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Payment Services Business For Restaurants And Bars, Bristol
Bristol, Bristol, South WestIdentity protected
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About this business
Working mainly with restaurants, bars and cafés around Bristol, this business supplies card terminals, table-ordering links and payment processing, and earns from both rentals and transaction fees. It started in 2018, has a team of five and rents a small office in the city centre; the work could be run from elsewhere. Turnover has held at around £840k while adjusted EBITDA has risen every year, from £133k to £175k. A buyer takes on a focused hospitality client base and the people who look after it.
Key investment highlights
- Rental and transaction fee income
- Adjusted EBITDA up from £133k to £175k
- Team of five in central Bristol
- Net profit of £151k
Reason for sale
The owners are emigrating and want a buyer who will keep the local service going.
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 (-1.3%)
- 2023 (+0.7%)
- 2024 (-1.2%)
- 2025 (-1.9%)
- 2026 (+0.7%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -2.9%
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 15.4% in 2021 to 20.8% 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.