Base
Professional Services
Consulting and advice work, sold on your expertise.
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,500–£5,000
- Factory price
- £5,495
Always wanted your own business? Let's build it together.
We set up the plan, brand, website and day-to-day systems for your UK business with you, so you're not working it all out alone. Everything is built to run smoothly on your own or with a small team.
We always talk first. No checkout, no pressure, no obligation.
Everything you need to open your doors.
Included in every Base
- Plan
- Brand
- Launch
- Run
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Home & Property
Premium Ironing Business
A premium collection-and-return ironing model designed around recurring residential customers.
Start from a Base
A Base is a starting point for a type of business, like cleaning, mobile food or coaching. You bring the name and the ideas. We shape the rest with you, so it ends up yours.
Base
Personal Social Care
Care and support in people's homes and communities.
- How it runs
- Small Team
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Required
- Repeat work
- High
- To get started
- £8,000–£25,000
- Factory price
- £7,995
Base
Training
Courses, coaching and practical training.
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,000–£4,000
- Factory price
- £4,495
Base
Online Retail
Selling products online, with a clear range and a shop that is yours.
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Online
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £2,000–£6,000
- Factory price
- £4,495
Base
Events
Putting on, supplying or supporting events.
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £1,500–£5,000
- Factory price
- £3,995
Base
Restaurants & Bars
Food and drink from a venue.
- How it runs
- Small Team
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Required
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £20,000–£80,000
- Factory price
- £6,995
What's included in every Base
Everything you need to plan, launch and run your business, built together as one package.
Plan
- Who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll make money
- A straightforward business plan
- A three-year forecast showing when you'll break even, with best and worst cases
Brand
- Your business name and how you describe it
- A logo and a look that's all yours
- Colours, fonts and all your brand files
- Wording that clearly explains what you offer
Launch
- A 3 to 5 page website, written for you
- Professional photos you're licensed to use
- Ready-to-use privacy, cookie and website terms pages
- Set up so people can find you on Google, with visitor tracking
- A small marketing kit to announce your launch
- Hosting for your website and customer system for the first year*
Run
- A step-by-step guide to launching and running things day to day
- A simple customer system linked to your website's contact form
- Ready-made quotes, invoices and agreements where you need them
- A guide to what you'll need to buy and where to get it
- Pointers for setting up banking, insurance and accounts
- A staff pack if you need a team from day one
Training isn't included, but your guide walks you through setting up and your first months of trading.
*Your first year of hosting and technical upkeep is included. After that there's a yearly fee to keep your website and customer system running. It doesn't cover new features, content changes or marketing.
Read the Factory StandardOptional extras
Every Base works perfectly well on its own. Add extras only if and when you want them.
Each business shows the extras we'd recommend, and you can see the full list on the same page.
Investor-ready plan and forecast
More research and more detailed figures, ready for when you're asking a bank or investor for funding.
Website features
Online booking, a shop, live chat, customer logins, forms and more.
Recruitment pack
Job adverts and hiring materials for when you're growing your team.
Industry paperwork
Policies, licences and registrations for businesses that need them.
Marketing campaigns
Help reaching more customers once you've launched.
Ongoing support
Someone to turn to after launch, as much or as little as you need.
Apps
Software that saves you time, from bookings to customer records. Have a look and add what fits.
See the appsStart from a ready-made business
A few worked examples, each grown from a Base with a name, a look and a clear offer. You can take one on as it is. Each is only ever sold once. Or use it for ideas and start from the Base instead.
Lifestyle
Ready-madeApp included
Crafty Cats
A plastic-free online craft shop built on responsibly sourced materials, with an app that turns a photo of leftover bits and bobs into a project idea.
Built on Online Retail
- Plastic-free craft niche and supplier rules
- Crafty Cats brand identity
- Bits & Bobs app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Online
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,800–£6,500
- Factory price
- £4,995
NearbyNow
Digital
Ready-madeApp included
NearbyNow
A local services tracker that helps residents find, compare and return to trusted nearby providers, and see who is actually available right now.
Built on Professional Services
- NearbyNow brand identity
- Repeat-use household tracker emphasis
- Live Availability app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,500–£4,000
- Factory price
- £6,495
Digital
Ready-made
NeverNude
An online clothing catalogue, review and editorial brand that sits between content and commerce.
Built on Online Retail
- Clothing catalogue and editorial layer
- NeverNude brand identity
- Affiliate and review paths
- How it runs
- Remote
- Location
- Online
- Staff
- Not needed
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,200–£4,500
- Factory price
- £4,295
Events
Ready-made
The Business Cellar
A business networking venture built around wine tasting evenings rather than a hotel buffet and a badge.
Built on Restaurants & Bars
- Wine-tasting networking format
- The Business Cellar brand identity
- Licensing retained by the operator
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £1,200–£4,500
- Factory price
- £3,995
Events
Ready-made
Squish and Squash
A mobile soft-play hire model, inflatable and soft equipment packs, party and event bookings, delivery rhythm and a bright family brand.
Built on Events
- Mobile soft-play hire packs
- Delivery and collection rhythm
- Squish and Squash brand identity
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £5,000–£16,000
- Factory price
- £4,495
Food & Retail
Ready-made
Koffee Kiosk
A mobile coffee vendor model, routes, pitches, stock rhythm and a vintage kiosk brand built to trade from the cart.
Built on Mobile Food
- Mobile pitch and event trading rhythm
- Koffee Kiosk vintage cart brand
- Stock and waste control for the cart
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £4,000–£12,000
- Factory price
- £3,995
Food & Retail
Ready-madeApp included
Spicchio
A hospitality pizza brand with a guest pizza-builder, fans play with toppings in Spicchio’s world, then the kitchen delivers the real thing.
Built on Restaurants & Bars
- Spicchio hospitality brand
- Guest pizza-builder experience
- Spicchio Pizza Maker app
- How it runs
- Small Team
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Required
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £8,000–£28,000
- Factory price
- £5,495
Home & Property
Ready-madeBuilt when you order
Premium Ironing Business
A premium collection-and-return ironing model designed around recurring residential customers.
Built on Domestic Services
- Collection-and-return ironing specialism
- Affluent household positioning
- Premium Ironing brand identity
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Not needed
- Repeat work
- High
- To get started
- £600–£2,000
- Factory price
- £3,495
Home & Property
Ready-madeApp included
the pAInters
A painting and decorating business with an AI app that shows clients paint colours and finishes in their own rooms before they commit.
Built on Trades
- Painting and decorating specialism
- the pAInters brand identity
- Room Finish Visualiser app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £1,500–£5,000
- Factory price
- £5,295
Lifestyle
Ready-made
The Frenzy Zone
A mobile rage-room experience, session packs, safe smash kits, venue pop-ups and a high-energy brand built to travel.
Built on Leisure
- Mobile rage-room session format
- Pop-up venue and waiver flow
- The Frenzy Zone brand identity
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £6,000–£18,000
- Factory price
- £4,795
Food & Retail
Ready-madeApp included
Fruit Salad Gang
An online soft-toy studio, fans build a character, book production, and get a made soft toy through a Creator Tool storefront.
Built on Online Retail
- Made-to-order soft-toy production
- Fruit Salad Gang brand identity
- Fruit Salad Gang Toy Maker app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Online
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £3,500–£12,000
- Factory price
- £5,495
Previously sold
Businesses we've already built and handed over. They're not for sale again. If you like the look of one, we can build you something similar, never a copy.
Previously sold
App included
GolfingGlobal
A golf events business that packages courses, travel and hosted days, with a club randomiser for golf-day challenges.
Built on Events
- Golf travel and hosted-day formats
- GolfingGlobal brand identity
- Golf Club Randomiser app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- National
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Low
- To get started
- £2,000–£6,000
- Sold for
- £4,995
Previously sold
App included
Butter Baron
A small-batch food producer and retailer model built around a signature product, wholesale, direct sales and a generator for new butter recipes.
Built on Online Retail
- Small-batch butter production model
- Wholesale relationships pack
- Butter Baron brand identity
- +1 more
- How it runs
- Small Team
- Location
- Regional
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £8,000–£18,000
- Sold for
- £5,495
Previously sold
Organised Home
A domestic organising service designed around affluent households and repeat maintenance visits.
Built on Domestic Services
- Organising project product (not pure cleaning)
- Maintenance retainer offer
- Organised Home brand identity
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- High
- To get started
- £800–£2,500
- Sold for
- £3,495
Previously sold
App included
Green Fingers, Green Thumbs
A landscaping and garden-care business with an AI planting planner that also reminds the household when to water, prune, harvest, replant and feed.
Built on Trades
- AI planting scheme workflow
- Garden care reminder calendar
- Green Fingers, Green Thumbs brand identity
- +1 more
- How it runs
- Small Team
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- Medium
- To get started
- £3,500–£9,000
- Sold for
- £5,295
Previously sold
App included
Paws & Feet
A dog walking and dog running business with a pedometer that tracks steps and miles per dog and per walker.
Built on Leisure
- Dog-running tier (not walks only)
- Paws & Feet brand identity
- Puppy Pedometer app
- How it runs
- Solo
- Location
- Local
- Staff
- Optional
- Repeat work
- High
- To get started
- £400–£1,200
- Sold for
- £3,795
How it works
We do this with you, step by step. You're never left to figure it out alone.
1
Chat
Tell us what you have in mind. We'll talk through what fits, what it costs and what's included before you commit to anything.
2
Agree
We send you a written order. You pay half to get started.
3
Shape your idea
Together we decide who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll price it. We agree that before any design work starts.
4
Build
We create your brand, plan, website and systems, and check each stage with you as we go.
5
Hand over
When everything's ready, you pay the other half and we give you all your files, logins and access.
Each business shows a rough build time. Things move fastest when you can reply and sign things off without long gaps.
Start from your own idea
We can build your business from scratch. You get everything a Base includes, from £12,995, because we're creating it from nothing. Your brand, content and customer data always belong to you. We may use the general idea again later as a new Base.
Questions you might have
Can I buy online?+
No, and that's on purpose. We always talk first so we both know it's the right fit. You'll get a written order before you pay anything.
When do I pay?+
Half when you're ready to start, and the other half when everything's ready to hand over. We send your files and logins once the second payment has cleared.
Is success guaranteed?+
We can't promise that, and nobody honestly can. What we can do is give you strong foundations. How it goes from there depends on how you run it, your local market and what you put in after launch.
What will I still need to sort out myself?+
Things like your bank account, insurance, stock, premises, any licences and enough money to cover your first few months. We'll flag what you're likely to need and point you in the right direction.
Are the income figures guaranteed?+
No. The figures on the site are a rough guide. Your package includes a forecast based on the plan we agree together.
Can I change a Base?+
Yes, that's the idea. A Base is a starting point, and we shape it around you. If you want to change direction completely after signing things off, we may need to agree a new scope.
Who looks after the hosting?+
We host your website and customer system for you. The first year is included, then there's a yearly fee. Your data, brand and content always belong to you.
Will I be the only one with this Base in my area?+
Not necessarily. Other people can start from the same Base, even nearby. Your name, brand and materials are yours alone.
Are industry-specific documents included?+
Not as standard. If your business needs particular policies or licences, those are an optional extra, and the listing will tell you if you need them before launch.
Do you do bookkeeping?+
No, and we don't give accounting or tax advice. We're happy to point you to people who can help.
What if my idea isn't listed?+
Just get in touch. We can build it from scratch, add something new, or work out another way.
Ready when you are
Have a look around, or just tell us what you're thinking. There's no pressure.