Plumbing & Heating Contractor For Sale

Business description

Plumbing & Heating Contractor for New Build Residential Developments

This business was founded in 2001 by the Vendor and has grown since to become a significant plumbing and heating contractor for a neucleus of well respected house builders, with a reputation for the quality of its products, flexibility of service and reliability.
The business operates from an office within the grounds and adjacent to the vendors home, just outside the M25 in Kent, so would be ideally suited to relocation anywhere within the M25. Many projects carried out by the company are primarily within the Greater London area and the current customers have been loyal to the business since the beginning. 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, ensuring all Corgi regulations and guidelines are met with the strictest of timescales to further enhance the professional reputation this company has earned itself.
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 8 years of trading. Spreading itself across several key developers has meant that the risk of losing business in an economic slowdown has all but been removed, with the likes of Barratts, Mansells and Countryside, amongst others, all using the company on a regular basis. The business is further supported by exemplary relations with key suppliers who have helped to ensure that whatever the product, service and availability is never compromised and that customers are as a result never let down. This commitment to supply chain relationships has underpinned this business’s abilities in product quality and sustained business growth.
The demand for this business’ services is as strong as ever, and its trading is only limited by the vendors own restrictions. A larger infrastructure could easily significantly increase 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 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 projects at any one time and has the systems, processes and people to ensure that service levels are never compromised. The most important aspects of customer management and satisfaction considered by the business are honesty and communication and are responsible for the business retaining many customers and the reputation for which has led to the acquisition of 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 management team capable of overseeing business operations effectively, potentially reducing the need for constant or daily input from the vendors. 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 very 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:

Leasehold

Location:

The business is located just outside the M25, with the majority of projects coming within the Greater London area. The administration of the business takes place in offices within the current owners grounds, adjacent to his home, so the business could easily be relocated anywhere within the M25 with no impact to the operational trading.

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.

Competition / Market:

The business has used limited advertising in the past and 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:

The business is for sale as a result of the vendors’ wish to follow other business interest.