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Event Security Company With City-Centre Freehold In Leicester

Leicester, Leicestershire, East MidlandsIdentity protected

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Event security company with city-centre freehold in Leicester

About this business

A young event security company, formed in 2024, supplying door staff, stewards and crowd management for concerts, sports fixtures, festivals and private functions around Leicester. Its small city-centre office is freehold and transfers to the buyer. The company employs 9 people and builds its event crews around them. Turnover has grown each year, from £223k to £260k, and EBITDA from £37k to £40k. Margins are about 15%. A buyer gets a young company with a property asset, a growing events calendar and net assets of £121k.

Key investment highlights

  • Freehold city-centre office
  • Turnover up each year since 2024
  • Concerts, sports and private events
  • Asking price of £195k

Reason for sale

The founder has been offered a role with a national events company and is selling to take it.

Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first

No flag

Revenue 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 rose +8.3% in 2026.

    • 2024: baseline
    • 2025 (+7.6%)
    • 2026 (+8.3%)

    3 years of turnover, 2024 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 narrowed from 16.6% in 2024 to 15.4% in 2026.

These are observations from the supplied figures, not a view on whether this business is worth buying. Nothing here predicts an outcome.

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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.