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Large Freight Forwarding Business With Freehold In Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the HumberIdentity protected
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About this business
A freight forwarding business in Bradford, trading since 2016 from a freehold site on an industrial estate. It books and manages container, groupage and air freight for importers, handles customs entries and offers bonded storage. Turnover has held near £13m for the last six years and stands at £12.8m, while EBITDA has risen every year to £1.62m, a margin of about 13%. The team of 40 includes customs specialists, operations staff and account managers. A buyer would take on the property, the team and a profitable business with steadily improving returns.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold site included
- EBITDA up every year to £1.62m
- Customs and bonded storage in-house
- Team of 40
Reason for sale
The logistics group that owns it is selling as it no longer fits its strategy.
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 -2.1% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-1.5%)
- 2023 (-0.3%)
- 2024 (+1.7%)
- 2025 (-0.7%)
- 2026 (-2.1%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -2.8%
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 10.4% in 2021 to 12.6% 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.