Brand New Purpose Built Food Processing Factory
Ref.EK007 Location North YorkshireAsking Price £2,500,000Confidential offered for sale
Finance available to buy this business subject to status. All regulated business is passed to independent financial advisors who are regulated by the FSA | |
Asking price includes:
Complete Turnkey Operation
Freehold Property and Land
All new plant equipment and vehicles
Supply chain
Extensive investment in technology
Excellent opportunity to grow
All fixtures and fittings
Established client base
Training and handover
Goodwill | Business profile: | Business Profile:
A truly unique opportunity to acquire a Business that is set up to immediately give the investor the ability to treble current output and turnover, of circa £6 Million.
This business was founded in 1992 and went limited in 2000 and has grown during these trading years to become a significant enterprise with an international reputation for the quality of its high integrity meat products and service, its honesty and reliability.
The business operates from a new purpose built prime location in North Yorkshire and specialises in and has developed its outstanding reputation upon its particular success and command of the Meat sector. The business currently runs on one shift only, but has the technical and manufacturing capacity to increase production within current plant operations.
The business is further supported by exemplary relations with key suppliers who have helped to ensure that production is never compromised and that customers are never let down. This commitment to supply chain relationships has underpinned this business’s abilities in product quality and early business growth.
From the earliest days of trading, operations have been invested in significantly with technology and implemented to maintain the careful balance between cost and quality, providing exceptional value for money and combining ease of delivery to the customer with maintained manufactured integrity.
The ability of this business to grow and sustain its profitability is due in no small part, to the business's strong commitment to investment in technology, significant in maintaining the profitability of the business and its current position as it is poised to exploit expected and significant new growth in turnover.
No small part in the ability of this business to grow and sustain its profitability is due to the quality of its people. The business has a strong commitment to the development and welfare of its staff; which has contributed, alongside investment in technology, to the excellent profitability of the business and its current position as it is poised to exploit expected and significant new growth in turnover.
Quality:
The business lays immense emphasis on the quality of food products manufactured at their unit. Quality in the food products can be achieved only if strict quality norms are followed in the whole processing, right from the procurement of raw materials to the final packaging of the product.
The business has set hygiene and cleanliness guidelines of highest standard, which are strictly followed by each working, staff at all stages. Stringent quality control measures are used to maintain the supreme quality of their products.
The company has understood the present market trend and the growing requirement to ensure that the most modern food manufacturing technology for high quality production is used, fulfilling the mission to offer the very best product to their esteemed customers and end users.
Equipment:
A full range of plant equipment is available, a shortened list includes
Most are less than 12 months old
•One Toyota Refrigerated Vehicle
•Three Volkswagen refrigerated vehicles
•One Toyota Fork lift truck
•One Food Logistics Dicing machine
•Two Double chamber Turbo Vac
•Two Burger Mincing machines
•One Kolbe Mixer Grinder
•One band saw
•One Rex Vacuum sausage filler
•Numerous stainless steel tables, trays, cutting tables etc
Customer Service:
The business manages many customers in any normal week and has the systems, processes and people to ensure that both productivity and customers’ orders are satisfied. The most important aspects of customer management and satisfaction considered by the business is honesty and reliability which is responsible for the business retaining many customers and the reputation for which has led to the acquisition of new customers
The Business supplies
•Pubs
•Restaurants
•Hotels
•Golf Clubs
•Schools
•Leisure
All at the top end of the market
Key Strengths:
The business is an autonomous organisation where the business is developing and nurturing an operations management team capable of overseeing business operations effectively, reducing the need for constant input from the vendor. This has resulted in customer relations founded on a history of trading satisfaction and not contingent upon the continuing presence of the vendors.
The business is well established and profitable, with a strong and growing customer base. The business retains a high level of repeat business, particularly among a number of customers returning on a regular basis.
The company has earned an outstanding reputation for its value for money, honesty, service, reliability, efficient delivery, and excellent quality work, ability to deliver multiple products, cost control and highly skilled, experienced staff. All of which is driven by the strong culture of innovation and commitment to technology, within the business.
Key Opportunities:
This is an outstanding opportunity to build on the existing products, services and customer base of this business. With a strong demand for products combined with a capacity to increase turnover, a new owner contributing fresh ideas will have every advantage of building on an excellent platform.
This business maintains an extensive base of satisfied customers, who appreciate the company's superior products and service. There are many excellent avenues for growth, especially with new products, operations capacity and specific market forecasts, which are showing early trends for significant growth and development. | Premises:
A superb two-storey building, from a steel construction, with superb motorway link access, large parking and turning area, woodland and significant room for expansion if needed.
•Office area
•Temp controlled prep and production room
•Machine Room
•Store rooms
•Two large fridge areas
•Three large Freezer
•Staff room
•Toilets
•Washing areas
•Canteen
High-resolution photographs are available upon request | <>Advertising and Marketing:
The business has used only limited advertising in the past but has found most success through word of mouth recommendation where a significant number of orders and enquiries are taken. This activity has been intermittently supported by direct marketing calls to potential and existing customers, highlighting new and existing products.
Security:
The factory is protected by the very latest in CCTV monitoring and sensor and area controlled rooms | | | Financial profile: | The business is being offered for sale on a going concern basis, all financial discussions will take place directly between the vendor and all interested parties under the auspices of Turner Butler.
Unadjusted Figures for last years accounts 2006
Turnover £1,563,089
Gross Profit £315,108
Net Profit £200,163
Last 6 Months figures show a Turnover of £940, 667 with a forecast of circa £2 Million by the year end.
Our clients feel that in the right hands with improved sales and marketing facilities the business could dramatically expand its operation | Employees:
•Four drivers
•One Manager
•One assistant manager
•One part time admin
•Nine butchers
•One Factory workers | Support and Training:
The owner of this flourishing business will provide full training and ongoing support, as required, on all aspects of the business when the handover takes place and will ensure the successful purchaser is fully conversant with the operation of the business in order that it may continue to be successful and growth is achieved | Reason for Sale:
A stage has been reached where the owner wishes to reduce his working hours and plan to retire within the near future | | 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. You must carry out your own due diligence and satisfy yourself as to the accuracy of all matters. In the case of the sale of shares in a Business the Information has been prepared on the basis that the shares will consist of or include more than 50% of the voting shares and that both the seller and the buyer is either a body corporate, a partnership, a single individual or a group of connected individuals so as to fall outside the scope of regulated activities as defined by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. If you are considering a transaction which falls within the scope of such regulated activities you cannot do so through Turner Butler. Appropriate professional, legal and accountancy advice should be obtained before making or refraining to make any decision. Turner Butler does not accept any responsibility or liability for loss or damage of any nature that may occur by reliance on the Information. Neither Turner Butler nor any of our employees or agents makes any representation as to the completeness or accuracy of the Information nor do we accept any liability for any losses, costs, liabilities or expenses which may arise directly or indirectly from your use of, or reliance on the Information. 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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