← All businessesMedia, Marketing & Communications / Events & Experiential / Event management
Large Event Management Business Based In Derby
Derby, Derbyshire, East MidlandsIdentity protected
Available
About this business
Founded in 2012, this Derby business manages large events for corporate, sports and public sector clients, from conferences and exhibitions to outdoor shows, covering planning, staffing, logistics and production. It employs 64 and works from leased suburban offices. Turnover has stayed between £9.4m and £9.9m since 2021, and over the same period EBITDA has grown each year from £1.35m to £1.81m, lifting the margin to about 19%. Net assets are £3.07m. Profit has climbed on flat sales, and a buyer inherits scale and a large, experienced events staff.
Key investment highlights
- EBITDA up every year to £1.81m
- Turnover of £9.5m
- Net assets of £3.07m
- Team of 64
Reason for sale
The group that owns it is selling to focus on its venue business.
Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first
No flagRevenue going backwards and one client being too much of it are the two things that end most deals in due diligence. Both are shown here up front, from the figures the seller supplied.
- Revenue directionNo flag
Turnover is flat year on year.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-1.5%)
- 2023 (+0.3%)
- 2024 (-3.2%)
- 2025 (-0.7%)
- 2026 (+0.8%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -4.2%
6 years of turnover, 2021 to 2026, as supplied by the seller.
- Client concentrationNot stated
The seller has not declared what share of revenue the largest clients represent.
No declaration supplied. Client concentration cannot be derived from accounts.
EBITDA margin widened from 13.7% in 2021 to 19.0% in 2026.
These are observations from the supplied figures, not a view on whether this business is worth buying. Nothing here predicts an outcome.
Computing valuation...
What happens next
Submit an enquiry to the seller. Once they approve it, you sign a non-disclosure agreement and gain access to the information memorandum, the financials and a secure deal room with the seller.