Trading Depot
“Can a small UK building-supplies e-tailer survive consolidation under PE ownership by widening its catalog and trade-account base?”
Founded2007
HQMaidenhead, Berkshire, UK
IndustryE-commerce / Retail
The story
Trading Depot is a UK-based online retailer of building, plumbing, electrical, heating, kitchen and bathroom products founded in 2007 in Maidenhead. It is a small but established e-commerce business (~7 employees, ~$1.3M revenue) operating under PE ownership of Cairngorm Capital Partners. Embedded finance footprint is minimal — limited to consumer-side PayPal Pay in 3 BNPL at checkout. No banking, lending, payroll, or BaaS infrastructure.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2007
Trading Depot UK Ltd founded as online retailer of building, plumbing, electrical, lighting, heating and gardening products.· launch
2024
Owned by Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (private equity parent).· acquisition
The stack
Payments / PSP
Lending
Accounting gap: none