One-glance status
- Live UK/EU turnkey plant for sale None found
- Priced UK plant package None found
- Best CapEx signals (cited, not our budget) Press On ~£1.4m · Seabass launch cite ~£2.5m
- Wisdom Jul 2025 auction hammers UNKNOWN
- UK plants mapped (operating) 10 (+ Rockvinyl announced / not verified)
UK operating plants (mapped)
Hydraulic pressing plants — not lathe-only. Capacity only where published. Source: dossier 01_markets.md (fetched / updated 2026-09-11).
The Vinyl Factory (Hayes)
West London · Publishes “over two million records a year” on plant page. HQ co. has strike-off filing flag — plant manufacturing co. still Active. Treat as diligence, not a sale signal.
Diamond Black — Luton
Independent since 1999 · Directory: seven Toolex Alpha presses · Full in-house galvanics claimed · Annual unit capacity not published
Packaged Sounds Group — High Wycombe (+ Poland)
Multi-site pressing + packaging · Vinyl-specific press count not published on pages checked
Press On Vinyl — Middlesbrough
Futuresound Group · Launch aim 50,000/month (BBC 2023) · After new presses: ~6,000/day cited in local press · Funding package ~£1.4m (Tees Valley case study)
Seabass Vinyl — East Lothian
Scotland · Launch CapEx cite £2.5m (Scottish Sun 2024) · Capacity figures vary by date — use dated cites, don’t average · CH strike-off proposal flagged (diligence only)
Vinyl Press UK — York
Independent · Short runs from 100 · Annual capacity not published
Sonic Wax Pressing — Leicester
Directory: two Pheenix Alpha AD12, ~4,000/day · Treat daily output as directory-sourced until company confirms
The Jungle Record Press — North Shields
Opened 2025 (directories) · Unit capacity not published
Vinyl Presents — Hitchin
Opened 2018 · Viryl Warmtone presses · Annual capacity not published
Trapeze Music — Corsham
Label/distributor with short-run presses · Capacity not published
Announced / not verified operating: Rockvinyl.Works (Glasgow) — crowdfunding target £1.75m reported Feb 2024; pressing status as of 2026-09-11 not verified.
Big European plants (GZ, Optimal, Record Industry, etc.) are useful as “expensive neighbourhood” comps — not the first buy target.
Anything for sale?
Source: dossier 06_listings.md · Wave 1 + UK deepen · No outreach.
| Class | Result (as of 2026-09-11) |
|---|---|
| Live UK/EU going-concern plant for sale (priced) | None found |
| Closest UK public disposal | G.J. Wisdom equipment auction 25 Jul 2025 — hammer totals UNKNOWN (sale closed; not a turnkey plant) |
| Closest priced EU equipment | Taunus VSUP 150 used press €79,500 VB excl. VAT (listing update 12 Aug 2024; availability not re-confirmed) |
| Wider priced business ask | Canada Sunbelt CAD $795,000 — sale-pending (not UK/EU; rough datapoint only) |
Explicit statement: No verified UK (or nearby EU) turnkey vinyl pressing plant is currently advertised for sale with a published asking price. Public leads remain equipment-only + one Canada business ask outside primary geography.
Diligence flags (not listings)
- Seabass Vinyl Ltd (SC732347) — Active proposal to strike off (GAZ1 01 Sep 2026) — flag only
- The Vinyl Factory Ltd (04184222) — Active proposal (GAZ1 14 Jul 2026; DISS16 suspended 19 Aug 2026); plant co. VFM still Active
Strike-off / Gazette flags = diligence only, not a buy signal.
Still UNKNOWN (we will not invent)
- Exact Cashmere Thoughts yearly vinyl volume
- What Jamie/Yussef’s max spend / payback is
- True plant profit margins (almost never public)
- What a specific plant would actually sell for
- Wisdom auction realised hammers