Sheet Metal Fabricator & Welding Company For Sale

Business description

This business was founded in 1991 by the Vendors with a generous combination of innovative insight and entrepreneurial spirit and has grown since to become a significant enterprise with a reputation for the quality of its products, flexibility of service and reliability.
The business operates from a prime location in Northern Scotland and has established itself as one of the region’s leading independent Sheet Metal Fabricators . Many current customers have been loyal to the business since the very beginning and this has been due in no small part to the business’s competitive prices, quality products, first class service and attention to detail.
The business has always believed in the pursuit of excellence, installing new technology, constantly reviewing and updating its service commitment and its methods of business ensuring that valued customers receive the very best service and quality of product.
The business has shown itself to be resilient in the face of competitive and economic forces and has maintained strong and incremental growth over its 17 years of trading. 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.
Customer Service:
The business manages a database of several hundred customers and has the systems, processes and people to ensure that both productivity and customers’ orders are satisfied. The most important aspect of customer management and satisfaction considered by the business is punctuality and is responsible for the business retaining many customers and the reputation for which has led to the acquisition of many new customers.
High quality service, with flexibility, honesty, reliability and good value, every order request is important and customers always come first. The result is self evident in the business’s sustained level of repeat business.

Key Strengths:
The business is an autonomous organisation where the business owner has, over time developed and nurtured a team capable of overseeing business operations effectively, reducing the need for constant or daily input from the vendor. This has resulted in customer relations founded on a history of trading satisfaction and not contingent upon the presence of the vendor.

The business is well established and profitable, with a loyal and growing customer base, retaining 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 professionalism, service, reliability, flexibility, efficient order fulfilment and a willingness to help.

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

The business is located in an easily accessible position in the Highlands of Scotland on in Industrial Estate and operates from a purpose built site including workshop, canteen, yard, toilet facilities and portacabin administrative offices. The site is secured with security grills, perimeter fencing and lockable gate on 0.09 hectares of land.

Other information

Expansion potential:

The current market for this business’s services is 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.

Key Opportunities:

This is an outstanding opportunity to build on the existing services and customer base of this company. With a strong demand for services combined with a capacity to increase turnover, a new owner contributing fresh ideas and investment in resources 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 services. There are many excellent avenues for growth, especially with marketing investment and forecasts which are showing early trends for growth and development.

Competition / Market:

The business has used limited advertising in the past, concentrating on local and industry publications. There are excellent opportunities to increase this 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.

Support & training:

The current owner will provide all necessary training and all relevant contacts to allow continuity of trading.

Reasons for selling:

This is a retirement sale of a well established, successful and profitable business , with clear and known substantial growth potential