What Tiger Sheds does

Tiger Sheds is a family-owned British manufacturer and direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of timber garden buildings, operating as a trading name of Woodlands Home & Garden Group Limited (registered in England & Wales, company number 132673). The company's heritage dates to a 1913 timber mill in North West Leeds; today it operates three manufacturing workshops in Yorkshire with 150+ direct employees, processing high-grade slow-grown European softwood to 0.01mm cut tolerances. Its product portfolio spans wooden, metal, and plastic garden sheds; log cabins in 19mm, 28mm, 44mm, and 70mm thicknesses; summer houses; garden storage units; and an insulated Tiger Modular Garden Rooms line that extends into offices, gyms, spas, annexes, classrooms, and outdoor kitchens. All products are sold via tigersheds.com with optional paid professional installation, supported by free UK-mainland delivery on most items via the company's own delivery fleet and a national courier network.

The business is differentiated by proprietary in-house processes and IP: a four-way chamfered notch interlocking log system, the TigerSkin® water-based wood preservative (five shades), TigerFelt® polyester-backed roofing felt fitted as standard, heavy 44x28mm framing, 4mm toughened glass glazing, and the patent-pending TigerFlex® modular configuration system with an online configurator and pick-a-day delivery. Every timber building carries a 20-year guarantee, and pricing ranges from approximately £349.19 for entry-level sheds to £5,981.99 for the top-tier 44mm log cabin, with finance options via Klarna, Novuna, and Mitsubishi HC Capital UK at a 9.9% representative APR. Revenue streams comprise one-time garden-building sales, accessories (preservers, bases, security, flooring, roofing upgrades), professional installation services, and credit-brokerage referral fees; the company is FCA-regulated for credit broking (FRN 914564).

Tiger Sheds serves UK residential homeowners across the discretionary garden-improvement category — including home workers seeking garden offices and hobby studios, outdoor living enthusiasts, and practical gardeners with specific storage needs. The customer base is fully distributed across individual consumers with no enterprise accounts. Distribution extends beyond DTC to physical showsites, a franchise programme, and a trade/wholesale channel. The company claims 20,000+ customer reviews across Trustpilot, Reviews.io, FeeFo, and WhatShed, where it was recognised as Best Overall Retailer, and operates an active multi-channel digital marketing presence across SEO, Google Ads, Meta, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, X, email, and AWIN affiliate. Ownership remains within the founding family with no private equity or institutional investment disclosed.

Name

Tiger Sheds

Legal name

Woodlands Home & Garden Group Limited

Website

https://tigersheds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tiger Sheds is a family-owned British manufacturer and direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of timber garden buildings, founded in 1913 in Yorkshire. It produces sheds, log cabins, summer houses, and modular garden rooms sold to UK residential homeowners through its website and own delivery fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Buildings & Outdoor Timber Structures

NAICS

Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (444), Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing (321992)

SIC

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211), Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Decking, Fencing & Outdoor Lumber Products (IMADADAF)

Keywords

• Timber garden buildings
• Garden shed manufacturing
• Log cabin production
• Modular garden rooms
• Outdoor storage solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds, West Yorkshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Garden Building Sales: One-time purchase revenue from sale of wooden garden sheds, log cabins, summer houses, garden rooms, and outdoor living products. Products are sold directly to consumers through the website with optional delivery and installation services.
2. Accessories and Add-ons: Revenue from complementary products including wood treatments (TigerSkin®), shed bases, security accessories, lighting, flooring, roofing upgrades (EPDM, shingles), and door/window options.
3. Professional Installation Services: Optional paid installation service for customers requiring professional setup of their garden buildings, available in covered postcode areas.
4. Finance/Interest Income: Revenue through financing partnerships with Klarna and Novuna. The company acts as a credit broker, earning referral income from finance arrangements (9.9% APR representative example).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Tiger Sheds manufactures and sells timber garden buildings — sheds, log cabins, summer houses, modular garden rooms, garden storage, and outdoor living structures — directly to UK homeowners through its e-commerce site, with in-house Yorkshire production, bespoke/custom builds via the TigerFlex® configurator, free mainland delivery, optional professional installation, and a 20-year guarantee. Complementary accessories (TigerSkin® wood preserver, roofing upgrades, bases, security) and finance partnerships with Klarna and Novuna round out the offering.

Product overview

Tiger Sheds is a family-owned British manufacturer and online retailer of garden buildings, founded in 1913, offering a comprehensive portfolio of timber-based outdoor structures. The core product lines include Garden Sheds (wooden, metal, plastic in various styles), Log Cabins (in 19mm, 28mm, and 44mm thicknesses), Summer Houses, Tiger Modular Garden Rooms (insulated modular structures), and Garden Storage solutions. The TigerFlex® sub-brand provides configurable modular buildings with faster delivery. Bespoke custom builds are available leveraging in-house Yorkshire manufacturing. All products come with TigerFelt® roofing and TigerSkin® wood treatment, supported by a 20-year guarantee. Finance options through Klarna and Novuna, plus professional installation services, are available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TigerFlex®: Tiger's registered, patent-pending modular range of configurable sheds, summerhouses and log cabins offering faster, pick-a-day delivery.
• Tiger Modular
• TigerSkin®
• TigerFelt®

Products and services

• Garden Sheds British-made wooden garden sheds in apex, pent, workshop and other styles, built with thick cladding (12mm shiplap tongue & groove or 9mm overlap), heavy 44x28mm framing, and fully boarded roofs and floors. Range includes classic wooden sheds, easy-care plastic sheds, and sturdy metal sheds, aimed at UK homeowners seeking durable outdoor storage.
• Log Cabins Timber log cabins and garden offices manufactured from high-grade slow-grown European softwood in 19mm, 28mm, 44mm and 70mm log thicknesses, with timber or uPVC door and window options and apex, pent, barn or hip roof styles. Features the four-way chamfered notch interlocking log system for weatherproofing, with 4mm toughened glass standard and double-glazing upgrade available.
• Summer Houses Wooden summer houses made from slow-grown European softwood with pre-hung doors and robust cladding, available in contemporary and traditional styles including corner, octagonal, apex, pent, barn and hip roof designs, aimed at UK homeowners wanting an attractive garden retreat or entertaining space.
• Tiger Modular Garden Rooms Insulated, fully-finished modular garden rooms with 200mm composite walls (timber weatherboard, battens, rockwool insulation, plasterboard and skim), double glazing and professional installation included. Configurable as garden offices, spas, gyms, annexes, classrooms and outdoor kitchens, built off-site for fast construction and year-round use.
• Garden Storage Outdoor garden storage units and boxes crafted from premium timber, including bike storage, log storage, bin storage, tool storage, wooden garages and metal storage solutions, aimed at UK homeowners with specific functional storage needs.
• Outdoor Living Structures Outdoor living structures including gazebos, pergolas, garden bars, hot tub shelters, BBQ shelters, guest rooms, greenhouses, pet houses, wooden playhouses, garden benches and planters, for UK homeowners seeking to extend their outdoor entertaining and lifestyle space.
• TigerFlex® Modular Buildings Patent-pending modular range of configurable sheds, summerhouses and log cabins with faster pick-a-day delivery. Customers customise and create their own buildings via the TigerFlex® online configurator, leveraging the in-house timber mill to deliver bespoke configurations faster than standard made-to-order.
• Bespoke Garden Buildings Custom-designed garden buildings created to individual customer specifications, leveraging in-house timber milling to offer flexibility beyond standard models, including bespoke sheds and bespoke log cabins, for UK homeowners with specific size, layout or feature requirements.
• Pro-Installation Service Optional professional installation service for garden buildings, available across product types in covered UK postcode areas. Added via the additional extras tab on product pages, with the pro-install team contacting customers separately to arrange a fitting date after delivery.
• TigerSkin® Wood Preserver Specially-formulated water-based wood preservative developed in partnership with AChem, available in five shades (Clear, Burnt Orange, Green, Nutmeg, Spiced Cedar), providing a non-greasy weatherproof seal and rainproof finish within 2-3 hours of drying, sold to Tiger customers for ongoing treatment of their buildings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Garden buildings last 25+ years with proper maintenance
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ripple AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTiger Sheds partners with Ripple Africa Forestry Projects as part of their sustainability commitment. For every order placed, Tiger will replant and protect up to four trees through Ripple Africa's forestation initiatives.
• Woodlands Home & Garden Group LimitedcoreOthersTiger Sheds is a trading name of Woodlands Home & Garden Group Limited, a family-owned British manufacturer and online retailer registered in England & Wales.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• B&Q: UK's largest home improvement and DIY retailer, selling a wide range of garden sheds, summerhouses, and outdoor structures alongside thousands of other SKUs. Comparable as a mass-market distribution channel for garden buildings, but with much broader category scope and a price-led positioning that undercuts Tiger's premium offer.
• Wickes: UK home improvement retailer with a garden buildings range including sheds and summerhouses. Overlaps with Tiger on the sheds category for DIY homeowners and trades, but operates a much broader kitchen-and-home-improvement portfolio rather than specialising in garden buildings.
• Homebase: UK home and garden retailer stocking a range of garden sheds, summerhouses, and outdoor structures. Comparable as a broad DIY/garden incumbent competing for the same UK homeowner, but with significantly wider category scope and a price/value positioning.

Direct peers

• BillyOh: UK online retailer of garden buildings, log cabins, and outdoor structures, owned by Alpha Marketing (UK) Ltd. Competes head-to-head with Tiger in the value-to-mid segment of garden sheds and log cabins sold DTC via e-commerce.
• Forest Garden: One of the UK's largest manufacturers and retailers of wooden garden buildings (sheds, log cabins, summerhouses, structures), with a similar product portfolio, UK-wide delivery, and an established heritage brand. Directly comparable in product range, channel mix (DTC + retail), and target customer base of UK homeowners.
• Sheds.co.uk: Specialist UK online retailer of garden sheds and workshops, offering wooden, metal, and plastic structures with delivery and installation. Comparable in pure-play DTC e-commerce model and customer demographic of UK homeowners seeking garden storage.
• Waltons: Long-established UK direct-to-consumer retailer of garden buildings including sheds, log cabins, summerhouses, and playhouses. Closely matches Tiger's core sheds/log cabins DTC model, UK homeowner customer base, and online configurator-led buying journey.
• Dunster House: UK-based manufacturer and retailer of garden buildings, log cabins, and garden rooms, with in-house production and direct delivery. Comparable in vertical integration, premium positioning, and breadth of outdoor timber structures, including insulated garden rooms overlapping with Tiger Modular.
• Garden Buildings Direct: UK online retailer of garden buildings and structures, offering a broad range of sheds, log cabins, and summerhouses. Closely comparable in DTC e-commerce model, target customer (UK homeowners), and breadth of product portfolio.
• Rowlinson: UK-based manufacturer and supplier of garden buildings, including sheds, log cabins, summerhouses, and outdoor structures. Comparable product range and heritage UK manufacturing footprint, with overlap in trade and retail channels.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TigerSheds
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCaeiPL-IADl97MpFg3fBepg
• Facebookfacebook.com/tiger.sheds
• Instagraminstagram.com/tigersheds
• TikToktiktok.com/@tiger_sheds
• Pinterestpinterest.co.uk/TigerSheds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tiger-box

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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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