Brandsbuilt. Goodsmoved.

Highbridge builds brands with founders and trades goods between businesses. Trading since 2003.

One house. Three ways in.

We build brands for founders, trade goods business to business, and run the commercial side until a young brand can carry it alone.

For founders and creators

Brand Factory

We turn an idea or a first product into a brand that is ready for the market.

Together we decide what the brand stands for, what the product is and how it looks on the shelf. Then we plan how it reaches its first buyers. We work as a paid service, from the first brief to the first order.

  • Positioning
  • Product
  • Packaging
  • Market entry

Our role: brand development, invoiced as a service.

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For trade and hospitality buyers, and suppliers

Trade

We source and distribute goods business to business, in three product groups.

We buy from producers and manufacturers and supply retailers, hospitality and other businesses. We organise samples, documents and logistics, and invoice in our own name.

  • Botanical & natural productsCacao, botanicals and plant-based raw materials.
  • Lifestyle & personal careNatural personal care, incense and lifestyle goods.
  • Consumer electronics & home appliancesSmall home appliances, audio, charging and everyday tech accessories.

In Trade we sell to businesses only, not to consumers.

Our role: wholesale buyer and seller.

For young brands, for a while

Commercial operations

Until a young brand holds its own registrations, Highbridge carries its commercial side.

We act as contracting party, for example in the brand's online shop: there Highbridge sells to the end customer, with our name on the contract and the invoice. Once the brand has its own registrations, we hand the operation over.

Our role: contracting party and seller of record.

We don't show the brands we work with. Their story is theirs to tell.

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How we work with a young brand

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  1. Listen

    We start with the founder: the idea, the audience, the market they want to reach.

  2. Shape

    Positioning, product and packaging, decided together and put in writing.

  3. Source

    We find suppliers, order samples and organise the first production run.

  4. Launch

    The brand goes to its first market. If its own registrations are not in place yet, Highbridge carries the commercial side.

  5. Hand over

    The brand runs its own operation. Highbridge can stay on as supplier or trading partner.

Who we work with

Company

Highbridge Trading (UK) Limited is a private limited company, registered at Companies House.

Company No.
04636109
Registered in
England and Wales
Registered since
2003
Registered name
Highbridge Trading (UK) Limited
Incorporated
14 January 2003
Registered office
Unit TG 41-43 The Grange, 1 Central Road, Morden, England, SM4 5PQ

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Contact.

Tell us who you are and what you need. We reply by email.

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hello@hbtltd.co.uk

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A brand or founder

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