Profitable Staffing Company - Groundworks, Civil & Construction Labour Supply Business
This business has been sold.
An established UK-based business specialising in the supply of qualified labour to construction and infrastructure projects. The company provides skilled personnel for: • Earthworks • Civil engineering • Drainage installation • Roadworks and highways • Major infrastructure projects Operating successfully for over 10 years, the business has established relationships within the UK construction sector and access to large-scale infrastructure opportunities.
£1,200,000
Asking Price

Seller Company has traded since 2013 from Buckinghamshire, supplying groundworks, civil engineering, drainage, roadworks and highways works, together with vetted site labour, to main contractors, developers and local authorities across the UK. Since 2019 the company has been one of a small number of pre-selected labour suppliers to a major UK infrastructure programme. That work is a long-term contract with a further two to three year outlook. Remaining work is won project by project, much of it under framework agreements with national clients. Reported turnover has grown from GBP 70K in 2022 to GBP 2,900,000 in 2025, with GBP 3,300,000 forecast for 2026. The company employs 13 full-time site personnel supported by a part-time Finance Manager and Commercial Manager, and runs payroll and bookkeeping on Xero. The owner is not involved in day-to-day operations. The business is offered as a going concern: GBP 1,200,000 for 100% of the shares, or GBP 750,000 for a 51% majority with the existing team mentoring incoming management for 24 months.
Business Overview
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- Preferred status with Tier 1 contractors
- NRSWA, CPCS, NPORS, SMSTS, SSSTS, CSCS
- Accredited S278 highways contractor
- Key staff remain after the sale
- Trading since 2013
- GBP 2.87m turnover (2025, draft)
- GBP 367k adjusted EBITDA (2025)
- Constructionline Gold, CHAS, SafeContractor
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