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has the potential to disrupt the sector, leading to increased scale and value for shareholders. It’ s a great opportunity to carve a legacy, and for context, we’ re currently turning over around £ 30 million-to- £ 35 million but my goal is to take the company to £ 100 million by 2028 and transform it into a £ 500-million group in the next five-to-ten years.
“ Thirty percent of this five-to-ten-year growth will come organically, and the other 70 percent will be through M & A activity,” Pinaki elaborates.“ We’ re looking at three major geographic targets: America, as most of our customer base is already there and domestic manufacturing is favorable; Eastern Europe, which has a very low cost base versus the UK and would enable us to better serve European markets; and we’ re looking to buy an asset in India where we can leverage some of our existing customers in the UK on new projects.”
To kickstart this growth plan, Pinaki is aiming for a record year in 2026.“ We’ re aiming to exceed £ 40 million in turnover for 2026,
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