Wilmington - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Wilmington M&A Summary

Wilmington has acquired 11 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 4 assets.

Wilmington’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Health Service Journal for $29M. Wilmington has acquired in 3 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (37%) and digital media (19%).

Wilmington Business Overview

Where is Wilmington headquartered?

Wilmington is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Wilmington’s revenue?

Wilmington disclosed revenue of 123M GBP for 2023 and 121M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Wilmington have?

Wilmington has 1,000 employees.

What sector is Wilmington in?

Wilmington is a business services company.

When was Wilmington founded?

Wilmington was founded in 1995.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity11
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6

Wilmington

Wilmington plc

10 Whitechapel High Street 5th Floor,
London, E1 8QS
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7490 0049
www.wilmingtonplc.com

Wilmington is a provider of risk & compliance, finance, legal, and insight solutions. Wilmington businesses enable professionals and their organisations to perform better by providing quality, relevant and reliable information, education and networking. Wilmington was founded in 1995 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 10 - - - - 1 11
vol $110M $110M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - - - - 1 4
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Wilmington Healthcare Ltd. 2024-06-28 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.wilmingtonhealthcare.com
Astutis Ltd. 2024-01-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Cardiff, United Kingdom · www.astutis.com
Health Service Journal 2017-01-19 29M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Evantage Consulting Ltd. 2016-03-29 2M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Minneapolis, Minnesota · www.evantageconsulting.com
JMH Publishing Ltd. (dba Wellards) 2016-01-19 6M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Eridge, United Kingdom · www.wellards.co.uk
Financial Research Associates LLC 2015-07-07 21M USD Add-on Acquisition
Capitola, California · www.frallc.com
Compliance Week, Inc. 2013-08-16 11M USD Divestiture
Boston, Massachusetts · www.complianceweek.com
Inese S.L. 2013-03-04 2M EUR Divestiture
Madrid, Spain · www.inese.es
NHiS Ltd. 2013-02-07 9M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Nottingham, United Kingdom · www.nhis.info
Millennium ADMP Ltd. 2012-05-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Shipley, United Kingdom · www.millenniumdirect.co.uk
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 4 (36%) 32M (29%) 2 (50%) -
Digital Media 2 (18%) 13M (12%) - -
Information Technology 1 (9%) 9M (8%) 1 (25%) -
Publishing 1 (9%) 29M (27%) 1 (25%) -
Education 1 (9%) 6M (6%) - -
Information Services 1 (9%) - - -
Insurance 1 (9%) 21M (19%) - -
Total 11 $110M 4 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 7 74M 4 -
United States 3 34M - -
  Minnesota 1 2M - -
  Massachusetts 1 11M - -
  California 1 21M - -
Spain 1 2M - -
Domestic 7 (64%) 74M (68%) 4 (100%) -
Cross-border 4 (36%) 36M (32%) - -
Total 11 $110M 4 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 9 $110M
TOTAL $110M
Largest Health Service Journal
$29M (2017-01-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
27%
3 (27%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

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