M&A


Mergers&Acquisitions


Hot buyers Ref: 240591


Location: LHR, UK Turnover: £1–2m Type: General cargo Reason: Offi ce space utilisation


Ref: 88225


Location: East Coast, USA Turnover: $20m–$100m Type: Air / ocean / customs broker Reason: Service growth


Ref: 14780


Location: Nationwide, UK Turnover: £5m–£40m Type: Air/ocean Reason: Bolt-on business


Ref: 1248


Location: South East, UK Turnover: £1m–£25m Type: Air/ocean Reason: Bolt-on business


Acquisition opportunities Ref: 8344


Location: North West, UK Turnover: £1m–£15m Type: Multimodal Reason: Strategic development


Company Ref: 07912 Established UK air and ocean forwarder split across two facilities (LHR and North)


Ref: 177401


Location: SE Midlands, UK Turnover: Up to £75m Type: General cargo Reason: Trade lane growth


• Main routes for import are Far East • Main routes for export are USA • Turnover <£2m; PBT £170,000 • Good client spread – majority no more than 10% of total gross profi t


• Retirement based exit strategy • <10 Staff across 2 sites


Company Ref: 06375 A Midlands-based multimodal forwarder looking to sell


Ref: 7375


Location: Nationwide, UK Turnover: £10m–£50m Type: Pharmaceutical/retail/niche Reason: Vertical growth


• Courier, air, ocean and packing services • £1.3m turnover producing an adjusted net profi t of £500,000


• 30+ staff in place and to remain with new ownership


• Excellent offi ce location • Established 20+ years


Ref: 187550


Location: Scotland, UK Turnover: Any Type: Oil & gas Reason: Service growth


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David Roberts New Business Advisor david@headfordgroup.com


Charlie Watson New Business Advisor charlie@headfordgroup.com


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Phone +44 (0)1454 275 772 Email enquiries@headfordmergers.com Web www.headfordgroup.com Offi ce 8 Apex Court, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4JT


• Trading forty years with excellent reputation • Express courier, customs & warehousing • Turnover £2m; GP £365,000; PBT £121,000 • Good client spread – majority no more than 5% of total gross profi t


• Retirement based exit strategy • Growth potential in niche cross-trade market


Essential criteria: • £1m–£5m turnover • Net profi t of £100,000–£800,000 • Air & ocean service providers • Owners happy to commit to a handover period or remain with new owners


Company Ref: 9460 Independent, privately owned customs broker and airfreight agency, south-east UK


• AOG specialist freight forwarder • £1.2m turnover with approximately 55% GP margin


• Established company with mature client base over thirty-plus years


• Strong AOG platform for future growth of the business


Company Ref: 23639 Multimodal freight forwarder – ocean, air and road freight provider


Company Ref: 09927 A FXT-based multimodal forwarder whose owners seek a sale


• Consistent year-on-year profi t • £6m+ turnover producing an adjusted net profi t of £250,000+


• Year-on-year growth and a strong cash reserve in place


• The business employs a team of fi ve highly trained staff in FXT


Buyer Mandate: 06768 UK forwarder looking to grow through acquisition near Manchester Airport


Headford M&A are pleased to announce that during the fi rst half of 2015 we recorded our highest number of successful deals to date.


Looking good Forecasts suggest that M&A activity will continue to grow at a rate of seventy per cent over the next fi ve years to 2020.


The growth will be part of a wider trend that will see completed global M&A transactions rise to $2.7 trillion in 2015, climbing to $3 trillion in 2016 and then $3.4 trillion in 2017. This is underpinned largely to an economic growth rate increase from 2.5 per cent in 2012 to 2.9 over the next three years.


Mergers & acquisitions news


Further reasoning for the activity • Lower interest rates, resulting in easy access to capital


• Buying confi dence is at its highest since the downturn


• Many companies have accumulated large cash reserves available for acquisitions


The freight industry has experienced this market consolidation with Headford being at the forefront of the growth. The current trend of forwarders looking to grow inorganically has resulted in Headford bringing on two companies as sell-side clients every month and projecting six deals to be completed in Q3.


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