About Us

Our History: The Shufflebottom story started in 1977, when Lorna Shufflebottom visited her doctor while expecting her first child. “Would you know anyone who can make gates?” the doctor asked. “My husband Martin can,” she replied. So Martin agreed to make metal gates. First he had to buy a drill costing £27, he used the drill to construct the gates, and he charged the doctor £28. So this first venture was not profitable, but the Shufflebottoms had started out on the road to becoming leading manufacturers of steel-framed buildings. The company Shufflebottom Ltd was founded in May 1986, with Martin as managing director.

Seven years later, in 1993, Martin was killed in a tragic accident. Lorna took over at the head of the company, and continued to expand and diversify, constructing strong steel-framed buildings for all kinds of purposes, in the countryside and in cities.

The second generation of Shufflebottoms, Alex and Wesley, and general manager Alec Davies became directors of the company in March 2008, following Lorna’s decision to relinquish day-to-day management.