Preston, Lancashire, North WestIdentity protected

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Permanent recruitment agency for logistics roles in Preston

About this business

A Preston agency recruiting permanent warehouse supervisors, transport planners and logistics managers for distribution businesses along the motorway corridor. It began in 2021, and its three staff work from an owned office unit on an industrial estate. Annual turnover has stayed near £390k, while adjusted EBITDA has crept up annually to £71k. Net assets are £169k, including the office. A buyer gets a focused niche and owned premises, with the main growth lever being more consultants.

Key investment highlights

  • Freehold office included
  • Adjusted EBITDA up each year to £71k
  • Logistics and supply chain roles
  • Asking price £255k

Reason for sale

The owners are selling to concentrate on a payroll services business they also run.

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 (+0.3%)
    • 2023 (+1.3%)
    • 2024 (-0.3%)
    • 2025 (+0.5%)
    • 2026 (-0.3%)
    • Peak 2025 to latest 2026: -0.3%

    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 15.9% in 2021 to 18.2% 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.