Clay Pigeon Shooting Magazine & Event 

£507K turnover. Monthly magazine about clay pigeon shooting. Started 1990. Magazine turnover £417K. Event turnover £90K. Target readership is clay pigeon shooters. Editorial is articles and news relating to clay pigeon shooting. Advertisers are shooting grounds and clubs, retail gun shops, shotgun manufacturers and distributors, cartridge manufacturers and companies in the shooting industry. 80% of advertisers go into every issue. 95% of advertisers in any one issue have advertised in the title before. 75% of advertising is display. 25% of advertising is classified. The website could be expanded. There is an annual awards ceremony organised through the magazine and a major shooting competition. Owners wish to pursue other business ventures. Handover period available. Guide price £550K.

Shooting Magazine

£400K turnover. Monthly magazine about rifle shooting. Started 2005. Projected turnover in 2010 £500K. The target readership is live quarry rifle shooters. Principal editorial content is articles and news of interest to live quarry rifle shooters. The title is edited by one freelancer. Copies are sold through newsagents and posted to subscribers. The main advertisers are rifle manufacturers, distributors, retailers, sporting agents and other businesses within the shooting industry. The annual revenue from advertising sales is £230K. 80% of advertisers go into every issue. 90% of advertisers in any one issue have advertised in the title before. 90% of advertising is display. 10% of advertising is classified. The website could be expanded. No advertising is currently sold on the website. The owners wish to pursue other business ventures. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £750K.

Private Schools Magazine

£290K turnover. 3 issues per year - once per term. Started 1993. Target readership is parents of day pupils attending 300 South of England independent schools. Principal editorial content is lifestyle, health, educational and pastoral topics. Written free of charge by expert contributors such as doctors, headmasters, travel, food and sport specialists. Designed in house. 57,500 copies of each issue are produced and distributed free of charge through the schools. 200 copies per school. Advertisers are solicitors, dentists, travel companies, bespoke toy makers, golf clubs, upmarket retailers, sports, theatres and language tutors. 70% of advertisers in any one issue have advertised in the title before. 90% display advertising. 10% classified advertising. Advertising is sold by 4 part time staff. The owners do not spend time in the business on a daily basis. The website could be expanded and advertising could be sold on it. E-mail bulletins could be sent to subscribers. A new owner could distribute the title nationally. The owners wish to retire. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. The owners are seeking offers in the region of £450K.

Spa Consumer Magazine & Website

£220K turnover. Bi monthly magazine for visitors to UK and international spas. Started 2003. Target readership is ABC1 females aged 27 to 65. Editorial is about the latest products and treatments, spa destinations, beauty tips, diet, nutrition and wellness. Written by 1 F/T and 1 P/T writer plus guest freelance contributors. P/T designer. Between 20,000 and 32,000 copies produced. 5,000 copies distributed through UK newsagents and retailers. 10,000 copies are distributed free through UK destination spas, hotels, urban day spas, private gyms, health clubs, hospitals, hair and beauty salons. Also distributed in Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Canada, USA, Barbados, Turkey, Brazil, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia. 300 subscribers. Advertisers are tourist boards, spa resorts, beauty and skin products. Advertising sold by 1 F/T and 1 P/T sales person. Monthly e-mail bulletin. There is potential to roll out of the title internationally by localising and translating the editorial. The current owners have benefited from a considerable amount of free hospitality in spas around the world. A new owner could derive similar benefits. The owners wish to pursue other business ventures. Guide price £300K for the magazine and website. 

Alternative Health & Spirituality Magazine

£175K turnover. Monthly magazine about alternative health and spirituality. Readership is females aged 20 to 55. Editorial covers natural health, alternative therapies, self help, nutrition, ethical fashion, holistic holidays, spirituality and astrology. Written by 1 F/T, 1 P/T and 10 freelancers. Designed by 1 freelancer. 9,000 copies sold through newsagents and retailers. 1,000 copies distributed free at shows and exhibitions. 700 copies posted to subscribers. Annual subscription revenue £6K. Potential to develop a larger subscriber base. Main advertisers are spiritual and natural health companies plus psychic phone lines. Annual revenue from advertising sales is £62K. 50% of advertising is display. 50% is classified. Advertising is sold by 1 F/T staff member. Website includes a database of searchable content but could be expanded and advertising could be sold on it. An e-mail bulletin could be sent out. A new owner could boost advertising sales staff, invest in supermarket promotions and recruit more stockists in the UK and overseas. The owners wish to pursue another business venture. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £200K.  

Ethical Shopping Guides Publisher

£170K turnover. Four annual titles are published covering ethical shopping, ethical food and nutrition, green offices and green energy together with an ethical shopping portal plus an HQ website. Started 2001. The readership is buyers who are interested in choosing genuinely ethical companies - those which have the best corporate social responsibility records across environmental, animal welfare, human rights and human health criteria. The titles are written and researched by 2 part-time freelancers. Between 3,000 and 12,000 copies of each issue are produced. Copies are sold through chain bookshops, NGOs and the website. Only a handful of advertisers have been accepted. The annual revenue from advertising and the accreditation scheme is circa £100K already producing a high profit to turnover ratio. 90% of advertisers repeat their bookings. Advertising is sold by commission only staff. Without any marketing the website gets approximately 800,000 unique users per annum. An e-mail bulletin is sent every month. The most recently launched title is on track to produce annual turnover of £150K. Sector specific ethical guides could be launched about cars or travel. Guide price £550K

£166K turnover. 08/09. Packager / publisher of children’s pop-up and novelty books both fiction and non-fiction. 29 books published. 5 titles produced but not yet published. Started 1992. Various authors. The firm owns nearly all copyrights. Books are marketed via book fairs, sales trips and e-mail. The owner works full time in the business. No website. An e-mail bulletin is sent to clients after book fairs. A new owner could publish 5 children’s titles per year at the top end of the market, build an exciting list for boys, develop the list of ideas for titles and formats that has been built up over the years but which have not been exploited due to lack of resources, add further titles to existing successful formats, develop a pre-school series with characters that have animated film and toy product potential, develop pop-up or novelty books from existing material held by prospective partner/publisher. A strong partner could market the titles in the UK either through traditional venues, or on the web, to exploit the potential of the titles. The owner is willing to work in the business full time following a sale. The owner will give serious consideration to offers for outright sale, joint ventures or other proposals for the continuation of the business.

Vehicle Industry Magazine

£142K turnover. Regional monthly lifestyle magazine. Currently produced in the circulation area but could be operated from anywhere in the UK. The magazine has a turnover of £93K and healthy share of local independent businesses advertising with it. The content is information based as opposed to news stories and offers a service to the community that is not covered by other media. The distribution is through supermarkets, newsagents, restaurants, hotels and shops. Annual publications with a turnover of £49K cover tourist, dining out and Xmas gift markets. Contract publishing work is also undertaken for local businesses. The business started in 1999. The titles are designed by 1 P/T and 2 freelance staff. The main advertisers are retail businesses. 75% of advertisers go into every issue. 85% of advertising is display. 15% of advertising is classified. Advertising is sold by one of the owners plus a full time staff member. Both owners work full time. Apart from the tourist title there are no other websites although comprehensive websites could be constructed using the content from the publications. The owners wish to retire. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £180K.

£95K Turnover. Regional awards event for architects, designers and industry suppliers. Different categories of awards covering design and architecture. The attendees are largely from firms who have submitted entries into the awards. Sponsorship is obtained from industry suppliers and public authorities. The event is organised by a small team of full time staff who also work on other events at different times of the year. Sales and marketing for entries, tickets and sponsorship is done by a small team of full time staff who also work on other events at different times of the year. The owners do not work day to day on this event. The website contains full descriptions of the award categories, entry procedure, judges and past winners. There are opportunities to launch this event into other cities and regions which currently have no such event. A grand prix event of all the regional event winners could be organised. These developments would consolidate the awards as the leading event of its type and attract additional sponsorship. The owners wish to focus on their other core markets. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £200K.

£90K Turnover. Regional legal awards event for law firms and lawyers. Awards cover different categories including large and specialist firms through to individual achievements and promising trainees. The attendees are largely from firms who have submitted entries into the awards. Sponsorship is obtained from suppliers of training and services to legal firms. The event is organised by a small team of full time staff who also work on other events at different times of the year. Sales and marketing for entries, tickets and sponsorship is done by a small team of full time staff who also work on other events at different times of the year. The owners do not work day to day on this event. The website contains full descriptions of the award categories, entry procedure, judges and past winners. There are opportunities to launch this event into other cities and regions which currently have no such event. A grand prix event of all the regional event winners could be organised. These developments would consolidate the awards as the leading event of its type and attract additional sponsorship. The owners wish to focus on their other core markets. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £180K.

£68K turnover. Alternative wedding magazine featuring anything other than traditional white weddings. Frequency of publication is quarterly. The title was first published in autumn 2007. The target readership is brides with an interest in alternative fashions. Principal content is wedding editorial with the emphasis on anything other than the traditional white wedding. The title is written by part time and freelance staff. The title is designed by one part-time designer. 5,000 copies of each issue are produced. 2,000 copies are sold through the newsagents and retailers. The main advertisers are wedding businesses. The annual revenue from advertising sales is £55K. 50% of advertisers go into every issue. 90% of advertising is display. 10% of advertising is classified. Advertising is sold by one part-time staff member. Domain name available. There are no events associated with the title although events could be organised. The owner wishes to concentrate on other larger titles. Offers invited.

Public Relations Publishing & Training Business

£42K turnover. The business runs an online community for public relations and marketing professionals. There is an e-newsletter, website and database with 8,000 contacts. It also prints books and runs training courses. The owners work part time in the business. The e-newsletter contains practical tips for public relations and marketing executives in companies, PR agencies and public sector organisations as well as promoting the training courses. The e-newsletter is distributed free of charge to the database. Readers not on the database can also register to receive it. Editorial is written free of charge by journalists and PR professionals. There is potential to increase revenue from sponsored links and other advertising. The business runs training courses either as open access courses or as in-house courses on customers’ premises. All of the courses are based on comprehensive notes written so that different presenters can be used. The business has published four books so far and a fifth is scheduled. The owners are looking to retire but would consider working for a period after sale. Guide price £49K.

London Children's Magazine & Website

£27K turnover. Bi monthly magazine and website for families in South West London. 6 issues per year. Started 2007. Target readership is families with children aged from birth to 11. Editorial content is education, childcare, local activities and family life. Written by voluntary writers. Designed in house. 10,000 copies are produced and distributed free of charge via 170 outlets across South West London such as schools, nurseries, leisure centres, libraries, retail outlets, restaurants, coffee shops, soft play centres and hospitals. Although there are no subscribers at present there is potential to develop a subscriber base. The main advertisers are child friendly businesses such as party entertainers, activities, drama clubs, schools, maternity, childcare, nannies and au pairs. 100% of advertising is display. Advertising is sold by the owners. The owners work part time in the business. The website includes a database of searchable content but could be expanded and advertising could be sold on it. A regular e-mail bulletin could be sent to subscribers. The magazine could be expanded into other areas of London or franchised across the country. The current owners are willing to provide a handover period for a new owner. Guide price £35K. 

Golfing & Lifestyle Magazine About Portugal

Quarterly magazine about living and golfing in Portugal. The magazine targets UK based golfers and property owners interested in Portugal. 1,000 copies of each issue are produced and distributed free of charge to golf professionals in the UK. Although there are no magazine subscribers at present there is potential to develop a subscriber base. The advertisers are banks, mortgage companies, hotels, restaurants, property developers and rental companies. Advertising has been sold by 2 part time commission only staff located in Portugal. There are around 1,800 subscribers to the website. The website includes a database of searchable content but could be expanded and advertising could be sold on it. An e-mail bulletin could be sent regularly to subscribers. Events could be organised and promoted via the magazine. Given adequate resources and expertise the title could be developed and expanded to become the leading magazine and website covering the UK / Portugal marketplace. The owner believes he lacks the resources and publishing expertise to fully exploit the potential of the magazine but is willing to contribute his contacts and expertise in this market. The owner is open to reasonable offers for outright sale but would also consider other joint venture proposals to develop the magazine.