The owners of this business seek retirement and have appointed us to act on their behalf.

This is a firmly established and successful professional construction business, capable of significant growth going forward.

The current owners have worked very hard during the course of the history of the business to establish an excellent reputation and have developed key relationships which now bring regular, high-value tender opportunities – a good percentage of which convert to work.

Crucially, for personal reasons they have focused on work which is overseen by a professional architect or surveyor and whilst this has allowed them to establish a strong position within this sector of construction, it has also restricted growth that otherwise would have been available to them. Work for private individuals or sub-contracted work from larger construction groups would be examples of work which is currently declined.

During 2006, the current owners strengthened their second tier team and have reduced the business’s dependency on them. As a result, the business is very well placed for growth and could support a change of ownership with a short handover period. This is a well rounded and competent construction organisation and has all the attributes of being a highly efficient and effective building procurement vehicle capable of undertaking large volumes of public and private construction work.

The business would make an excellent addition to a similar construction business, particularly one based in another region or undertaking a different type of building work. It would also be attractive to complementary businesses with a similar customer base, to a management buy-in candidate or acquirers who may be looking to form a group of companies within the building and construction sector.