Railway Infrastructure Contracting Company

Railway Infrastructure Contracting Company

Electrification, Civil and Depot Works

Location: South England

Asking Price: £3,500,000 plus net assets

Asking price includes:
2024 Turnover: circa £3,100,000
2024 Adjusted EBITDA: circa £850,000 (before Director’s drawings)
2024 Gross Profit: circa £1,000,000
2024 Net Assets: circa £745,000

5 years trading with rapid growth
Fully equipped and modern premises
Excellent repeat customer base
Knowledgeable, experienced and motivated team
Comprehensive and detailed website (Work will be done on this to make it better)

The Business
This business has been very quickly established as a highly specialised contracting services company, providing these services to clients in the railways industry throughout the UK. Many clients have been so from the very outset of trading and are considered reliable long term prospects.

It was founded just five years ago by the vendor and in the time since it has grown rapidly to become an established contracting firm and employs:

The Vendor*
Office Admin*
Operations Manager
Compliance Manager
Quality Manager
Cost Manager
Admin

Site Team:
ETE Supervisor 2x
ETE Technician 6x

*Employed Full-time.
All others are self employed contractors and sponsored where appropriate.

The Business is prudently managed, with an enviable client & customer list providing specific services:

RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION
The business undertakes all aspects of railway electrification on conductor rail systems (Metro and Mainline) and overhead line equipment (Metro and Mainline) from design, supply, project management, installation and testing & commissioning.

CIVIL WORKS
Using respected equipment brands and trusted material providers, the business offers professional and experienced help on all projects.

DEPOT WORKS
Depot stinger / shore supply system bespoke design, supply, project management, installation, testing & commissioning and maintenance.

Train modification and maintenance work on pantographs and collector shoegear. The business has also worked with clients on equipment supply.

The business provides its portfolio of services to large rail infrastructure clients and includes the UK’s most well-known names. The rigour applied to the formation and management of the business has resulted in a lean and cost managed company with robust routines for operations, client management and payments.

The Business is considered a leader in the UK and has built its name on superior customer service, highly skilled staff, top quality project delivery, and unwavering reliability, and all with little pro-active marketing or direct sales.

It is felt that the demand for new projects is pushing the capabilities of the owner and its felt that new owners with the capacity & managerial resources to cope with the demands of growth would benefit the business.

All client relationships have significant scope to increase works. The business has the ability to easily maintain it’s circa £3m turnover but with new owners it is believed that within a few years this could reach well in excess of this with commensurate margins.

Key Strengths:
The business has many strengths including
• Enviable reputation throughout the UK
• Customer base
• Exceptional levels of service
• Repeat business levels and referrals
• Significant investment in infrastructure
• Highly skilled and loyal team
• Profitability