Coatings & synthetics for the print market

Reference

S12876

Turnover

£10m to £25m

Sector(s)

Engineering, Manufacturing, Miscellaneous, Printing & publishing, Service industries

Region(s)

UK Wide, Outside UK

Added

27 August 2025

Business description

The company is a manufacturer of high-performance coatings and world-class synthetics for the print market, catering to the commercial print and industrial sectors. Products cover a
comprehensive range of wide-format and narrow-format specialised print media, including synthetics, self-adhesives, floor graphics, colours and metallics, which have been recognised by several printer manufacturers and leading national brands.
The company caters to a long-standing client base comprising 262 organisations from the commercial print, industrial and sign / display manufacturing sectors, all of which provide regular business.
Having established a strong position in its market, the company is now in an excellent position for further growth, with scope to build upon its presence globally by the employment of additional regional sales staff and/or an increase in domestic stockholding.
The company is being offered for sale to facilitate the exit plans or desire to sell of three of the shareholders. Offers invited.

Highlights

• Products have applications across various industries, including healthcare, events, facilities management, hospitality and retail.
  
• Has extensive in-house manufacturing and laboratory facilities that allow it to cater to the precise needs of its clients.
  
• Committed to sustainability across all products and processes, with zero waste sent to landfill in YE24 and YE25.
  
• Growth is expected across several related markets, such as wide-format printing, functional printing and synthetic paper.
  
• Experienced management team in place to manage the company post-sale, including a shareholder who wishes to remain in his position as a director post-sale.
  
• Operates from freehold premises with a value of c.£4m.

Financials

	Turnover (£'000)	Adjusted EBITDA (£'000)
2022 (Actual)	15,753	756
2023 (Actual)	15,614	179
2024 (Actual)	14,092	568
2025 (Actual)	15,019	541
2026 (Forecast)	16,646	553

• YE25 management turnover of £15m, with an adjusted EBITDA of £541k.
  
• Projected turnover of £16.6m for YE26, with an adjusted EBITDA of £554k. This includes additional costs of c£700k, relating primarily to rising costs of energy, staff salary increases, the recruitment of additional staff to support growth, forecast movements in exchange rates and US tariffs.
  
• Approximately 70% of all revenue is generated by exports, owing to the company’s significant client base in the EU and USA.
  
• Pipeline of ongoing / planned projects valued at £2.6m+, individually generating a gross profit margin of 20%–40%.
  
• Typically holds c.£4.5m of inventory, which consists of c.60% raw materials and c.40% categorised as work-in-progress.
  
• During YE23 the company made the decision not to continue with the capital expenditure on the construction of a new coating machine due to the projected costs to rectify the poor design. The costs were absorbed in the same financial year.

Opportunities

Prospective purchasers