Specialist Manufacturer of Plastic Products
Comprehensive client list of Schools, Colleges and Clubs
Ref.EY033 Location North HertfordshireAsking Price £ 260,000Confidential offered for sale | |
Asking price includes:
Reputation for honesty, reliability and responsibility
Sales of circa £120,000 per annum
Excellent machine assets C £50K
24 years of successful operations
Excellent opportunity to grow
Successful range of products
Gross Profit C £90K | | 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 business was founded 24 years ago by the Vendor and has grown since to become a significant enterprise with a countrywide reputation for the quality of its high integrity products and service, its honesty and reliability. The business incorporated as a Limited Company in March 2006.
The business operates from a prime location on the North Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire border and offers a comprehensive range of plastic products specialising in Work Book Covers, Looseleaf Binders and Text Book Covers, designed to meet customer needs for productivity, delivery and high quality and to the highest possible quality standards.
The manufacture and supply of its products are mainly to institutions such as schools, colleges and government departments. The business has the technical and manufacturing capacity to increase production within current plant operations.
For more 24 years, the company has been offering its customers a comprehensive range of specialised products to a loyal and long term customer base, some of whom have relations with the business from the earliest days of trading.
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.
With the benefit of comprehensive in-house facilities the best quality manufacture through key business areas has been maintained, the business has as a result also maintained significant control over costs in a price sensitive and demanding market.
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.
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 are honesty and reliability which are responsible for the business retaining many customers and the reputation for which has led to the acquisition of new customers.
Key strengths
The business is an autonomous organisation where the business owner has, over time developed and nurtured a reputation capable of overseeing business operations effectively, reducing the need for constant or daily input from the vendors. This has resulted in customer relations founded on trading satisfaction and not the continuing presence of the vendor.
The business is well established and very profitable with higher sustained margins, and a strong, growing customer base, happy with the high added value product. The business retains a high level of repeat business, particularly among a number of customers returning on a regular basis and having done so for many years.
The company has earned an outstanding reputation for its honesty, service, reliability, efficient job completions, excellent quality work, ability to deliver multiple products, cost control and highly skilled, experienced staff. | Growth and Expansion
The current market for this business is stable and growing and is forecast in the near and longer term for significant growth. The business is well positioned to take maximum advantage of this growth as it occurs.
Business operations are not at maximum capacity and there remains considerable scope for an increase in production, turnover and profit simply by gearing operations in line with increasing market demand.
Key opportunities
This is an outstanding opportunity to build on the existing products, services and customer base of this company. With a strong demand combined with a capacity to increase turnover, a new owner contributing fresh ideas will have every advantage of building on an excellent platform.
This firm maintains an extensive base of satisfied customers, who appreciate the company’s superior product and service. There are many excellent avenues for growth, especially with operations capacity, an investment in marketing & sales and market forecasts which are showing trends for significant growth and development.
Technology
Added to the investment in production technology, administrative and specific technical systems have been set up to provide the technology required for a modern and efficient business. | | Premises
The business is located in an easily accessible area in North Hertfordshire with its many key road transport arteries and operates from a floor area circa 2,000 square feet including factory, storage and administrative office. | Advertising and marketing
The business has used limited advertising in the past and there are excellent opportunities to increase this in line with investment in marketing and sales to new and diverse sectors and market the business more aggressively to significantly increase turnover.
A high proportion of the business's revenue has been due to its excellent reputation for quality and service and strong word of mouth recommendation. | | | 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.
The business is financially stable with low borrowings, low overheads, positive cash flow, enjoys a strong order Book, high gross and high net profit and has shown consistent growth over 2 years trading.
Sales revenue is circa £120,000 per annum with Gross profits of £86,000 per annum and our client feels that with amendments to operations capacity and the imminent increase in market demand the business could dramatically increase its revenues. | Employees
The business employs the vendor and one other who are jointly responsible for day to day operations. | Support and training
The current owner will provide all necessary training and all relevant contacts to allow continuity of trading. | Reason for sale
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