Business for sale in United Kingdom - Iq010-trailer maker & light engineering company

| Asking Price: | 130,000 £ | |
Real Estate: | Ownership |
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| Sales Revenue: | 400,000 £ | |||||||||||
| Net Profit: | 50,000 £ | |||||||||||
| Year Established: | 1988 | |||||||||||
| Employees: | 2PT | |||||||||||
| # of family members employed: | Not Disclosed | |||||||||||
| Location criteria: |
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Business types:
Manufacturing
Business categories:
Machine Shops
Business description

The company has been trading for approximately twenty years and was acquired by its present Director four years ago. Its core market is the manufacture of domestic and boat trailers of any size and it has a long-standing and loyal client base both in the UK and abroad. Trailer maintenance generates additional revenues and helps to keep the business in touch with its customers. It also offers the unique service of trailer breakdown rescue and repair.
The company also provides a complete building fabrication service, supplying and installing structural steel work for industrial, commercial and agricultural units in and around the region. It has the capacity to handle jobs requiring up to forty tons of steel in production.
A range of well known developers and building companies regularly order additional services such as gantries, railings and lintels. Growth has been consistent over the past four years and at any one time the company has in the region of six months work in forward orders.
Equipment:
A full inventory will be available on request but includes.
One eight foot by three mm bending press
One eight foot by three mm guillotine
Tube knotcher
Chop Saw
Lathe
Plasma Cutter
Geke Work station
Ususal Range of hand tools
Mig, Tig and Stick welding equipment
One Flat Bed Transit
One Mazda Pickup
One Forklift Truck
Customer Service:
The business has a policy of only dealing with the decision makers and has developed a broad ranging client bank in a sixty-mile radius of its operation.
Key Strengths:
The Managing Director will stay if required to do so.
Financially sound
Forward order bank
Wide range of services
Growth and Expansion:
There is a good opportunity to grow this business in a number of ways. Firstly effective marketing could expand the production of trailers and relationships with boat builders and retailers both here in the UK and abroad. The maintenance of trailers could be contracted or scheduled with owners receiving notification of service dates in advance with either an onsite inspection or a collection and delivery facility. The rescue and repair operation could be marketed to create strategic alliances with Green flag, the RAC and the AA.
Additional information

| Additional information: | Not Disclosed |
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| Support & training: | Not Disclosed |
| Reasons for selling: | The Managing Director has additional horticultural interests but will be willing to stay with the company for an agreed contract period on a full time or part time basis. |
| Financing available: | Not Disclosed |
| Inventory / Stock value: | Not Disclosed |
Real Estate

| Ownership: | yes |
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| Will owner sell real estate?: | yes |
| Included in asking price?: | yes |
| Value: | 130 £ |
| Location: | The premises are owned by a private landlord and are available to purchase for the sum of £180,000 if required by the buyer. Alternatively a lease could be negotiated for an acceptable period. The building is located on a small industrial park within easy reach of the main trunk road running through the county. All measurements are approximate Reception area of @ 177 sq ft Office area of @ 48 sq ft Work Unit of @ 1706 sq ft Extension to unit of @ 1278 sq ft Total circa 3300 sq ft |
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