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Niche stationery and motivational rewards

Reference
S13311
Turnover
£2m to £5m
Sector(s)
Education, Miscellaneous, Service industries
Region(s)
North West England
Added
30 March 2026

Business description

The company occupies a dominant position in the market for providing bespoke niche stationery and motivational rewards for UK primary schools, benefitting from strong brand recognition and frequent word-of-mouth referrals, with long-standing customer relationships spanning over three decades.
Offering a wide selection of stickers, certificates, stampers, badges, reading diaries, pencils, and other products for classroom management, the company provides full personalisation on most products. It has recently expanded into the personalised
gift market.
The shareholders are offering the business for sale to facilitate retirement plans.
Offers invited.

Highlights

  • Revenue is generated from both schools and individual teachers, with the former providing 62% of the turnover and 25% of orders.
  • Automated personalisation services facilitate same-day despatch, strengthening customer relationships.
  • Database of over 90,000 customers, circa 30% of which provide regular repeat business.
  • Total market of over 20,000 primary schools, with a strong reputation
    nationwide and scope to generate additional business from secondary schools.
  • Experienced management team in place to lead the business day-to-day, with two of the existing shareholders expected to remain post-sale.

Financials

Turnover (£'000) Adjusted EBITDA (£'000)
2023 (Actual) 4,518 846
2024 (Actual) 4,463 659
2025 (Actual) 4,381 697
2026 (Actual) 4,429 798
2027 (Forecast) 4,530 812
  • Turnover of £4.3m in YE25, with an adjusted EBITDA of £698k.
  • Management accounts for YE26 indicate a turnover of £4.4m, with an adjusted EBITDA of £798k.
  • Turnover is projected to reach £4.5m in YE27, with an adjusted EBITDA of £812k.

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