Target Activity

Target size

Location

Ref Num

North West subcontracting business sought, especially in the joinery, plumbing or electrical trades.  T/o likely to be £0.5m to £3m.  Must be an established business and most likely a retirement sale.  Distressed businesses not of interest.

T/o up to £3m

North West

JOI01

Provider of specialist accountancy or umbrella services to contractors sought.

 Fee income of between £250k to £3m

Any UK location, except Isle of Man

ACC01

Car accident repair business sought within a 20-30 mile radius of Preston. 

T/o up to £2m

North West within 20-30 miles of Preston

CAR03

Fleet Risk Management Consultancy with or without Driver Training.  Distressed opportunities considered.

Turnover up to £1 million.

Any location considered, but North West based preferred.  

FLE01

Life assurance company seeks mature life assurance portfolios

Any size considered

UK wide

LIF01

Established electronics company seeks manufacturer of electronic safety, contact or control switches

Turnover £2-3m

UK wide

ELE01

Chartered surveyors/ property agency/ valuers/ auctioneers business sought

Likely to be a 2-3 partner firm

Cumbria/South Lakes area

CHA01

Warehouse space, industrial sheds and land acquisitionopportunities sought.  Any land should be capable of holding heavy plant/lorries etc.

Any size considered

Lancashire

LAN01

Upmarket boutique Bed & Breakfast or hotel sought in the Lake District

Approx. 4-10 bedrooms

Lake District/Cumbria

BED01

IT services with recurring contracts, especially managed services.  Should be profitable with a continuing management team

T/o £1m - £10m

UK wide

ITS01

Military aerospace tier 2 electronic engine management system supplier seeks manufacturer of electrical or electro-mechanical components and products. Ideally these would be ancillary components for legacy platforms.  Should have a primarily military customer base.  Will be supplying to the aerospace or wider defence sectors.  Own IPR preferred but not essential

T/o £1m - £5m

UK wide.  Relocatable businesses considered

MIL01

Independent operators of petrol stations sought.  Single site or small chain sought

T/o £2m - £10m

North of England

PET01

High-end/niche food distribution or retail

T/o up to £5m

North of England

FOO01

Quarries and unexploited landfill opportunities sought in North West England

Value up to £5m

North West

LAN02

Established plant hire company seeks other heavy plant hire/equipment opportunities in the North West

T/o up to £5m

North West

PLA01

Manufacturer veterinary nutraceuticals and animal health supplements sought.  Purchaser interested in products for both domestic and farm animals

T/o up to £2m

UK wide

MAN01

Digital TV, Telephone or uncapped Broadband service providers sought.  All locations considered, but preference is on the North

T/o up to £1m

North

DIG01

Underperforming freehold and long leasehold pubs/estates sought

T/o up to £2m

North West

PUB01

Building support and maintenance contractors sought.  Both reactive and planned maintenance work, particularly framework agreements and long-term contracts.  Serving both public and private sector

T/o up to £10m

North

BUI01

Experienced buy-in candidate seeks opportunities in the care home sector and specialist care providers across the North of England and Midlands

T/o up to £5m

North of England and Midlands

CAR01

Groundworks and related building contractor sought

T/o up to £1m

North West

BUI02

Metal coating, metal spraying and related opportunities sought

T/o up to £1m

North West

MET01

Established taxi operators sought across Lancashire

T/o up to £500k

North West

TAX01

Established funeral directors sought.  Single location or small chain considered

T/o up to £500k

North West

FUN01

Established caravan park operator seeks caravan parks in coastal locations across the UK.  Site may be mixed i.e. tourers, statics, rental caravans.  Site should be at least 20 acres in size and should have basic facilities including toilets, showers, launderette.

20+ acres

Coastal - UK wide

CAR02

Building maintenance and facilities management services business sought, ideally with housing associations or public sector clients.  Distressed opportunities considered.

T/o up to £5m

North West

BUI02

Green services business sought. Areas of particular interest would be landscape architecture or grounds maintenance. North West preferred, but will consider all locations.

T/o up to £3m

North West, but all of UK considered

GRE01

Manufacturer of automated test equipment for helicopters wanted. Principal area of interest is airframe testing and support, although cable harness test, engines and control, fuel systems testing, and HUMS (health monitoring) also of interest. Equipment may be ground based or on the helicopter airframe.  It should not be flight critical.  Would consider software products or services. Target must have own product IPR and design capability.  Ideally this will be a stand alone company, but would consider division or product stream.

T/o £2m - £5m

UK wide

HEL01

Caravan parks wanted.  Residential or static sites only.  North West preferred, but will consider all locations.

T/o up to £3m

North West, but all of UK considered

CAR03

Children's day nursery sought within a 10-15 mile radius of either Bolton or Leigh.  Must have places for at least 60 children.

60+ places

North West - within 10-15 miles of Bolton or Leigh

CHI01

Commercial Plumbing and Heating.  Established NW based commercial plumbing and heating business has funding in place to seek acquisition opportunities which will have some or all of the following characteristics: NW based, Plumbing / heating services to mainly private corporate / public sector client base, Ideally some revenue underpinned by service/maintenance contracts with clients, Experience of renewable hot water and heating systems.

Up to £1m valuation

North West

PLU01

Webhosting services.  Established UK webhosting operator is looking for similar bolt on acquisition opportunities.  Suitable targets will have some or all of the following characteristics:

>   Owner managed

>   Using Plesk, cPanel or WebSitePanel software

>   More than 100 clients with operational web sites

>   Greater than 200 UK based domain name registrations

>   UK based

>   Exit / retirement sale

>   Ideally operating WHMCS billing platform

>   Re-locatable

100+ clients with operational web sites

UK wide

WEB01

Established end-to-end energy management company is looking for similar acquisition opportunities.  Areas of particular interest are  in smart electricity meter installation, settlement metering, data collection for billing, energy procurement services, multi utility metering or other related energy management services.

T/o up to £5m

UK wide

ENE01