What Team Building Systems Ltd does

Team Building Systems Ltd, trading as Cabins GB, is a privately held UK portable cabin and modular building supplier registered in England (company no. 07284549) and headquartered in Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire. Founded in 2010, the company began as a local supplier of refurbished portable cabins and has expanded into a national distributor serving businesses throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The company maintains a ready stock of approximately 250 new and used units spanning portable cabins, modular buildings, Containex modular units, jackleg cabins, anti-vandal cabins, prefabricated cabins, and shipping containers.

The business operates both sales and hire streams. Customers can purchase units outright at price points ranging from approximately £3,750 for a 20'x8' shipping container to £19,500+ for a Containex 2 Bay 6.0m x 4.8m modular building, or rent units on monthly terms at roughly £120 to £423 per month. Product differentiation rests on inventory scale (immediate availability from stock), configuration flexibility (multiple cabin dimensions and fittings such as toilet/shower blocks), security-oriented anti-vandal designs for unattended sites, and an OEM relationship with Containex for limited-space/modular applications.

Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, relying on the company website (which displays current stock, pricing, and case studies), published case studies across education, healthcare, archaeology, community/retail, and agriculture verticals, downloadable brochures, MPBA trade body membership, and direct phone/email contact. The customer base includes Kimbolton School, Oxford Archaeology, Northampton General Hospital, Pleasley Pit, and Saffron Grange. The firm operates with a small team (13 employees) and has no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity, indicating a bootstrapped, owner-operated model.

Name

Team Building Systems Ltd

Legal name

Team Building Systems Ltd

Website

https://teambuildingsystems.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (New and Used Cabins): Direct sale of portable cabins, modular buildings, containers and stores. Both new and refurbished units available with various specifications and price points ranging from £3,750 to £19,500+.
2. Rental/Hire Services: Monthly rental options for cabins and modular buildings, providing flexible accommodation solutions for short-term or temporary needs. Rental prices range from approximately £120 to £423 per month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Team Building Systems Ltd, trading as Cabins GB, sells and rents new and used portable cabins, modular buildings, Containex modular units, jackleg cabins, anti-vandal cabins, prefabricated cabins, and shipping containers. The company holds a stock of approximately 250 units at its Cambridgeshire headquarters and delivers throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to education, healthcare, construction, archaeological, retail, and agricultural customers.

Product overview

Team Building Systems Ltd operates as Cabins GB, a portable cabin and modular building supplier. The company offers a unified portfolio combining stock sales and hire services for new and used portable buildings. Their product range includes portable cabins, modular buildings, Containex buildings, jackleg cabins, antivandal cabins, prefabricated cabins, and shipping containers. They maintain a stock of around 250 units and serve customers throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Solutions are customized for diverse sectors including education, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and community applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portable Cabins

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplied businesses throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• ContainexcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerContainex is a manufacturer whose modular building products are offered by Cabins GB as part of their standard product range. Cabins GB maintains stock of Containex buildings and offers them to customers seeking modular solutions for limited space or access situations.
• Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCabins GB is a member of the Modular and Portable Building Association, an industry trade body that provides credibility, standards certification, and networking opportunities within the modular building sector.
• Team Building Systems LtdflagshipOthersTeam Building Systems Ltd is the parent/legal entity that trades as Cabins GB. This is the registered company (England no. 07284549) under which the Cabins GB business operates.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Conder Solutions: UK specialist in modular building solutions for construction, infrastructure and commercial sites; comparable turnkey supply of portable accommodation and welfare units.
• Mobile Mini UK: National UK provider of portable storage containers and converted cabin solutions for hire and sale; overlaps directly on the shipping container and storage store lines carried by Cabins GB.
• Speedy Space: UK hire specialist for portable cabins, anti-vandal units, containers and welfare facilities; small-to-mid-scale operator with a similar sales-and-hire model to Cabins GB.
• Wernick Group: Long-established UK provider of modular building hire, sales and refurbishment with a national depot network; comparable product mix and dual sale/rental model make it a direct UK competitor.
• Portakabin: UK's largest manufacturer and supplier of portable and modular buildings, offering both hire and purchase of cabins across construction, education and healthcare — directly competing with Cabins GB's core offering.
• Container Conversions (UK): UK supplier of converted shipping containers and modular cabins for sale and hire; comparable product set (containers, portable buildings) and overlapping customer base in retail, agriculture and construction.
• Elliott Group (now Modulaire UK): UK supplier of portable and modular buildings for sale and hire across education, healthcare and construction; serves a near-identical customer profile and product category.
• Thurston Group: UK jackleg and portable cabin specialist referenced as a refurbishment supplier to Cabins GB; competes directly in the same refurbished jackleg cabin segment of the market.

Broad incumbents

• Modulaire Group: Pan-European modular space services group formed from Algeco and Elliott; operates large hire fleets across multiple European countries and represents a scaled incumbent against which Cabins GB's niche UK offering competes.
• Algeco: European modular space specialist with significant UK hire fleet for portable cabins, offices and welfare units; broader scale than Cabins GB but overlapping customer base in construction and public sector.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/team-building-systems-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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