South Yorkshire Metals & Waste Recycling Company For Sale

Business description

Metals & Waste Recycling Company

Six Specialist Areas of Operation

This is an exceptional opportunity to aquire an established recycling company, which provides a full service for collection, processing and recycling on all grades of scrap metal.

Operating since 1982, and with a wealth of experience this company works from two separate sites and holds licenses for scrap metal recycling of both ferrous and non ferrous materials , waste disposal plus hazardous waste including asbestos and liquid waste, and holds enviromental agency licenses for pollution control.

The business is registered to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and has multiple revenue stream income from the collection and recycling of scrap metal, waste collection, processing, recycling and disposal of hazardous waste, waste recycling services and skip hire service. Car de-pollution equipment at the waste centre handles the collection, dismantling, recycling and scrapping of vehicles in an ecological fashion.

The business offers customers all the benefits and expertise of a national waste management company whilst still maintaining the service standards only found at local level. Having built up an enviable database of regular Blue Chip account customers the company has contracts in place with national developers, local developers, international steel and metals companies and many other large and small businesses throughout the UK.

Continual investment in improvements to the operation and IT systems and plant plus the experience of the staff and quality of the service along with competitive prices has made this company a waste management company of choice.

Metals recycling:

Metals recycling is a £5 billion UK industry, processing ferrous and non ferrous metal scrap into vital secondary raw material for the smelting of new metals. Virtually all metals can be recycled into high quality new metal. The process varies for different metals, but generally produces metals of equivalent quality. Metals recycling protects the environment and saves energy.

Waste recycling:

This involves providing a total waste management service to enable clients to make the most of their cost efficiency and minimise the environmental impact when disposing of their waste.

Hazardous waste

The company provides solutions for the collection, disposal or recycling of all types of hazardous waste and is geared to customers individual needs and the specific waste types that need to be collected. Services can be a scheduled collection service, a one-off collection or a combination of both.

Car de-pollution

The company offers their services to individuals scrapping their car and also contract services to larger companies and organisations who need to scrap their ELV’s (End of Life Vehicles) all in conjunction with new UK and European legislation.

This service is an ideal choice for fleet operators, manufacturers, dismantler’s, salvage companies and any business that has to dispose of ELV’s. The SEDA equipment removes liquid waste from parts, enabling the company to recycle more material from the vehicles.

Skip hire

The company offers an extensive range of container types and sizes and is committed to the best possible customer service and to recycling much of the hundreds of tonnes of waste that is collected each year.

Key Strengths and Opportunities:

This is a well established and well organised private company which has built up an enviable reputation for comprehensive and innovative recycling services and handle small to large projects.

The company client base includes some of the UK’s best known businesses, to whom they offer experienced advice and solutions for all waste problems with a professional and responsible approach to waste management.

The company operates a licensed recycling facility and transfer station with an impressive range of environmental licenses in place for both freehold sites. Continual investment in modern equipment, machinery and personnel provides the best and most efficient service possible for customers. Both sites are in good repair and are well managed, with a highly trained and skilled team of employees in place.

The business is financially sound with a history of over twenty seven years of successful trading.

Equipment

The businesses have a comprehensive range of vehicles, machinery and equipment in place for an operation of this size and maturity.

Included in the sale are;

• Circa 700 skips of varying sizes from three cubic yards to forty cubic yards. Approximately 180 of the skips are roll-on/off models.
• 27 Vehicles – Articulated 8 wheel tippers, skip lorries, roll-on/roll off lorries and one mini skip lorry.
• Ramps, magnets, 9 x cranes, 2 x scrap cutting shears (500tonne & 250 tonne), baling press.
• 2 x Loading shovels
• Cherry picker
• Complete Tromell and waste picking station
• Screening plant

A full and detailed inventory of all machinery, equipment and vehicles included in the sale is available for genuinely interested parties.

Financial Information:

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 Turnover is circa £13,689,000 per annum with Gross Profits of circa £2,320,000.

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

The company operates from two freehold sites, one is circa seven acres and the other is circa two acres.

Site 1; This freehold site in South Yorkshire measures circa two acres and has been recently valued at £1,050,000. This site houses the hazardous waste recycling, waste recycling and transfer station. The site has perimeter fencing and is fully secure with an alarm system in place, site cameras and security lighting. The on site office block has a reception area and houses the administration staff and management team.

Site 2; The freehold site in Derbyshire measures circa seven acres of which only five acres are currently in use. The site has recently been valued at £1,171,000 and houses all the scrap metal recycling plus the car de-pollution centre and overnight parking of vehicles. It has perimeter fencing, security cameras and security lighting on site. There is a small block of offices with a reception area.

Other information

Support & training:

The owner would be happy to help in order to provide a smooth transition of the business to the new owner.

Reasons for selling:

The current owner is now planning his exit policy into retirement and wishes to pass the running of this successful company to somebody with energy and enthusiasm who will continue to focus on taking the company forward.