The business operates primarily as a wholesale supplier to independent retailers, garden centres, and lifestyle stores, supported by a distinctive direct-to-retailer van sales model and regular attendance at key UK trade shows. The business supplies a broad and differentiated product range, including giftware, mirrors, carved wooden items, furniture, basket-ware, and decorative home accessories.
A defining feature of the business is its fair-trade ethos and long-standing supplier relationships, specifically working with independent and artisan businesses. The owners spend time each year in Indonesia sourcing products, working directly with small, family-run workshops, and ensuring ethical working conditions and fair pricing.
The business is highly profitable, cash-generative, and owner-operated, with low overheads, no formal credit exposure, and strong gross margins. The owners are seeking a sale in order to retire, with a target exit in February 2027. This provides an incoming purchaser with a structured, well-prepared acquisition opportunity and a supported handover period.
The opportunity would suit a trade buyer seeking to expand product range or sourcing capability, or a lifestyle investor/operator seeking a profitable, values-led business with strong growth potential through digital, operational, and geographic expansion.
Indicative performance (latest trading period):
The vendors are seeking:
A purchaser who values ethical sourcing and supplier relationships
Continuity of brand values and reputation
The opportunity is well suited to:
Trade buyers seeking sourcing capability or product expansion
Lifestyle investors or owner-operators
Homewares, giftware, or garden centre wholesalers
Businesses seeking ethically differentiated product lines
Retirement
All opportunities on this website have been posted by advisers, or occasionally by company owners. Deal Opportunities Limited is not acting on any of these opportunities.
All the information available to us for this opportunity is shown above. We do not have any additional information.
Please contact the person responsible for this opportunity in order to request further information, or to express an interest in it.
You are not currently logged in to the site. If you are a regular user, please log in before requesting contact details.
Register Log in now Get their contact details without logging in
Researches and curates information on businesses and freelancers
from all areas of the UK film and television industry, compiling this into web, app and print formats for the use of industry professionals.
Services encompass transformation, business analysis, technology delivery, strategic road mapping, operational optimisation, and staff training.
Offers premium craft spirits on a subscription basis, mainly delivering
monthly boxes that include exclusive spirits, perfectly paired mixers, gourmet snacks, and a members’ magazine.
Supplier and Distributor of Over 5,000 Product Lines to the Automotive Aftermarket, Engineering, and Fastener Industries
Offers CNC turning, milling, and wire eroding services, parts assembly, and the management of subcontracted grinding and surface and heat treatment processes, supplying components and completed parts to industry-leading organisations.
Provides trusted two-person, white-glove delivery services for retailers.
A wholesale supplier of frozen and chilled food, as well as ambient food, sauces, and recyclable food packaging.
Offers sourcing and brokerage services to organisations in the whisky
industry, with a specialist focus on exclusive and high-quality spirits and mature whiskies.
Delivers tailored electrical distribution and control solutions to public and private sector clients across a wide range of industries.
Provides an unparalleled solution that encompasses industrial roofing and
cladding, architectural fabrications, and associated maintenance.