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Publishing Business With Freehold Offices In Belfast City Centre
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern IrelandIdentity protected
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About this business
A Belfast publishing business producing magazines, directories and online titles from a city-centre building it owns freehold. It has traded since 2012 and employs 50. Turnover has risen every year to £5.15m, up 18% since 2021, but EBITDA is 27% lower over that time at £551k, as print, paper and staff costs have grown. The margin is about 11%. The freehold is included and the asking price of £1.75m sits above net assets of £1.44m. A buyer who can move more readers to digital could restore margin.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold building in central Belfast
- Turnover up every year to £5.15m
- Team of 50
- Margin squeezed by print costs
Reason for sale
A media group is selling the business after deciding to leave publishing in Northern Ireland.
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 rose +3.0% in 2026.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (+3.0%)
- 2023 (+3.1%)
- 2024 (+5.5%)
- 2025 (+2.2%)
- 2026 (+3.0%)
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 narrowed from 17.3% in 2021 to 10.7% 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.