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Exam Coaching Business With Rising Turnover In Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of EnglandIdentity protected
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About this business
This Cambridge exam coaching business has coached children through entrance exams, GCSEs and A-levels since 2002. It rents premises in the suburbs and has eight staff, tutors plus an administrator who runs bookings. Turnover has risen every year, from £254k to £330k, about 30% over the period, and adjusted EBITDA has edged up to £55k. Margins are modest at about 17%. A buyer gets a growing business with a long local track record and a staff team in place.
Key investment highlights
- Turnover up about 30% since 2021
- Trading since 2002
- Team of eight in leased premises
- Net profit of £46k
Reason for sale
The partners have decided to go their separate ways and are selling the whole business.
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 rose +5.4% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (+5.9%)
- 2023 (+5.9%)
- 2024 (+3.5%)
- 2025 (+6.1%)
- 2026 (+5.4%)
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 narrowed from 18.9% in 2021 to 16.7% 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.