Commercial and Domestic Cleaning Company Holiday Let Serviced Accommodation Sector

If you are looking to acquire a highly successful commercial cleaning company in the Lake District with an excellent reputation, strong, recurring revenue, and scope to expand significantly – this one is for you! A long established, profitable cleaning company based in Kendal, Cumbria is on the market due to retirement of the current owner, after providing excellent service to a range of happy customers for many years.   

• Asking price: circa. £95,000 - Open to offers 
• Turnover: £137,000 
• Gross Profit: 98% 
• Net Profit:  £46,000  

What’s on offer: 

• An established, loyal and long-term customer base - providing recurring revenue consistently year on year – many happy customers have been loyal for 20-30 years! Mainly commercial with some domestic. Including long term, retained commercial contracts on 12 month rolling agreements.
• Home-based, highly profitable, debt-free - low overheads with 98% gross profits, that can be (and is currently) run remotely, from the comfort of your own home.  
• A great team of over 10 part time employees - the majority have been with the business for many years.  
• Huge scope for increased revenue - the current business owner has never advertised, all existing customers are from word of mouth and recommendations, and the business regularly turns away work due to wanting to keep things easily manageable. There is huge scope to increase turnover and profitability both from the existing customer base, and from driving additional revenue through advertising and marketing.  
• Hands-off investment - The current business owner is not actively involved in cleaning and so the profits of the business are based on employees providing all of the cleaning services, there is scope to increase profitability if someone wanted to be actively involved in the day to day cleaning activities.  
• A thriving market - the existing business primarily services the holiday let / serviced accommodation market – providing cleaning to holiday cottages and Airbnb / booking.com -type serviced accommodation, a sector which is growing year on year and is particularly strong in and around Cumbria.  
• A turnkey business - The current owner is willing to provide a handover period to the new owner to ensure a smooth transition. 

The business mainly provides cleaning services to holiday cottages around Kendal/Cumbria, but does also provide commercial cleaning for a number of offices and homes in the local area. In addition to this, the business offers some holiday cottage / serviced accommodation management services, where it provides some further basic services – laundry, ironing, key handling, etc. This is very low maintenance as key boxes are provided and the hosts manage their bookings via the advertising platforms, Airbnb, etc (this business do not do any of the listings/advertising for the holiday rentals). 

All of the existing contracts and customers have been in place for many years, the majority of which have been loyal now for 20 years. There are a range of customers, including some big clients where there is scope to increase the amount of business provided within the existing customer base. There is huge scope to gain further business in the local area for anyone wishing to expand and increase turnover / profitability. The business comes fully staffed, with the current owner only providing operational / administrative support. Most employees have been with the business for over 10 years.  

If you are interested in this opportunity, then please get in touch today to learn more about what is on offer with this exciting cleaning business.