UK Specialist Building Materials Supplier
Ecommerce storeIts educational website brings in UK building projects, and trade installers buy specialist materials through it while about 15 suppliers ship straight to site.
Ask £1.25M · Profit £301K · 4.2x · BizBuySell
Oct 29
- Ask
- £1.25M
- Revenue
- £2.14M
- Profit
- £301K
- Margin
- 14%
- Multiple
- 4.2x
- Age
- ~9 yrs (2017)
- Label
- Worth Studying
- Reason
- 9 years old, profitable in every month of the last year and mostly repeat business, but a 14% margin is too thin to rate as a purchase at 4.1x.
Why it's interesting
- 88% of this year's revenue came from returning customers, and every month of the 12 months to May 2026 was profitable.
- No warehouse, installation crew or routine stock: about 15 core suppliers deliver direct to site.
- Enquiries come organically from the educational website, an estimated 5,800 visits a month, with no paid channel mentioned.
- Terms are 60 to 70% cash down with the rest paid over up to 24 months; the owner is retiring.
What to watch
- Gross margin is only 20.7%, so a supplier price rise or discounting would quickly erode the 14% net margin.
- The owner works 30 to 35 hours a week beside 3 remote staff, and it isn't clear whether net profit already covers a replacement manager.
- Demand likely follows UK construction activity, and the listing gives no multi-year trend.
- BizBuySell shows the ask as $1.65M, but the price is set in pounds, so a dollar-based buyer carries exchange-rate risk.
Who it fits
A buyer who knows the UK building trade, can take on a 30 to 35 hour role managing installers and suppliers, and has the cash for a large down payment.
Ask the seller
- What stops installers or the 15 suppliers from dealing with each other directly once a buyer takes over?
- Is the owner paid a salary before the £301K net profit, and what would replacing that role cost?
- Where are the two rented specialist machines kept, and how much of the profit do they earn?
Oct 30Added to Acumen Wire