Graham Edden

Fishwings Investments LLC

Managing Shareholder

T.M. West Plumbing & Heating Service LTD

118 year old Yorkshire plumbing business acquisition, gearing up for growth along the M62 corridor

Owner / Director

Brewis Engineering Ltd

A 40 year old business which revolutionionized the HDD and Trenchless construction world with its products. A Global distribution. The Rolls Royce of HDD swivels and towing heads

Owner / Managing Director

AA Waste Solutions

24 year old Hazardous Waste business acquisition. Servicing UK blue chip organisations, SME's the NHS and more with safe , environmentally friendly waste disposals with recycling at its heart.

JCT4 AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

JCT4 Automotive - a forward thinking start up business, providing consumers with a variety of affordable finance options to mobility, in an industry (vehicle sales) which is often marred by a lack of transparency.  From concept to reality in year 1 delivered c.£1.25M in sales to clients with growing reciprocal and repeat business. Customer focus is paramount

Responsible:
Branding & Marketing strategy
Commercial agreements 
Site selection & development
Social media strategy
Process, policy & procedure (Heavily FCA regulated) 
Procurement and Supply Chain
Asset Finance 
Procurement of assets/vehicles

Managing Partner

Globaleye

Strategic & Holistic approach to offshore Financial planning including Growth, Investment and Protection of client assets

Private Wealth Manager

Enterprise Holdings

Commercial Manager

Northgate Plc

Strategic Leader & part of UK Leadership team responsible for delivering sustained profitable growth. Excellent customer service, delivered with an engaged and motivated team of 250+ internal colleagues, plus outsource support.  Responsible for c.£50M of revenue across 16 sites, via multiple chanels, with a fleet of 8000 assets operating at 90%+ utilisation. Strong emphasis on personal development in region with multiple internal promotions YTD and clear succession planned

Regional Director

Avis Budget Group EMEA

Key member in European PEx team tasked with delivering strategic process improvement and Lean Principles in the EMEA region. Progressive role from the previous UK role.  Successfully completed projects being rolled out across the EU countries sharing best practice. Truly cross functional role in different countries, cultures and team dynamics

Performance Excellence Manager - EMEA

A prominent member of a UK project team tasked with coaching Lean principles to operations teams. Facilitating business change via lean methodology improving service delivery, reducing down time with associated costs, whilst driving revenue through sales. Coach and mentor across management teams in Lean service

Regional Change Manager- UK

Operational leadership of strategic location with double digit revenues (£M) being delivered by a management team of 4, plus front line colleagues. Represented the UK business on EMEA project  - Differentiation through Customer Service. Airport team recognised and awarded for customer service excellence, plus individual recognition as an ambassador for project. Regional support location for the Northwest Region. Strong succession and development plans resulted with multiple internal promotions

Senior Operations Manager - Manchester Airport

Helphire

Senior Branch Manager - Haydock NW Area

Fleet Operations Analyst

Experienced business leader across multiple business sectors, skilled in growing businesses via acquisition, organic growth and turnaround situations.  Strong in financial analysis and commercially numerate. 

A massive fan of Continuous Improvement and a Lean Practitioner. You can never unsee these things.

Key business sectors actively acquiring are Waste Management, Renewables heat and plumbing, Engineering/Construction. Turnaround opportunities considered

A confident leader who is passionate about acheiving results through collaboration and teamwork.

20 years business and leadership experience in domestic and international markets with PLC's and SME's, both corporate and entrepreneurial organisations

Enthusiastic about helping others on their journey and coaching SME’s.

Looking to build collaborative relationships with Business owners and leaders, Investors, Financial experts and fellow go getters globally 

If any of this is you – lets connect and hit the tab.

Private Equity | SME Investor | NED

I Help Founders Acquire Companies to 2-4x Revenue Growth in 180 days.

Here’s the reality for most founders 👇

Your growth is too slow to ever reach the freedom you actually want

You’ve hit a ceiling and “work harder” isn’t a scalable plan

Profits are being reinvested instead of compounding into real wealth

You’re told to buy property or stocks… but the returns are painfully slow

Every new level of growth requires more of you, more time, more stress, more decisions

And even if you do grow, your exit won’t be life-changing at the current pace

That’s why most business owners stay stuck in the grind for 10-15 years longer than necessary.
They confuse growing a business… with growing wealth.

Acquisitions change the game.

I show founders how to buy growth instead of building it from scratch, so they can scale the smart way, just like the wealthy do.

Instead of waiting years for results, we focus on 3 things:

1/ Acquire strategic businesses that multiply revenue fast

Competitors, geographic expansions, or bolt-ons that instantly add revenue, customers, and infrastructure, without slow organic build-up.

2/ Structure deals safely (even without huge capital)

Smart terms, deferred payments, and deal structures that protect downside and maximise upside.

3/ Build a business that runs without you

So your company becomes a sellable asset, not a job that relies on your time, energy, or constant involvement.

Outcome:

A business that:

✅ Scales faster
✅ Triples profit and exit value
✅ Gives you time freedom, life on your terms, and true choice
✅ Secures your family’s financial future in a single exit

This is how founders finally break out of slow growth and build real wealth,  not just another busy year.

If you’re an established business owner and you want the faster path to freedom, message me the word “SCALE.”

Dee Ludlow

16,500 millionaires left the UK in 2025.

£72 billion walked out with them.

For context:

China is projected to lose roughly half of that.

After that?
South Korea.
Russia.

Let that sink in.

The UK,  one of the world’s largest financial centres is leading the table for millionaire outflows.

This isn’t random.

Capital is mobile.
Entrepreneurs are rational.
Incentives matter.

£72 billion in private wealth is roughly equivalent to:

- An entire year of UK Corporation Tax receipts (in asset value terms)
- Nearly 10x annual Inheritance Tax revenue
- Around 7% of total yearly tax receipts — in stock value alone

And before someone says:

“That’s wealth, not tax revenue.”

Correct.

But wealth creates:

- Income tax
- Corporation tax
- Capital gains
- Jobs
- Investment
- Growth

When it leaves, so does future taxable activity.

You can’t tax your way to growth.

And you can’t build a pro-business economy
while punishing the people who build businesses.

The smartest founders aren’t angry.

They’re relocating.

Add £10K-£40K/month to your income by acquiring cash-flowing companies | $150M+ in acquisitions done

Business isn’t about £££ and vanity.

For me, it’s about supporting my family.

For a lot of younger entrepreneurs, it starts being about you.

- Proving yourself.
- Making money.
- Winning.

But then life happens:

You have kids. A partner. A family relying on you.

Now it’s not about a “good year”.
It’s about never having to say: “We can’t afford that.”

Most founders keep using the same strategy.

More hours. More hires. More stress.
But a bigger why needs a bigger move.

If you want:

1. Time with your family
2. Real financial security
3. A business that’s sellable
4. Freedom before you’re 65
5. Options instead of pressure

Then slow, organic growth isn’t enough.

The top 1% don’t think smaller when responsibility grows.

They think bigger.

If your why has grown, maybe your strategy should too.

I hate when people say they “own £1M of property.”

No you don’t. The bank does. You own the deposit.

That’s it.

And speaking of things I hate…

Putting serious money into something that spits out
 £500–£1,000 a month in rent.

After:

- Mortgage payments
- Maintenance
- Letting fees
- Tax

You’re left with what?

£2–3k a month across a portfolio?

That’s not freedom.
That’s responsibility dressed up as wealth.

Meanwhile, you can buy a business for little to no money down.

Structured well can control a £300k–£1M profit business.

That’s £15k–£40k/month owner earnings.... NET in your pocket.

Real cashflow.
Not paper equity.

Property makes people feel rich.
Cashflow makes you rich.

And most don’t realise the difference
until they’ve wasted 10 years.

Charlie bought a ~£700K/yr company for £1.

Yes. £1...

Most people think you need hundreds of thousands sitting in the bank to buy a business.

You don’t.
The right structure can do the work for you.

This deal was acquired by Charlie for £1.

- Control transferred into his name
- Ownership secured
- Business acquired

Since 2020?

Over £4M in sales.
£4,165,055.46 invoiced.

Here’s what most founders get wrong.

They think buying a business means:

- Emptying savings
- Remortgaging the house
- Taking reckless risk
- Competing with private equity
- Only reserved for the top 1% of earners

Not true.

Many acquisitions are structured around:

- Deferred payments
- Performance-based terms
- Existing cashflow
- Asset-backed lending
- Paying back the current director over time

So you’re not “paying cash”. You’re negotiating outcomes.

Sellers care about certainty.

Not just headline price.

If you want to learn how deals like this are done,

Message me “£1” and I'll see if you'd be a good fit for buying a business too

I got fed up of waiting years to build my business.

Instead… I bought my way to £1M+ personal income.

The usual route of business growth is painfully slow:

- You hire
- You do a tonne of sales
- Clients churn

And so you wait. Months pass. Maybe years.

All to add incremental growth.
Maybe 10%-20% max.

Meanwhile, the bigger players aren’t optimising their own business.

They just acquire:

- Revenue
- Customers
- Teams
- Systems
- Market share

All in one move.

Organic growth means building brick by brick.
Acquisition means buying the whole machine.

People say acquisitions are risky.

But so is spending 3 years hoping marketing works. So is hiring the wrong sales team. So is burning cash “figuring it out”.

At least with acquisition you see:

1. Historical revenue
2. Proven profit
 3.Real customer behaviour

The wealthy don’t wait to grow.
They pay to win.

You can too…

I helped Navin buy a workwear business.

£500k revenue. £145k average EBITDA. £95k/year to him.

Here’s the part most people miss 👇

- He didn’t need hundreds of thousands in savings.
- He didn’t raise outside investors.
- He didn’t drain his personal capital.

The deal was structured like this:

- £300k purchase price
- £300k government-backed GGS loan
- £20k of his own cash injected
- £65k working capital left in the business

Important part:

That £20k wasn’t even used to fund the purchase price.

It was injected to strengthen cashflow and support the bank facility — not to “buy” the business.

The acquisition itself was funded.

The business was already doing ~£145k EBITDA.

After servicing the bank debt?

It still generates close to six figures per year in owner cashflow.

And since acquisition, he’s grown it further.

New contracts.
Stronger positioning.
Improved operational focus.

All from an initial £20k injection.

This is what most people don’t understand:

You don’t need massive capital.

You need:

- A fundable deal
- A bankable structure
- Sensible leverage
- Real cashflow

Most people think:

“I need 25% down.”
“I need to save for years.”
“I’m not ready yet.”

No.

You need the right structure and the right asset.

Buying a cashflowing business with supportable debt beats grinding from zero every time.

DM “Acquire” if you want to understand how deals like this are actually put together.

One of my biggest flaws?

I hate losing.

But it's also one of my biggest strengths.

Not publicly.
Internally.

When a deal collapses.
When money is wasted.
When someone I trusted underperforms.

It stays with me.

People see the wins.
The £1M+ exits.
The growth.
The move to Dubai.

They don’t see the nights replaying decisions in my head.

Entrepreneurship isn’t glamorous.

It’s pressure.
Responsibility.
Loneliness.

But I’ve realised something:

I’d rather carry pressure
than carry regret.

So I keep buying.
Keep structuring.
Keep building.

Not because it’s easy.

Because it’s worth it.

I’ve helped 100s of people buy 7-figure businesses.

The No.1 trait I see of people who can do it?

Belief that they can do it...

The people who fail?

- They don’t trust themselves.
- They overanalyse everything.
- They second guess decisions.
- They wait for certainty.
- They look for guarantees.

They come in thinking:
“This probably won’t work for me.”

And they’re right.

Because if you don’t believe you can do it, you won’t take the actions required.

And deals don’t wait.

The people who succeed?

They say:
“I’ll figure it out.”

- They move before they feel ready.
- They trust the process.
- They trust themselves.

Both types of people get the same programme, same tools, same support.

But the mindset determines whether they succeed.

Buying a 7-figure business isn’t reserved for geniuses.

It’s reserved for people who decide they can.

My client bought a £2.7m business.

But he didn't have to use ANY of his own cash...

Graham was fed up of his business growth taking way too long.

- He was smart
- Experienced
- Good at business

But growing one sale at a time was painful for him.

So instead of building… He bought.

Within 12 months, he acquired 3 businesses.

This one looked like this:

- Nearly £2m revenue
- £460k yearly profit
- £1.7m in assets
- £850k cash sitting in the bank
- Agreed price: £2.7m

Here’s the simple part.

He didn’t even write a cheque.

The deal was structured like this:

1. Part paid upfront using bank debt
2. Part paid over 5 years to the seller
3. The business’s own assets supported funding
4. Cash already inside the company helped
5. He personally injected £0.

In fact, the deal brought in extra working capital.

Most people think: “I can’t afford to buy a business.”

But the truth is:

You don’t buy businesses with savings.
You buy them with the right structure.

The wealthy don’t wait 10 years to grow.

They just buy the growth.

And if you already run a solid business, this is closer than you think.

If you want more info on how this works,

DM me “BUY” and I’ll send it over :)

“I don’t know where to find a good business to buy”

Is the No.1 reason people don’t ever buy.

- They assume good businesses aren’t available
- They assume everything decent is already taken
- They just have no clue where to find the right deals

That belief keeps them stuck. 

Because there's a HUGE opportunity right now:

In the UK alone, 1000s of owners are:

- Over 55
- Thinking about retirement
- Without succession plans
- Running profitable companies
- Open to conversations about selling their business

Most aren’t listed. Most aren’t advertised. Most will just sell off-market.

So when we work with a client, we don’t “browse”. We:

1. Define strict acquisition criteria
2. Target specific sectors
3. Build direct outreach lists
4. Approach owners looking to sell
5. Filter hard through financials

So our clients don't have to spend months searching...

This isn’t Rightmove for businesses.
We just give you access to our huge network.

And once you know how to source properly, you realise something.

There’s more opportunity than competition.

Then business growth becomes extremely fast.

I used to speak to brokers and never get a deal.

I then bought 3 in 9 months via off-market deals.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth.

Most brokers (not all) are incentivised to:

- Tell the owner what they want to hear
- Inflate valuation expectations
- Take upfront retainers
- “Test the market”

And once it’s live?

Silence.

No serious buyer management.
No real deal strategy.
No positioning for completion.

Just a glossy IM and a listing.

The owner feels looked after.

The buyer gets overcooked numbers.

And the broker still gets paid.

Off-market changed everything for me.

No inflated ego pricing.
No artificial auction tension.
No middleman protecting fantasy valuations.

Just:

Owner.
Numbers.
Reality.

The best deals I’ve done didn’t start with a broker pack.

They started with a conversation.

If you’re only sourcing from listed deals…

You’re competing in the most expensive room in the building.

And wondering why nothing pencils.

£100K into property: £300 a month profit

£100K into a business: £10K a month

Same money.
Different vehicle.

Most people are told: “Buy property. It’s safe.”

So they save. Chuck a couple tens of thousands into a property.

And then?

£300 a month profit. Maybe £500 if they’re lucky.

- After costs
- After voids
- After maintenance

Now compare that to deploying £100K into a profitable business.

Not starting one. Buying one.

You could acquire:

1. Existing customers
2. Existing contracts
3. Existing cashflow
4. Existing team
5. Existing systems

And if structured properly?

£10K a month profit isn’t far-fetched at all.

Property relies on appreciation. Which means you're waiting 20+ years to see a juicy profit.

Businesses generate cash instantly.

It's the reason the top 10 richest people on earth are all in business ;)

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