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Commercial Window Cleaning Agent/Consultancy


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Location Relocatable

Asking Price £ 285,000

Confidential offered for sale

Asking price includes

Sales of circa £400,000 per annum
Sales that are growing year on year
Computer administration system
Excellent supplier partnerships
Complete Turnkey Operation
Superb opportunity to grow
Established customer base
Strong advertising base
Training and handover
Re-locatable Business
Informative Websites
Excellent reputation
Good profit margins
Goodwill
Finance available to buy this business subject to status. All regulated business is passed to independent financial advisors who are regulated by the FSA

Business profile:

This is a well established company providing national window cleaning solutions to organisations throughout the United Kingdom. The Company offers high quality, reliable and cost effective window cleaning services with the work being carried out by affiliated window cleaning contractors.

What it does

Nationally based companies, hotels, schools, nursing homes and large organisations with multiple outlets have always battled with the issue of sourcing window cleaners for each and every trading unit in their control.

The business offers a solution by actively canvassing large companies with a view to achieving an ongoing contract to supply window cleaning services for each and every building in their company regardless of size, location or degree of difficulty in carrying out the task.

Clients

Marketing has been limited and yet the company have contracts in place to provide window cleaning services to more than one hundred and thirty companies.

Customer Service

The business is dedicated to providing 100% customer satisfaction making every effort to satisfy the requirement of existing and potential customers; this has led to repeat business, contracts and customer loyalty.
Since the company started trading in 2002 it has retained 95% of its customers.

Key strengths

The company supplies a one-stop solution to any concern with window cleaning requirements, especially to those companies or institutions with multiple outlets.
The business could be operated from a home base requiring no expertise as training and support will be provided for a period to be agreed as part of the sales negotiation process.
The business does not require signficant overheads.

It could be absorbed into other similar commercial ventures.

This is an untapped market with no real competition.
Administration

All administration is PC based and handled in house.

Competition

This is a unique proposition.

Management and staff

The business is solely operated by one of the directors. No additional staff required.
Advertising and marketing

The company has two comprehensive web sites; one of which had circa twenty four thousand unique hits in the first six months of the year.
Its target markets are large organisations with multiple outlets as well as Hotels, Schools, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and large office blocks.

The company has an ongoing strategy of issuing regular mail shots and is reviewing its policy to include fax and email marketing.

The company is also considering investing in trade specific journals and magazines.
Financial profile:
All financial information will be made available under the auspices of Turner Butler and subject to the usual confidentiality documents being signed. The company is enjoying strong growth and anticipates turnover for this year to be circa £400,000 with profits before tax in the region of £85,000 making it a very attractive proposition. Sales have grown 90 % year on year.
Support and training:

A full and seamless handover will be available to the purchaser for a period to be agreed as part of the negotiation process.
Reason for sale:

Both of the directors have chosen to move abroad
Turner Butler Disclosure Statement:

This statement applies to information relating to any company or other undertaking or business advertised for sale by Turner Butler (a 'Business')

The information supplied by Turner Butler on its website or in any other promotional material ('the Information') is not and is not intended to constitute an offer for sale of the Business or any assets of the Business or of the shares of any company which owns the Business.

For the avoidance of doubt there is no intention to create a legal relationship which will only come into existence when a written contract for sale and purchase of the shares in or the Business has been entered into

The Information provided is not intended to address your particular requirements. Further the Information does not constitute any form of advice recommendation representation endorsement or arrangement by Turner Butler and is not intended to be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any specific decisions.

Any agreements transactions or other arrangements made between you and any client of Turner Butler are at your sole risk and responsibility. The prospective sellers of the Business have provided the Information to Turner Butler. The Information has not been verified by Turner Butler.

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This document is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute arising in connection with it shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts

Turner & Co (GB) Limited registered in England and Wales under company no. 2477988 of registered office Savoy House Savoy Circus London W3 7DA, trading as Turner Butler © Shaun Sweeney October 2006

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