Supplies For Candles

I Grew My Side Hustle To A $12M/Year Business [Candle & Soap Making Supplies]

January 9th, 2022

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Nicky Story

Founder, Supplies For Candles

$1M

revenue/mo

Founders

100

Employees

Supplies For Candles

suppliesforcandles.co.uk

from Doncaster, UK

started February 2016

$1,000,000

revenue/mo

Founders

100

Employees

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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

I’m Nicky Story, I’m 30 years old and went from having a side hustle business in my garage to a multi-million-pound business empire! I am the CEO of Supplies For Candles, The Soap Kitchen and Glassprints Ltd – this b2b empire, is the go-to for candle and soap making ingredients and products.

We now employ over 100 people and we have grown rapidly and we are predicted to turn over £18m this year, as we continue to serve over 100,000 customers across Europe. We target both B2C and B2B. around 50% of revenue is from 10% of our large customers, and the remainder from side hustles and crafters.

We’re lucky enough to have played a part in the businesses of other successful entrepreneurs too including; Ava May Aromas loved by many celebs including cleaning sensation Mrs. Hinch.

I’m a philanthropist at heart and I love to help start-ups and give back to my communities so the pandemic presented me with a serious opportunity to do that. I gave away over £100K in supplies, so that people who were financially struggling had the opportunity to start their own enterprise and...

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