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Bespoke Machine Builder With Freehold Workshop In Belfast
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern IrelandIdentity protected
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About this business
A small Belfast engineering firm, founded in 1997, that designs and builds bespoke machines for food, drinks and printing businesses, including feeders, labellers and handling equipment. It owns a freehold workshop and employs 7 people. Turnover has eased each year from £1.01m in 2021 to £880k, and EBITDA has followed to £137k. The business still makes a healthy margin, and a buyer could use the premises and the team's design skills to grow sales again.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold workshop in Belfast
- Founded in 1997
- Bespoke machines for food and print
- EBITDA of £137k
Reason for sale
The founder is retiring and no one in the family wants to run it.
Read this before you enquire
MaterialRevenue 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 directionMaterial
Turnover has fallen in each of the last 2 years, most recently by -3.1%.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-4.0%)
- 2023 (-1.7%)
- 2024 (-1.7%)
- 2025 (-3.4%)
- 2026 (-3.1%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -13.2%
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 narrowed from 17.1% in 2021 to 15.6% 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.