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Brand Activation And Experiential Agency In Derby

Derby, Derbyshire, East MidlandsIdentity protected

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Brand activation and experiential agency in Derby

About this business

A Derby agency delivering brand activations, product sampling, pop-up retail and promotional tours for drinks, food and consumer brands. It employs 20 from leased suburban offices and has traded since 2018. Turnover has eased from £3.35m in 2021 to £3.15m, but EBITDA has risen every year, from £476k to £522k, lifting the margin to about 17%. The work is delivered at locations across the country, so the business could be run from elsewhere. The asking price is £1.75m.

Key investment highlights

  • EBITDA up every year to £522k
  • Margin of about 17%
  • Sampling, pop-ups and tours
  • Team of 20

Reason for sale

The partners are going separate ways and want to sell the agency intact.

One thing worth reading before you enquire

Worth a look

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 directionWorth a look

    Turnover is flat year on year but sits -6.1% below its 2022 peak.

    • 2021: baseline
    • 2022 (+0.2%)
    • 2023 (-2.5%)
    • 2024 (+0.6%)
    • 2025 (-4.3%)
    • 2026 (+0.0%)
    • Peak 2022 to latest 2026: -6.1%

    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 14.2% in 2021 to 16.6% 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.