Mullins family patriarch Charlie laid the foundations of his plumbing empire in the 1970s. After completing his apprenticeship, he founded London’s most iconic plumbing brand from an estate agent basement office in 1979, that in 2021 would sell for £150 million.
By the 1990s Mullins’ corporate image vision was well established – uniforms, smart vans, real 24/7 service, and transparent pricing.
The revolutionary model would soon grow into a £50 million turn-over firm of 500+ workers, based in a 30,000 square-foot HQ, 24/7 control centre, staff gym, restaurant, and an in-house apprentice training centre, opened by mayor of London, Boris Johnson (2008).
The new decade saw the birth of the ‘celebrity plumbers’ with famous customers; television shows like Secret Millionaire and Posh Plumbers, and engineers earning 6-figure salaries as the public abandon DIY for quality work and premier service.