Helping trades-based businesses thrive with strategic support & investment

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What is Flexi Partners?

Flexi Partners began by offering financial consultancy services to small businesses in Australia, helping them to raise money, improve reporting, and explore growth opportunities.

Today, it is evolving to focus on trades-based businesses, not only helping them better understand and draw insights from their financial reporting, but by offering an all-in-one admin and marketing solution (new website coming soon).

Flexi Partner Investments: We are looking to purchase majority stakes in home trades businesses, particularly Plumbing or Heating & Cooling. Please reach out if you'd like to discuss.

What we do

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Grow your business and improve profitability by utilising the financial analysis and research skills of our Business Partners

Increase revenue: Conduct market research and modelling to explore the benefits of entering a new geographic market, introducing a new product / service line or conducting an acquisition.

Improve margins: Understand the profitability of each product and customer in order to make informed pricing, sales and operational decisions, and analyse business expenses and cost structure.

Enhance your team’s capability and make more informed, data-led decisions

Assistance with cost-benefit analysis on difficult decisions such as whether to outsource or hire in-house
Data analysis; e.g. understanding customer buying patterns and forecasting demand
Build business cases for bespoke projects such as investments into new equipment and facilities

We’re building a leading Australian home services group by bringing together exceptional local businesses in plumbing, heating & cooling, and other essential services.

Through majority-stake acquisitions, we unite trusted operators under one roof, helping them with the marketing, admin and training support they need to succeed.

Our mission is to deliver top-quality service to Australian homes and businesses, whilst giving skilled tradespeople more opportunity, stability, and support. At the heart of our mission is people: everything we do revolves around keeping our customers happy and our employees fulfilled.

We're currently looking to find, and invest in, an initial partner who aligns with our plans, mission and values.

Admin. Software. Marketing. Finance. AI. The all-in-one support solution for your trades business.

Tradie Partners Australia was born from an understanding that electricians, plumbers, roofers and other trades business owners have more important things to focus on than admin. Tradies go into business to deliver the best possible service to their customers, and helping them achieve that is why we exist.

Tradie Partners offers admin (VA), marketing, accounting / finance and AI services so that trades business owners can reduce stress, save time and grow - all with expert advice and support at their back.

New website coming soon

Our Mission

Our mission is to support the people who build and maintain Australia's homes and commercial buildings, giving them the best possible opportunity to succeed in business and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Acquisition criteria:

We are looking for the following qualities in our initial acquisition:

Medium-large size

We expect the minimum EBIT for our initial business investment to be at least A$1m. As a 'platform' investment, the business should have established processes and systems and a strong, recognised brand.

Owner-partner model

A crucial element of our model is that we are entirely aligned with, and have the same objectives as those we partner with. To make sure of this, operators of the businesses we partner with retain a 10-49% ownership stake.

Exceptional service

We are looking for a business that offers exceptional service to its customers. It isn't necessarily the cheapest provider, but customers rave about their experience and are happy to recommend to their family and friends.

Why join us as an Owner-Partner?

We offer a unique model that supports growth and succession:

Investment to grow

We can help you fund investment in fleet, equipment and marketing so your business can reach its full potential.

We'll also help you search for and fund 'bolt-on' acquisitions to turbocharge your growth.

Succession planning

Our owner-partner model means we can support someone from your team or a bolt-on acquisition to buy your ownership stake and take over from you. Alternatively, someone from our wider network may be able to take over the reins.

Build a legacy

We commit to acting as your true partner, supporting your growth and helping you build something bigger and better than you thought possible - all while retaining the essence of your existing business.

About Us

Flexi Partners was started in Melbourne in 2024 with the goal of bringing big business expertise to help small and medium-sized businesses thrive. It has since evolved to focus primarily on providing residential trades-based businesses with a full admin, finance and marketing solution.

Founder

Lachlan has close to ten years' experience in various finance and strategy roles across large local and multinational companies. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne and later a Master's degree from the London School of Economics.