Basil became disillusioned with his working life in the City of London and decided to set up on his own.  His notes included a stepped plan of moving away from broker “Nixon Constable & Co. Ltd” and a detailed business plan entitled “Fry’s Business Plans for the 70’s (And no longer!)

Basil is joined by his son Christopher Fry shortly afterwards and then later, by his son in law, Christopher Thorpe.  Basil’s first client is “White & Co” a company headquartered in the south of England who remain clients to this day.

Philip Wildman joined the company from MAT International, a Freight Forwarding business in London.  Philip had been busy achieving his ACII and settling worldwide transit claims.

The 2000s marked a period of significant growth and transformation for the business. In 2001, Greg Wildman joined as Philip Wildman’s Account Handler and quickly helped drive marketing initiatives and business development, contributing to rapid expansion. This growth led to the company’s relocation to Swan House, Leatherhead, in 2003.

The team continued to strengthen with the addition of Ria Houston in 2005 and Adam Kellaway in 2006. That same year, a major milestone was reached when Philip and Greg Wildman, alongside David Pite and Susanna Hudson, completed a management buyout through the newly formed Wildman Brothers Limited, securing 100% ownership of the business.

Further growth followed with the arrival of Peter Doman in 2007, whose commercial expertise helped expand the client base, and Bob Tree in 2008, who brought specialist knowledge of the removals, storage and self-storage sectors, further enhancing the company’s technical and sales capabilities.

This period laid the foundations for the company’s continued success through strong leadership, strategic growth and industry expertise.

The company, now writing the insurances of a third of the removals market in the UK, grows considerably.  Peter Doman joins the Board of Directors followed quickly by Ria Houston.  Adam Kellaway leaves to gain City of London experience and achieves a first class honours degree in insurance and his ACII. Sue Thorn joins as Financial Controller in 2012 to replace Christopher Fry. Amy King joins the company in 2014 and quickly establishes herself in the business becoming Claims Manager in 2016.  In 2016 Adam re-joins the company as Technical Director for the impending purchase of Wildman Brothers Limited by Wildman, Doman and Houston Limited. In 2017, the purchase is led by Greg Wildman and joining Greg on the Board of Directors is Peter Doman, Ria Houston, Sue Thorn (Finance Director) and Adam Kellaway.  Amy King is promoted to the Board of Directors in 2019.  Analysis of the Self Storage industry is undertaken which results in Basil Fry broking the insurances for more than 40% of the self storage centres in the UK.  The company starts to take a deeper interest in the property market and subsequently employs Jackie Pullen in January 2020.