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Rural Land And Estate Management Firm Near Edinburgh
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, ScotlandIdentity protected
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About this business
Looks after estates, farms and holiday lets for absentee owners around Edinburgh, handling grounds, repairs, tenants and contractor work. The business has traded since 2018 from a leased rural office and employs 6 people. Sales have stayed close to £500k, yet EBITDA has climbed every year from £62k to £85k as the firm moved to fixed monthly management fees. Asking price: £365k. A buyer takes on recurring management work and a margin that has improved by more than a third since 2021.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA up 37% since 2021
- Fixed monthly management fees
- Team of 6
- Leased rural office near Edinburgh
Reason for sale
The co-owners want to pursue different interests and have agreed to sell together.
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 (-1.0%)
- 2023 (+0.6%)
- 2024 (-2.4%)
- 2025 (+0.4%)
- 2026 (+0.6%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -1.8%
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 12.2% in 2021 to 17.0% 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.