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Recycling And Processing Business With Improving Profit In Bradford
Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the HumberIdentity protected
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About this business
Started in 2019, this Bradford business collects, sorts and bales cardboard, plastics and paper from local businesses and sells the processed material on to mills and reprocessors. It leases a suburban site and has a team of 9. Turnover has held near £1.1m every year while EBITDA has risen from £96k to £136k, so the margin has improved to about 12%. The balers and sorting equipment could be moved to a new site if a buyer preferred. Net assets are £321k against an asking price of £750k.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA up 42% since 2021
- Turnover steady at £1.1m
- Team of 9
- Equipment could move to a new site
Reason for sale
The founder is selling to start a different venture outside the waste sector.
Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first
No flagRevenue 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 (-1.1%)
- 2023 (+1.3%)
- 2024 (-0.9%)
- 2025 (-1.0%)
- 2026 (-0.8%)
- Peak 2023 to latest 2026: -2.7%
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.
EBITDA margin widened from 8.5% in 2021 to 12.4% 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.