Live online, three evenings, starts 16 November, 7pm UK
The 3 Day Buy A UK Business Challenge, live with Dee Ludlow

How to buy a UK business without starting from scratch Inside the 3 day challenge

  • £7£97one payment today
  • Live online3 evenings with Dee
  • 16 to 18 November7pm UK, 2 hours each
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Watch over my shoulder as I show you the exact system my clients use to buy established, profitable businesses. Whether you're a landlord tired of the squeeze, a professional ready to escape the 9 to 5, or a tradesman done with being on the tools.

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Episodes

Everything you'll learn during these 3 days

A complete look at what you'll experience inside the 3 Day Buy A Business Challenge. All sessions are 7pm UK time.

  1. Day 116 November7pm UK

    Why buying beats building

    Discover why buying an established business is a different route to ownership than starting from scratch, and what makes right now a good time to look. By the end of the night, you'll have your first list of real businesses you could actually buy.

    You leave with: Your first list of real businesses you could actually buy.

    Workbook 1: Why buying beats building
  2. Day 217 November7pm UK

    How to spot a goldmine and avoid a lemon

    Learn the exact filter we use to separate a real cash-flowing business from a money pit, or a glorified job you'd be buying yourself. You'll learn how to value a business and how to check everything is legit, all in plain English.

    You leave with: A filter that tells a goldmine from a lemon, and a plain English way to value it.

    Workbook 2: The deal filter and valuation
  3. Day 318 November7pm UK

    How to fund the deal without risking everything

    The part nobody explains properly. How real people structure deals so the bulk of the money doesn't come out of their own pocket. Bank funding, seller terms, and the 90 day plan that takes you from this challenge to your first acquisition.

    You leave with: The 90 day plan from this challenge to your first acquisition.

    Workbook 3: Funding and your 90 day plan
  4. Day 4, VIP only19 November7pm UK

    The Hot Seat

    Bring your situation and your numbers. I'll personally walk you through your deal, live. This is where the Real Deal Files and the inner circle trainings unlock. Available to VIP ticket holders only.

    You leave with: your own deal, walked through live.

Bonus: daily guest sessions with real buyers. Each evening, hear from someone who started exactly where you are now and went on to buy a real, cash-flowing business.

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100+ acquisitions£200 million+ in deal value

Over £200 million in business acquisitions, and counting

These aren't theories from a textbook. My team and I have been involved in more than 100 real acquisitions worth over £200 million combined. The 3 days will show you the exact path our clients walked.

Post in the 5D Private M&A Group from Gregor Donoghue: done deal, bought a franchise for a broker company
Post from Alex Stead: nursery acquisition complete
Post in the 5D Private M&A Group from Navin Dang: completion day, proud owners of Quality Workwear Services Limited

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Most people who go on to buy a business with us tried building one first.

On their first call, 31 of 56 buyers brought up "starting from scratch" before we did. The side venture that died on customers or staff, the property that stopped paying. This challenge starts where that ends: with a business that already trades.

  • Starting a business from scratch
  • Building an audience first
  • Gambling your savings

Inside the 3 Day Buy A Business Challenge, you'll discover:

  • The fastest way to replace your income in 2026, without starting a business from scratch, building an audience, or gambling your savings.
  • How to find established, profitable businesses for sale that most people walk straight past.
  • The exact filter that separates a genuine cash-flowing asset from a business that's secretly a 70 hour a week job in disguise.
  • How to value almost any business in plain English. No accounting degree, no jargon, no spreadsheets you don't understand.
  • How real buyers structure deals so the bulk of the purchase price never comes out of their own pocket.
  • The "silver tsunami" that means there have never been more profitable businesses for sale in this country than there are right now, and why that window won't stay open forever.
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"There was so much value given over those three days, and it was genuine as well. It wasn't like one of these recorded things."
Nikki, joined 5D after the challenge. From a recorded 5D sales call, June 2026.

Built for people who want to own a business, not start one

You don't need to quit anything to come. The people who buy with us usually keep the job while they buy.

The capped professional

Good salary, hard ceiling. You want to keep the job and own the business above it.

The landlord

Tired of the hassle, the tax and the shrinking yields. A trading business with staff in place is property's better sibling.

The care or NHS worker

Long shifts, no time to build anything from the ground up. You'd rather buy income that already exists.

The owner or tradesman

Done with being on the tools. You'd rather own than keep grinding. Day 2 shows you how to spot a lemon before it costs you.

This is for you if

  • You'd rather own a business that already trades than build one from scratch
  • You want to keep the job while you buy
  • You want to see how deals get funded so the bulk of the money isn't yours

This is not for you if

  • You're after a get rich quick idea. This is about real businesses and real numbers.
  • You want to start something from scratch. Everything here is about businesses that already trade.
  • You won't turn up. It's live, and the live Q&A is where your own situation gets answered.

Why you should listen to me

Dee Ludlow with members holding copies of ETA magazine

I left school at 16 with nothing

No qualifications. No safety net. No rich family. I started businesses the hard way and most of them failed. Painful, expensive failures. The kind that teach you more than any course ever could.

Dee Ludlow at his desk

I stopped building and started buying

Eventually I worked out the secret that wealthy people have always known. You don't have to build a business from scratch and pray it survives. You can buy one that already works. Already profitable. Already paying staff. That single shift changed the entire trajectory of my life.

Dee Ludlow speaking to a full room

Over 100 acquisitions. More than £200 million in deal value.

Since then, my team and I have been involved in over 100 acquisitions worth more than £200 million combined. From small, simple deals all the way up to multi-million pound businesses. I'm not a theorist. I do this in the real market, every single week.

Dee Ludlow holding a framed ETA magazine cover

I've owned businesses I never worked in

I once helped take over a construction company turning over £9 million a year. I never picked up a tool. Never stepped foot in a van. Never wore the high-vis once. We grew it five times over and sold it. That is what owning a business is actually supposed to look like.

Dee Ludlow teaching in front of the 5D Program screen

I've helped people with zero experience buy real businesses

Landlords. Corporate professionals. Tradesmen. Parents. People who'd never done a deal in their life. Some have replaced their income entirely. Some have built portfolios of businesses. Every one of them started exactly where you are right now.

Questions, answered

The things people ask before they grab a ticket.

Is it really live?

Yes. Three live evenings with Dee, two hours each, not prerecorded, starting 16 November, 7pm UK. Each evening also has a guest session with someone who started exactly where you are now and went on to buy a real, cash-flowing business.

Is this just a sales pitch?

The three evenings are teaching: how to find, value and fund a business that already trades. Near the end you'll hear how 5D works with people who want help doing their first deal, and you're free to ignore it. Your ticket stands on its own, and it's covered by our 100% integrity-backed guarantee.

Do I need a lot of money to buy a business?

No, and this is one of the biggest things people get wrong. Across the three days Dee shows you how deals get structured so that very little of your own money goes in. One member bought a business turning over more than £2 million with around £7,000 of his own cash in, the rest structured through the deal. You'll cover financing and deal structures in detail on Days 2 and 3.

What if I can't make a session live?

Show up live if you possibly can, because the live Q&A is where Dee answers your actual situation, not a generic one. But if you miss one, you'll have replay access so you don't fall behind.

Do I need experience buying a business?

No. You don't need to have bought anything before, or come from a business background. What you do need is to be serious about actually doing it. The framework is taught step by step from the ground up, then layered into real, more complex deals. So whether you've never looked at a business or you've already viewed a few, it meets you where you are and moves you forward.

What happens after I get my ticket?

You'll get an email titled "Action Required" with everything you need: the dates to add to your calendar, the link to join the group, and the session details. We'll also text them through so nothing gets lost. From there, just show up live and ready to take notes. Keep an eye out for the key symbol in your inbox along the way.

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