Railway equipment & environmental consultancy services

Reference

S12230

Turnover

£10m to £25m

Sector(s)

Agriculture, forestry & fishing, Miscellaneous, Professional & financial, Service industries

Region(s)

UK Wide

Added

14 January 2025

Business description

The group of three companies is a multi-disciplinary provider of railway equipment and structural design and environmental consultancy services.

Providing a turnkey package, the group manufactures and supplies railway signals, point operating equipment, signal support structures, and mounting platforms. In addition, the group offers design consultancy, working with architects, builders, and engineering companies and specialising in flood risk, drainage, and structural analysis.
Our clients are now offering the group for sale to facilitate their retirement plans.
Offers invited.

Highlights

• Holds a wealth of specialist railway knowledge and benefits from qualified contractor’s responsible engineers and managers. 
• Certified to manufacture mechanical point operating equipment and holds many patterns for cast components. 
• Wide-ranging and diverse international client base, with the longest client relationship spanning more than four decades. 
• Strong second-tier management team in place that could take over the existing directors’ duties with minimal training, providing a new owner with a turnkey opportunity. 
• Operates from two freehold and a leasehold site based in the East Midlands and further leasehold premises based in East England. 
• Has been able to enter new markets with real growth potential and current enquiry levels are significant, with extensive short- and medium-term prospects. 
• Investing in tendering software would provide a more rapid turnaround and enable the company to undertake a larger amount of work.

Financials

	Turnover (£'000)	Adjusted EBITDA (£'000)
2021 (Actual)	8,322	709
2022 (Actual)	13,724	860
2023 (Actual)	10,995	908

• Management figures show a turnover of circa £11m in YE23, with an adjusted EBITDA of £910k. 
• Approximately 20% of revenue is secured through contracts. 
• Freehold premises hold a total market value of £3m, subject to independent survey, and can be included in the sale. 
• Achieves recurring revenue each year from its top 10 clients of circa £7.1m.