Bristol
Description
Overview
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a long-established and highly respected scaffolding and access solutions business with over 55 years of continuous trading history, operating across the South West of England. Built on decades of consistent performance, the business has developed an outstanding reputation for reliability, safety, and professionalism, underpinned by a loyal base of repeat commercial clients and enduring industry relationships.
The company delivers a comprehensive range of scaffolding and access services spanning the domestic, commercial, industrial, and specialist sectors, including heritage and conservation projects. Recent investment in staffing and management has materially reduced reliance on the current owners, creating a well-rounded and genuinely transferable opportunity suited to a trade buyer seeking bolt-on growth, a strategic operator expanding geographically, or an experienced owner-operator seeking a proven platform within the construction services sector.
Business Highlights
- Over 55 years of continuous trading history with a strong and loyal repeat client base across multiple sectors
- Comprehensive service offering covering domestic, commercial, industrial, specialist access, heritage and conservation projects
- Headline turnover of approximately £415,000 in the year ended July 2025, reflecting strong and improving financial performance
- Substantial fully owned operational asset base with an estimated replacement value of approximately £300,000, including vehicles, plant, and extensive scaffolding equipment, all free of finance
- Experienced and stable employed team supported by a reliable pool of subcontract scaffolders, with a trainee manager progressing towards operational independence
- Holds Alcumus SafeContractor accreditation with comprehensive health and safety systems embedded across the business
- Multiple identified growth opportunities including formalised maintenance contracts, geographic expansion, and enhanced digital lead generation, all achievable without significant capital expenditure
Location
The business is based in the South West of England, a region with sustained demand across residential, commercial, and specialist construction activity. The location provides excellent connectivity to a wide catchment area, enabling efficient and concurrent servicing of multiple sites across the region. The precise location is disclosed on receipt of a signed NDA.
Premises & Tenure
The business operates from a well-established leasehold yard that has served as its operational base for over 40 years. The premises include covered storage for scaffolding and equipment, organised loading and preparation areas, and efficient vehicle access and turnaround, all of which support high operational productivity and rapid site deployment. The yard is highly functional and well suited to continued and expanded trading.
Next Steps
Goodwins Business Brokers are acting as sole agents for this opportunity. Interested parties are invited to register their interest, following which the Information Memorandum is released on completion of a short NDA. This confidential process ensures that the business, its staff, and its client relationships are fully protected throughout the sale. Full details are available in the Information Memorandum.
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Property details
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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- Water
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- Heating
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Cathedral Primary School172 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 422
- Type
- Free schools
- Faith
- Church of England
- Willow Park CofE Primary School507 metresOfsted: Inadequate
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England/United Reformed Church
- Southville Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 632
- Type
- Community school
- Holy Cross RC Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 170
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 333
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School172 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,192
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School0.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,792
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Cotham School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,654
- Type
- Academy converter
- Oasis Academy Temple Quarter0.9 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 391
- Type
- Free schools
- E-Act Montpelier High School1.2 milesOfsted: Inadequate
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 859
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Gender
- Girls
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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