Professional & Financial Businesses For Sale

Business Finance Training - Worldwide
Business finance training company specialising in the provision of training services and teaching documents to the oil and gas industry worldwide.
T/O: £1.6m

Company Services Provider - UK
The business and assets of this company services provider, by way of a share sale. Accountancy and legal client base, including offshore.
T/O: c. £450k

Employment Agency & Human Resources Consultancy - Norhern England
This successful independent recruitment business is run from its head office location, with two additional satellite offices, which have established themselves as the dominant players in the market. Offering permanent and temporary recruitment and a one-stop-shop for all human resource needs, this business provides advice and practical support in areas such as employment law, HR policies, and training, in fact any aspect of employing people.
T/O: £6.1m
Asking Price: £5.1m

FSA Regulated Firm - UK
Authorised as an advisor, arranger and discretionary investment manager in futures, CFDs, rolling spot foreign exchange, options and spread betting. Available either as a regulated shell with substantial net cash, or as an ongoing business with experienced staff and significant, continuing revenues.

IFA - North London
Successful IFA practice for sale. Long-established. Principal seeks sale to reduce his administration level to focus efforts on selling to client base and contact network.
T/O: £600k

International Invoice Factoring - South East
Company recovers overseas business expenses for 400 clients. NP £500k.
T/O: £17m
Asking Price: £5m+

Mortgage Brokerage - Guernsey, Channel Islands
Secured/ unsecured loan and mortgage brokerage. Established nine years in Guernsey. UK FSA/ OFT authorised. Employs six local staff including general manager. Owners retiring and will help out to ensure a smooth handover. Big potential and future tax advantages.
T/O: £2.2m
Asking Price: £750k

Mortgage Packager - Peterborough
Profitable mortgage packager with excellent office facilities and staff. This presents an excellent opportunity for mortgage intermediary or existing packager. Member of a very large packaging network with excellent support.
T/O: £400k
Asking Price: £250k

Mortgage Packaging - North East
Established broker/ advisor database. Scope for direct sales. Average adj. NP £250k.
T/O: £800k
Asking Price: £750k

Niche Training - UK
Training and consultancy business for sale specialising in negotiation training.This unique high grade, high value product will appeal to a consultancy and/ or training organisation that seeks to enhance the service it provides to existing clients or to extend its client base by offering them advanced insight and technique using this comprehensive and integrated package. The potential for the development of this business is immense. The vendor is flexible in terms of the sale structure and will consider partial payment on completion and a future share of revenue.

Niche Training - Midlands
Well-established successful niche training and consultancy business for sale, with two core divisions (available together or separately as required) providing specialist management development, business growth advice and bespoke market research, to all business sectors.
T/O: £1.5m+

Online Recruitment Solutions - London
Website ready to run, with business bank account and merchant account. The service offers a free account for job seekers, employers pay to post ads. An online medium between employer and employee.
T/O: £500k
Asking Price: £150k

Payroll Bureau - Oxfordshire
Well-established business for sale offering a unique range of payroll and HR related products and services to SMEs. 150 customers with high customer satisfaction level and low churn rate. High percentage of recurring revenues. Significant potential to grow the business through the sale of web applications and enhanced bureau services. Retirement sale.
T/O: £600k
Asking Price: £650k+

Personal Loan Brokerage - UK
Founded in 1992, generating loan volumes of around £60m pa through the internet. Lending secured on borrowers' homes. Average loan size £23k. High quality management team and staff of 40+. 40,000 email registrations. Massive embedded internet presence. State-of-the-art custom-built, browser based, lender criteria driven loan processing system. Adj. EBITDA £800k. Vendor prepared to stay on for a handover period. Senior management team are capable of running the company.
T/O: £5.6m

Recruitment - North West
Recruitment company for sale with an impressive client base and scope for development.
T/O: £3.5m
Asking Price: £1.8m

Recruitment - Midlands
Specialising in the technical, industrial and health care sectors. Strong blue chip client base. Reconstructed NP £300k.
T/O: £3.5m
Asking Price: £2.5m

Recruitment - UK
One of the longest established recruitment businesses specializing in the supply of permanent and freelance creatives to the graphic design, advertising and marketing sectors. Set up at the time of London really establishing itself as the world¼s centre for creative advertising, this business has stood the test of time to remain as one of the best known providers of freelance and permanent creative talent ‚ supplying successful design studios, advertising agencies and many top companies not only in London but throughout the UK.
T/O: £513k
Asking Price: £295k

Recruitment Agency - Central London
Established in early 1990¼s this recruitment business has steadily grown to become a highly profitable and well regarded agency that provides a tailored service to candidates and clients, the majority of whom are West end or City based. The organisation places candidates in both the temporary and permanent arenas with the majority of fee income generated from temporary positions (circa 75% of turnover). Sectors covered include personnel/ HR, legal, PR/ advertising, charity, publishing, music/ entertainment, telecoms, IT, financial, sales and marketing, and secretarial/ admin. NP £1m+
T/O: £10m+

Recruitment Agency - North West
Based in North West England (inc. North Wales), the business has a loyal blue chip client base, retainable management and staff on permanent and temporary placements. Divisions split: industrial 71%, commercial 25%, corporate 5%. Shareholders to exit post-handover or assist on an ongoing consultancy basis for phased exit. Ideal platform for immediate expansion with synergy company or base for a network of franchises. Adj. NP £220k projected for 2006.
T/O: c. £6.9m

Recruitment Agency - West Yorkshire
Independent recruitment agency supplying drivers and warehouse staff to business users within the West Yorkshire region. Trading for over five years. Low overheads and regular growth with plenty of scope for further development within current remit and other areas. GP 12%. Audited accounts available for interested parties.
T/O: £700k+
Asking Price: £250k

Recruitment Agency - Devon
Providing proactive recruitment solutions tailored to clients' needs. Permanent and temporary recruitment and a one-stop-shop for all human resources needs, providing advice and practical support in areas such as employment law, HR policies and training. A complete employment service tailored for business requirements.
T/O: £2m
Asking Price: £1m

Recruitment Consultancy - Surrey
Specialising in providing specialist engineers for the IT and mobile telecommunications sectors and acquired by the current owner in 2004, this business is probably one of the fastest growing recruitment businesses in the UK, if not Europe, having increased its turnover for the financial year ending 2005 to £1.056m from only £53k in the previous year and a loss of £38.5k.
T/O: £2.5m
Asking Price: £2m

Residential Estate Agency Sales & Lettings - Greater London
Three branches. Adj. Net £197.2k+.
T/O: £634.3k+
Asking Price: £1.2m

Service Supplier - Southern England
Asset-based service supplier principally to the corporate market generating over £800k net profit on turnover in excess of £15m. Owners wish to realise capital but are willing to work with new owners.
T/O: £15m+

Solicitors - North West
Solicitors specialising in domestic conveyancing, mid to high end of the market.
T/O: £540k

Specialist Recruitment Consultancy - London
Large blue chip client list. Ideal bolt-on opportunity. Excellent net profit performance. Strong management.
Asking Price: £1.4m

Specialist Recruitment Consultancy - UK
Niche marketplace. Adj. NP £185k.
T/O: £2.4m
Asking Price: £1.3m

Specialist Recruitment Consultancy (Franchise) - Greater London
Three niche market places. GP £300.4k+, Adj. Net £154k.
T/O: £1.089m+
Asking Price: £800k

Sub-Prime Brokerage - UK
Well established independent broker specialising in placing sub-prime small and medium unsecured loans. Business has detailed database of 300,000+ applicants and enquirers, ripe for further exploitation via cross-selling.
Asking Price: £2.5m

Utilities Brokerage - UK
This firm of independent brokers operates exclusively in the utilities market and provides a comprehensive range of services for all types and sizes of businesses. It negotiates and supplies gas, electricity and telephony packages tailored to the exact requirements of the client and delivered at the most competitive prices available. Because it acts on behalf of the client its advice is impartial. The many and varied supplier contracts are often both lengthy and complex and the majority of concerns are too busy with day to day issues to set aside time to analyse their utilities options. Relocatable.
Asking Price: £325k