Impact Production Services

What Impact Production Services does

Impact Production Services (IPS), trading as IPS and legally Impact Productions (MK) Limited, is a privately held UK event production and equipment rental company headquartered in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Founded around 2001, IPS operates across three integrated service pillars: Technical Production Services (full-service project management where IPS deploys on-site project managers and crews to deliver complete lighting, video, audio, rigging, power, and staging solutions for B2B clients), Staging & Structures (supply of LiteDeck modular staging, Layher EV100 event deck, outdoor roof structures from Litestructures and Prolyte, and the SmartStage 180 mobile trailer roof stage), and Trade Dry Hire (per-item equipment rental to trade customers via a self-service online flightcase ordering platform with published weekly list prices). A fourth stream, Venue Services, embeds IPS as a permanent infrastructure partner inside venues such as Marshall Arena, providing power and rigging on a recurring basis. The company claims the UK's largest rental stock of Prolyte LiteDeck modular staging and maintains a fleet of owned delivery vehicles from 3.5t vans to 18t+ trucks.

IPS serves a horizontal mix of customer segments including corporate and business events, music festivals (e.g., Y Not Festival), live concerts (e.g., SMR 2025 at Lamex Stadium with Skindred, Ella Henderson, Richard Ashcroft), arts and cultural festivals (e.g., Artichoke's Lumiere 2023 in Durham), and film premieres (e.g., Joker: Folie à Deux via Limited Edition Event Design). The company employs approximately 65 staff including technicians, project managers, warehouse, and support functions. Its equipment inventory spans premium manufacturers including Martin, Robe, Clay Paky, GLP, Astera, Chauvet, ACME, and ETC, with specialised assets such as EXE Rise D8+ chain hoists, JCB G40RS Stage V generators, and ETC EOS APEX 5 lighting consoles.

Revenue mechanics combine transactional Trade Dry Hire (day or week unit pricing, Pay-as-you-go, trade discounts), milestone-billed enterprise Technical Production and Staging contracts (20% deposit on confirmation, 30% payable 30 days pre-installation, balance 5 days before install), recurring Venue Services managed-service arrangements, and ex-hire equipment sales. Pricing is published publicly for dry-hire items (e.g., 8ft x 4ft LiteDeck at £18/week, full 24ft diameter LiteDeck circle at £650/week), with VAT-exclusive terms, bank-transfer payment, and surcharges for out-of-hours delivery. The company is founder-owned/bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding, M&A activity, or parent company. Geographic footprint is UK-only with no disclosed international operations.

Name

Impact Production Services

Legal name

Impact Productions (MK) Limited

Website

https://ips.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impact Production Services (IPS) is a privately held UK event production company supplying staging, lighting, audio, video, rigging, and power equipment plus on-site technical project management to festivals, concerts, film premieres, corporate events, and partner venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bletchley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Dry Hire: Rental of individual items of equipment including lighting, sound, video, rigging, drapes, and deck for events. Customers who know exactly what they want can hire specific equipment. Services include supply of stages, platforms, and modular systems for indoor and outdoor use.
2. Technical Production Services: Full service provision where IPS provides project managers and labour to manage event production on behalf of clients. This includes technical production solutions ranging from staging only to complete event production management.
3. Venue Services: Partnership arrangements with venues where IPS provides certain elements of production infrastructure such as power and rigging services on a permanent or semi-permanent basis.
4. Equipment Sales: Sale of goods and equipment where items become property of the customer, as well as ex-hire equipment sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IPS is a UK-based supplier of event production services and professional equipment rental, operating three integrated pillars: (1) Technical Production Services where project managers deliver full lighting, video, audio, rigging, and power solutions on-site at events; (2) Staging & Structures including the UK's largest LiteDeck rental stock, SmartStage 180 trailer-mounted roof stages, and Litestructures/Prolyte PR15 outdoor roof structures; and (3) Trade Dry Hire of individual equipment items (lighting, sound, video, rigging, drapes, deck) via a self-service online platform with published weekly prices. The company serves mainly business-to-business markets including corporate events, music festivals, film premieres, and arts/cultural events.

Product overview

Impact Production Services (IPS) operates as a unified event production and equipment rental company offering three integrated service pillars: Technical Production Services (full-service project management for events), Staging & Structures (including LiteDeck modular staging, SmartStage trailer stages, PR15 outdoor roof structures, and indoor stage platforms from Litestructures and Prolyte), and Trade Dry Hire (individual equipment rental). The company maintains extensive rental inventory across lighting, audio, video, rigging, power, staging, and special effects categories, serving business-to-business markets in the UK events industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical Production Services Full-service technical production offering in which IPS deploys project managers and crews to deliver end-to-end lighting, video, audio, rigging, and power solutions on event sites on behalf of B2B clients. Scope ranges from staging-only support to complete event production management for corporate events, festivals, and premieres.
• Venue Services Long-term partnership service in which IPS provides permanent or semi-permanent production infrastructure (including initial power and rigging) within partner venues such as Marshall Arena, leveraging in-depth knowledge of the venue's technical specifications to serve both venue operations and incoming event clients.
• Trade Dry Hire Self-service equipment rental service for trade customers who specify exactly what they need. Customers browse published weekly list prices on the IPS website, add items to an online flightcase, and submit for personalised quotes and availability checks across lighting, sound, video, rigging, drapes, and deck.
• Staging & Structures Supply and configuration of modular and outdoor staging systems combining Layher EV100 and Prolyte LiteDeck modular staging with Litestructures and Prolyte outdoor roof structures. Available in many configurations from simple indoor platforms to large outdoor concert roof stages, supplied to event producers and trade customers.
• LiteDeck Modular Staging Systems Modular staging product family using Layher EV100 and Prolyte LiteDeck systems, available in multiple sizes (2ft to 8ft dimensions) and shapes including circles, triangles, and wedges. IPS claims the UK's largest rental stock of LiteDeck for events of varied scope.
• SmartStage 180 Trailer Stage Mobile trailer-mounted outdoor roof stage available in 15m configuration with 7.5m PA and video wings, creating a 30-metre wide arena-scale performance platform suitable for outdoor concerts and festivals such as the first major concert at Lamex Stadium.
• PR15 Outdoor Roof Structure Outdoor roof stage structure available in 16m, 20m, and 24m configurations for festival and concert applications, sourced from Litestructures and Prolyte and used for events such as Y Not Festival 2022.
• Ex-Hire Used Equipment Sales Sale of used ex-rental equipment including lighting and power equipment retired from IPS's hire inventory, made available to customers looking for lower-cost professional equipment purchases.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplied 30 metre wide arena-scale performance platform for first major concert at Lamex Stadium
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• ArtichokemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2023Event organiser for Lumiere 2023. IPS provided comprehensive technical services for the light art festival including staging, structures, power, sound and lighting equipment for 39 installations. Nearly 13,000 items dispatched from IPS warehouse for the event.
• Marshall ArenacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue Services partnership where IPS provides certain elements of production infrastructure including initial power and rigging services. IPS has worked extensively with the venue and knows it inside out from a technical perspective, enabling them to provide essential venue services plus any other technical event requirements.
• LitestructurescoreTechnology or IntegrationUK supplier of Outdoor Roof Structures and related staging equipment. IPS is a leading UK supplier of Litestructures products for events.
• Prolyte StructurescoreTechnology or IntegrationSupplier of Outdoor Roof Structures and Prolyte LiteDeck modular staging systems. IPS supplies Prolyte products as part of their staging and structure offerings.
• Limited Edition Event DesignmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-established working relationship with go-to technical production designers for top film premieres. IPS supplies and installs supporting structures, lighting and rigging equipment on dry hire basis, plus LED Screen systems for film premiere productions including Joker: Folie à Deux.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hawthorn: UK-based event production company providing lighting, rigging, staging, and technical production for corporate events, exhibitions, and live shows. Comparable to IPS in offering integrated event production services to enterprise clients across the UK.
• Stage Electrics: UK supplier of lighting, audio, staging, and rigging equipment with hire, sales, and installation divisions. Directly comparable to IPS in offering cross-discipline event production equipment and services to a UK B2B client base.
• LS-Live: UK-based rehearsal studio and event production services company with staging, set, and technical production capabilities. Comparable to IPS in providing technical infrastructure to live events and productions in the UK market.
• Adlib Audio: Liverpool-headquartered UK event production company offering audio, lighting, video, and rigging equipment rental plus full technical production services. Highly comparable to IPS as a UK-based, multi-disciplinary event rental and production house serving festivals, concerts, and corporate clients.
• White Light (SLX Group): UK-based lighting, audio, video, and rigging rental and production house serving theatre, broadcast, corporate, and live events. Comparable to IPS as a full-service UK event production supplier with similar equipment categories and B2B customers.
• Neg Earth Lights: UK-based lighting rental specialist supplying major concerts, tours, and festivals. Closely comparable to IPS's lighting hire business and overlapping in concert/festival clientele, though more specialised in lighting than IPS's broader staging/audio/video scope.
• Vortex Events: UK event production and rental company offering staging, lighting, and AV solutions to corporate and live event clients. Directly comparable in scale and scope to IPS as a mid-sized UK B2B event production supplier.

Broad incumbents

• NEP Group: Worldwide provider of broadcast and event production services, including staging and live event technology. A broad incumbent with comparable end markets to IPS but vastly larger scale and a primary focus on broadcast and large-scale sports events.
• PRG (Production Resource Group): Global leader in event production and entertainment technology with extensive UK operations. Overlaps with IPS across lighting, audio, video, and rigging rental but operates at much larger scale and serves international touring productions.

Regional players

• Brähler ICS: European-headquartered conference and event technology provider with UK operations supplying AV and production services. Comparable to IPS in serving corporate events and conferences but with a continental European base and primary focus on conferences rather than festivals/concerts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ImpactProductionServices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ips-mk
• Instagraminstagram.com/ips_tradehire
• Xx.com/ips_impact

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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