The UK Franchise Growth Index
Your Man With A Van
The Five Fibre score measures this network against Twine Growth's Five Fibre Framework™ using the information available at the assessment date. It is not an endorsement, a financial recommendation or a recommendation to purchase a franchise.
At a glance
Your Man With A Van at a glance.
- Industry
- Haulage and Logistics
- Franchise category
- Removals Franchise
- Sub industry
- Light Removals & Man With A Van Services
- Founded
- 2010
- Franchising started
- 2024
- Approximate franchisees
- 66
- Approximate locations
- 66
- Headquarters
- Berwick
- BFA member
- No
- UK origin
- Yes
- Recruitment status
- Active
Investment
Franchise investment.
- Investment from
- £4,000
- Home based
- Yes
- Mobile
- Yes
Investment figures change. Confirm current requirements directly with the franchise network before making any decision.
Five Fibre assessment
How the foundations score.
Every franchise network is assessed across the five connected areas Twine Growth believes support sustainable franchise growth.
How the Five Fibre score is calculated
The underlying business has traded since 2010 and franchising was piloted before the formal national launch, with the network subsequently growing to more than 60 branches. Public material identifies the type of branch owner sought, explains the differentiated low buy-in, fixed-fee and rolling-contract proposition, and publishes typical successful franchisee take-home earnings of £25,000 to £50,000 pre-tax. Detailed company-level profitability is not publicly disclosed, so that element is scored conservatively.
Public evidence confirms comprehensive training, proven operating systems, territory setup, branded email and local telephone number, an optimised landing page, graphics, admin panel, booking forms, marketing materials, booking-system access, compliance guidance, account management and ongoing training. Central social media, Google Business Profile setup and head-office systems further support consistency. A complete operational manual or playbook is not publicly available, so that criterion is treated as partially evidenced.
The franchise opportunity has a clear proposition, targeted recruitment messaging and a defined joining journey. Prospects apply, take part in a no-pressure discovery call, review their local market and territory with the team, create a personalised launch plan, complete training and system integration, then launch. The published timeframe is typically four to six weeks from application to operation, providing strong public evidence across all five Launch criteria.
based strictly on public evidence. The network has demonstrated rapid franchise expansion and publishes UK-wide territory availability, showing a clear expansion plan. A central franchise team means recruitment is not solely dependent on the founder. However, consistent monthly franchise enquiry volumes, enquiry-source attribution and enquiry-to-franchisee conversion rates are not published, so those criteria receive no assumed credit despite the network's strong observed growth.
Franchisees receive extensive local customer-growth support including an optimised local landing page, centrally supported social channels, SEO, marketing campaigns, lead generation, job referrals, Google Business Profile setup, branded local contact details, booking forms and wider network marketing. Each branch operates as a locally owned business with its own online presence. Exact individual-location enquiry and performance reporting is not fully described publicly, so that criterion is scored partially.
Your Man With A Van scores 81/100 and sits in the Scale Ready band based on public evidence reviewed on 22/09/2026. Launch is the strongest evidenced fibre, with a particularly clear franchise proposition, discovery journey and structured route from enquiry to launch. Build and Amplify are also highly developed publicly, with substantial training, systems and local customer-growth support. Grow is the main evidence gap because internal recruitment metrics such as monthly enquiry volume, source attribution and conversion rate are not published. The assessment does not assume private financial, recruitment or location-performance data.
Benchmark
How this network compares.
Sources
Research sources.
12 public sources used for this profile
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/franchise/
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/about-us/
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/branches/
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/news/imagine-joining-a-franchise-where-the-franchisor-never-stops-working-for-their-branch-owners/
- https://yourmanwithavan.com/news/cat-robson-scarborough-of-your-man-with-a-van-named-woman-who-awards-2026-finalist/
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821378
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821378/officers
- https://uk.linkedin.com/company/yourmanwithavan
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/catrobsonscarborough
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/danielrobsonscarborough
- https://www.franchise-association.org.uk/faouk_directory/your-man-with-a-van-franchise/
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