Summary:
Your Man With A Van is Britain’s most gentlemanly man with a van service, and one of the UK’s fastest-growing removals franchises. Launched in January 2024, it has already grown to over 66 branches nationwide (July 2026), backed by a 99% five-star rating across the network and more than 3,400 reviews. It started with one van, one music student, and a genuine belief that moving house shouldn’t be stressful. That same belief now underpins a proven, saleable business model built to reward hard work.
The Story
Dan Robson-Scarborough started Your Man With A Van in 2010 as a music student who needed a van for his DJ kit. Friends and family started asking for help with their moves. Then his dad, who ran a garden machinery retail business, asked him to deliver a ride-on lawnmower to a customer three hours away. One delivery later, a business was born.
By 2019, Dan had served over 1,000 customers and driven more than 150,000 miles. Then he met Cat, who became his life partner and Co-Director. Together, they looked at what they’d built in Hertford and asked a simple question: why can’t every town in the UK have this?
That question became the franchise.
Why Your Man With A Van?
Trust is what we’re aiming for above all else, and that starts with how we treat our franchisees. Dan and Cat personally vet every potential franchise partner, because character matters more to them than capital. They still answer the phone themselves, and they show up for their franchisees every single day. As Lee Rungano, who runs the Manchester City, North and Trafford branches, puts it: “Dan and Cat help you whenever you need them. Anything you can think of, anything you need. They’re there. That’s just who they are.”
The model backs that up. Franchisees pay one fixed monthly fee, so the harder they work, the more they keep. Every penny above that fee is theirs. Add full digital marketing support, a live peer network of 66+ branches sharing work and advice, and a business built to be sold on when the time comes, and it starts to make sense why Paul Seymour, who tripled his investment in two years before handing his branch to a successor, says: “It’s nice to know that I look at it and think: do you know what, I built that. And it’s still going.”
Our Vision
A trusted local branch in every town across the UK. Our mission is to make every move the easiest part of someone’s day, whether that’s a whole house, a busy office, or one impossibly awkward sofa.
What We Offer Franchisees
Fixed monthly fee
You pay one set amount each month. The harder you work, the more you keep.
Full digital support
Two social posts a day, every day. Google listing managed. A website that drives leads. We handle the bigger picture so you can handle your patch.
Personal vetting
Every franchisee is personally approved by Dan and Cat. Character comes first, and that’s what we look for above all else.
Peer network
Join a live community of 66+ franchisees sharing work, swapping ideas, and solving problems together. Nobody does this alone.
A saleable asset
This is a business you can build and eventually sell. Franchisees have gone on to grow their multiple branches into six-figure operations and pass them on to a new owner when the time is right.
Celebrated, supported
We see ourselves as cheerleaders and barrier-removers. Wins are celebrated publicly, and problems are handled privately, with support close at hand.
Your Man With A Van won 23 industry awards in its first two years, including Removals Business of the Year, London and South East England (2026 Prestige Awards).