Service & MOT Centre Domestic and Light Commercial

Location: Surrey
Asking price: £400,000

Business highlights include:

Turnover of c. £601,000 per annum (2022 accounts)
Adjusted Net Assets c. £224,959 (2022 accounts)
Gross profit c. £290,000 (2022 accounts)
Adjusted EBITDA c. £160,000 before drawings (2022 accounts)

More than 38 years historic trading
Fully equipped and modern workshop
Excellent repeat customer base
Well fitted ATL MOT bay Classes 4, 5* and 7
Knowledgeable, experienced and motivated staff
All tools of the trade included in the sale
Ample Parking
Prominently situated site
Goodwill


Business Profile

This well known and successful business, set up over 38 years ago, provides a comprehensive workshop service for motor vehicles/cars and light commerical vehicles and within the busy Surrey and South East region and has been in the current vendor’s ownership since its founding.

The business has built up a sterling reputation in the area during this time and provides full repair, servicing, maintenance, and MOT testing services to the local community and beyond with some customers returning regularly from as far afield as Wales, Cornwall and Essex.

Most services for Passenger Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles are provided within the company and very little is referred out, this is inclusive of MOT Testing (Classes 4, 5* and 7), Servicing, Electrical and Mechanical repairs. The business has a particular reputation among its peers for diagnosing complex faults, this is split between those that arise from direct customer vehicles and those that have been referred by other garages in the area.

The focus of activities in the business are evidence based and so technicians are required to submit a tangible diagnostic result to justify customer recommendations for repair, this has the added benefit of defusing potential disputes that can sometimes arise much later.

There is a history in the company of investing in the best equipment available such as Hunter Wheel Alignment, Beissbarth Tyre Equipment and Rotary Lifting Equipment.

Over the years the business has developed two specialisms; Diesel Particulate System fault Resolution, which has been a specific problem for all garages to solve and this business’ equipment and expertise solves that problem and has lead to a further reputation in this very technical area. This has been developed into a service brand offering of its own and is growing annually. The business is also a Ford Motor Vehicle Specialist and over many decades has learned the nuances of the brand’s vehicles and benefits from investing in Genuine Diagnostic Equipment (Ford VCM3, IDS and FDRS) including access to workshop manuals, labour times and wiring diagrams etc.

The business also maintains excellent relationships with all the most important fuel injection manufacturers enabling it to meet every customer’s service needs or parts requirements.