Independent. Privately held.

Different businesses.One ambition.Build what matters.

An independent group of operating businesses, technology ventures and ambitious ideas. Built through experience, driven by innovation.

02Our Philosophy

Built from experience.Driven by curiosity.

33 Group brings together established operating businesses and emerging ventures, combining practical industry knowledge with technology, thoughtful design and a willingness to challenge how things are done.

It is a privately-held collection of operating businesses and the software platforms built to run them. Each platform is developed inside one of the operating companies first — proven in live use, then made available externally. The order matters: operate, build, commercialise what proves itself.

03The Portfolio

Businesses we operate.Ventures we build.

ehluk.co.uk
EHL Group website homepage
01Operating Business— Est. 1993

EHL Group

The operational foundation of the group.

Commercial HVAC, M&E, electrical and building services across the UK. Founded 1993. 24/7 reactive response, employed engineers, repair-first. Fourteen specialist divisions, one number to call.

  • 24/7 reactive response
  • Employed engineers
  • Fourteen specialist divisions

Commercial HVAC · M&E · Building Services

02Operating Business

Siesta Coffee

Roasted weekly in the North East. Served at the window.

Multi-site drive-thru and café chain. The Siesta app handles order-ahead, rewards, balance and nearest-location. Coffee roasted weekly at the North East roastery.

  • Multi-site drive-thru & café
  • Order-ahead app & rewards
  • In-house roastery

Hospitality · Drive-thru · Roastery

Siesta Coffee on mobile
03Operating Business

Be Inspired Gym

Modern training spaces, close to home.

Premium gyms with purpose-built training spaces — strength, cardio and functional. Spinning, boxercise, bootcamp, reformer Pilates, red light therapy and MegaSun tanning. Multi-site across the North East.

  • Strength, cardio & functional
  • Classes & reformer Pilates
  • Multi-site, North East

Health & Fitness

beinspiredgym.co.uk
Be Inspired Gym website homepage
04Operating Business

UK Plates

Private registrations, bought and transferred simply.

Private number plates and registrations. Browse the collection, buy and transfer — from 1-number plates to custom marks. Fulfilment for private buyers and trade.

  • Browse, buy & transfer
  • 1-number to custom marks
  • Private buyers & trade

Automotive · Private Registrations

ukplates.co.uk
UK Plates website homepage
intellifm.io
IntelliFM website homepage
05Technology & Ventures

IntelliFM

Facilities software, built inside a working contractor.

AI-powered facilities, asset and compliance management platform — reactive jobs, PPM, Estimator AI quoting, engineer app, client portal, invoicing, fleet and NFC asset tracking. Built inside a real contracting business.

  • Reactive jobs & PPM
  • Estimator AI quoting
  • Engineer app & client portal

AI · Facilities, Asset & Compliance

06Technology & Ventures

CostGenie

Procurement clarity in three minutes.

Free Procurement Health Assessment — a 3-minute score out of 100 benchmarked against UK businesses. For manufacturing, construction, hospitality, retail and F&B. The average SME leaves £38k a year on the table.

  • 3-minute health assessment
  • Benchmarked against UK businesses
  • Built for SMEs

AI · Procurement Intelligence

costgenie.io
CostGenie website homepage
04Community & Impact

Some things are worth buildingsimply because they help.

North East Help Hub on mobile

North East Help Hub

Free to use

Free help finder for the North East.

“Helping people across the North East find the support that’s already there for them.”

A free resource connecting people with practical support, from money and food to housing, warmth and everyday essentials. Built to make finding help simpler, clearer and more accessible.

  • Money
  • Food
  • Housing
  • Warmth
  • Everyday essentials
05What Connects It All

Operate. Build.Commercialise what proves itself.

I

Operate

Real businesses with real customers, engineers, baristas and members. Operational depth comes first.

II

Build

Software and AI developed inside the businesses that need it — tested in live use before anyone else sees it.

III

Endure

Long-term ownership over quick wins. Ideas are kept when they prove themselves, and improved when they don’t.