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Translation and Interpretation Company Investment Opportunity in London, United Kingdom

Internationally established, triple ISO certified specialist translation company seeking investment, merger or a full sale.
This Business is on a Premium Plan
Established 10-20 year(s)
Employees 2 - 5
Legal Entity Private Limited Company
Reported Sales USD 220 thousand
Run Rate Sales USD 280 thousand
EBITDA Margin 14 %
Industries Translation and Interpretation
Locations  London
Local Time 1:38 PM Europe / London
Listed By Business Owner / Director
Status Active
Overall Rating
Partial Stake Sale
USD 250 thousand for 49.0% stake (Native Currency: GBP 200,000)
Reason: We need to invest in R&D to provide a new service using AI and new staffing.
Includes physical assets worth USD 13 thousand
Interested to connect with advisors
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Business Overview

- Established in 2011, we are one of the top UK firms offering financial, legal and technical translation services.

- We have over 40 languages on offer (historical specialists in Russian and European languages).

- Our main client base are top legal firms in London and overseas (dealing in arbitration, litigation, dispute resolution, matrimonial cases), banks (IPOs and IRs), financial PR companies, embassies and VIPs.

-Global services agreements in place for key clients.

- We are members of the ATC and have three ISO certificates (legal interpreting, general interpreting, translation)

- We use a top-of-the-range translation management platform, Plunet.

- The founder has over 25 years of experience in the same industry.

-We benefit from a very high client retention and referral rate.

- Day to day operations do not involve the Founder's input.

- We have 2 permanent employees and additionally, ~100 freelancers.

- Our business is seasonal in nature, and we experience high demand in quarters 1 and 4 i. e. from October till March. Business revenue forecast for the next two years is £250,000, and £300,000 respectively.

Products & Services Overview

Services offered by us are translation (from single documents, like press releases and contracts to court bundles for various jurisdictions), interpreting (simultaneous and consecutive, court interpreting, roadshows, VIPs), ISO certification of own and third-party translations, editing, post-editing, plus specialist linguistic services.

Assets Overview

Physical assets included are MAC computers (5 in total), and Tourguide equipment by Sennheiser (portable set for up to 40 people).

Intangible assets include Plunet, our translation business management platform, and a substantial, verified client database. We are on a shortlist of translation service providers for UK local authorities and other government bodies, having won the tender to be listed by a government procurement agency.

Facilities Overview

We have a rented office for three people in a secure serviced office, in a historic market town with excellent transport links. Premises are rented on a license, with a two-month notice period. Scalable translation business management system (Plunet) which can work 24/7 and increase the number of licenses. Our translation managers can work remotely.

Capitalization Overview

The founder is 100 per sent shareholder, the business is not geared and has been funded through reserves and organic growth since inception.

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