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Yes, offset presss are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £35,000 to £500,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£35k – £500k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £100k
Rates From
4.5% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £140,000: a 10% deposit of £14,000, then 48 monthly payments of £2,953 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £155,744, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2-colour sheetfed offset press, small format | £35,000–£70,000 | Small Format Offset |
| 4-colour sheetfed offset press, medium format (Heidelberg class) | £150,000–£320,000 | Medium Format Offset |
| 4-colour sheetfed offset press, medium format (Komori class) | £140,000–£320,000 | Medium Format Offset |
| 5/6-colour sheetfed offset press, large format (Koenig & Bauer class) | £300,000–£550,000 | Large Format Offset |
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Check EligibilityAn offset press qualifies for Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to £1,000,000. Hire purchase agreements let you claim capital allowances on the machine. Lease payments are generally deductible in full against profits as they fall due.
Offset presses are bought by commercial and book printers, packaging converters and in-house print rooms running the volumes where litho's per-sheet cost beats digital. A press is typically the single largest capital item on a small printer's balance sheet, so most buyers finance it rather than tie up working capital needed for paper stock, plates and wages between jobs. Machine utilisation is central to whether the finance works at all, and buyers commonly size the press, its colour count and sheet size, to the print runs they already have committed rather than growth they hope for. Replacement is usually driven by a customer wanting tighter colour control, faster make-ready or a larger sheet than the current press can deliver, not by the press wearing out; a well-maintained offset press can run for decades. Used values hold up unevenly across the major builders, with some brands retaining strong secondhand demand and others discounting more sharply, so refinancing an existing press is a realistic option for some makes and a harder sell for others.
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