Prop Options Bespoke · Design · Engineering · Manufacture

Bespoke fabrication for brands, hotels and venues.

Display, signage, retail fixtures, hospitality stations, event builds, sculpture and custom moulds. Designed, engineered and made in house to your brief by a UK manufacturer trusted by Warner Bros., The Ritz-Carlton, The Savoy, One Aldwych, Leonardo Hotels, bet365 and Anya Hindmarch.

  • Trading since 2018
  • UK registered company
  • Fully insured
  • Guinness World Records® title holder
  • Customers in 80+ countries
  • Purchase orders welcome

Trusted by brands, hotels and venues including

Warner Bros.The Ritz-CarltonThe SavoyOne AldwychLeonardo HotelsAnya Hindmarch bet365Somerset HouseRhubarb HospitalitySmart GroupGAIL's BakeryBattersea Power Station

At a Glance

A proven UK manufacturer

From one hero piece for a launch to a repeat run across multiple sites, we design it, prove it with samples, make it and deliver it.

2018
Trading since
80+
Countries served
4.9/5
From 2,600+ reviews
UK
Designed & made in Dorset
No MOQ
One-off to volume runs

Who We Work With

Made for every sector

Wherever something needs to be designed, made and delivered to a brief, we can help.

Bespoke afternoon tea stand made by Prop Options for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea at One Aldwych

Hotels & Hospitality

Afternoon tea stands, breakfast and buffet stations, tea and coffee points, engraved serveware and front of house pieces, built to survive daily service.

One Aldwych · Leonardo Hotels · The Savoy · The Ritz-Carlton

Coral reeded tiered display tower built by Prop Options for Moving Venue at the Somerset House 25th anniversary

Events, Catering & Activations

Canapé displays and serving trays, food stations, plinths, statement displays and themed builds for caterers, agencies and brand activations, delivered to your event date.

Smart Group · Moving Venue · bet365 · Warner Bros.

Wooden food display blocks and marble risers made by Prop Options for GAIL's Bakery

Retail & Shop Display

Counter and window display, product risers, fixtures, centrepieces and visual merchandising, repeatable across every store in your estate.

Anya Hindmarch · GAIL's Bakery

Multi-material Battersea Power Station landmark display with 3D printed chimneys

Signage, Sculpture & Large Builds

Dimensional and illuminated signage, landmark models, oversized props and installations, engineered for transport, safe display and repeat use.

Battersea Power Station · Cake International

Custom 3D printed housing and silicone mould made by Prop Options for Jackass promotional mailers

Promotional, Moulds & Prototypes

Custom moulds, cast components, 3D printed prototypes and promotional pieces, from first concept to a finished production batch.

Jackass

Illuminated walnut Anya Travel clock made by Prop Options for Anya Hindmarch

Luxury Brands & White Label

Co-developed and white-label pieces for luxury retail, gifting and hospitality brands, made to your brand standards and kept confidential.

Anya Hindmarch

For Procurement & Buying Teams

Easy to approve. Easy to buy from.

We know a new supplier has to pass more than a design review. Everything your onboarding, finance and compliance teams need is below, and we are happy to complete your supplier forms.

UK Registered Company

Prop Options Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 13793986. Trading since 2018 from our workshop in Poole, Dorset.

Materials & Compliance

Food-safe materials and finishes specified for every surface that meets food, chosen for hospitality and catering use. Full material details, finishes and cleaning guidance come with every quote.

Purchase Orders & Onboarding

We work to your purchase order, complete new supplier and vendor forms and invoice with full VAT detail.

Confidentiality

Brand launches and unreleased products are routine for us. We are happy to sign your NDA before you share a brief.

Samples Before Sign-Off

CAD renders, material samples and prototypes so every stakeholder approves the piece before production begins.

Clear, Fixed Quotes

Itemised quotes with stated assumptions, option ladders to suit your budget, and no surprises between quote and invoice.

Fully Insured

Prop Options Ltd is fully insured for the design, manufacture and delivery work we carry out.

Managed Delivery

Delivered to site, store or logistics hub anywhere in the UK and worldwide, including pallet delivery for large builds and multi-site roll-outs.

Fast, Streamlined Quoting

Send the purpose, rough sizes, the real weight it carries, your date and a budget range and we will come back with a fixed quote, usually within one working day. Getting those five things up front is what keeps the whole project quick.

No Fixed Size Limit

We do not cap what we will take on. Tell us the dimensions and we will tell you how it is built, how it splits for transport and how it goes back together on site.

Legal name
Prop Options Ltd
Company no.
13793986 (England and Wales)
VAT no.
GB 346 0480 11
Workshop
Unit 1B, 6 Holton Point, Holton Heath Trading Park, Poole BH16 6FL
Trading since
2018
Insurance
Fully insured
Payment
Orders over £2,000: 50% deposit, 50% before despatch. Orders under £2,000: paid on order.
Contact
customerservice@propoptions.co.uk · 07444 887799

Need our capability statement, company details or material specifications for your supplier file? Ask and we will send the pack the same day.

Request Supplier Pack

Compliance, materials & site assurance
Buyer guides: briefing, food safe materials, costs and approvals
Download our capability statement (PDF)

Case Studies

Delivered for names you know

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea stand made by Prop Options for One Aldwych hotel, London, with gold top hat candy floss holder, twisted gold columns and pink and navy tiers

Five-Star Hotel · One Aldwych, London

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea

The bespoke afternoon tea stand at the heart of One Aldwych's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Afternoon Tea in Covent Garden: a gold top hat candy floss holder on a twisted gold column, pink and navy pastry tiers, and a base that holds the chocolate dip and milkshake bottles.

Built to be carried to the table and used at every sitting, day after day.

Illuminated four-faced clock cube made by Prop Options in the window of Anya Travel, Anya Hindmarch, 14 Pont Street, London

Luxury Retail · Anya Hindmarch

The Anya Travel clock, 14 Pont Street

The illuminated four-faced clock cube that hangs in the corner window of Anya Travel, Anya Hindmarch's travel store in The Village on Pont Street, London. Designed and built by Prop Options as the store's signature window piece, and seen by every passer-by on the corner.

We have made two very different pieces for the house. Alongside the clock, a set of hand-carved, hand-illustrated afternoon tea stands for the brand's hospitality programme, finished by hand to the brand's own artwork.

One of the most recognisable names in British luxury, working with a Dorset workshop. That is the standard everything here is built to.

Engraved oak topping blocks and tray caddies for Leonardo Hotels breakfast service

Hotel Group · Leonardo Hotels

Breakfast and tea service, made to last

A gold-framed tea and coffee station with oak trays, plus engraved oak topping blocks and tray caddies for breakfast service.

Designed around how hotel teams actually work: easy to clean, easy to restock and tough enough for daily use.

Pink reeded plinths and strawberries and cream dessert station for Moving Venue at Ascot

Event Catering · Smart Group and Moving Venue

Food stations for Somerset House and Ascot

A run of colour-matched food displays for one of the UK's leading event caterers: a heritage tomato tower and fig station for the Somerset House 25th anniversary, a strawberries and cream station for Ascot, and a luxury hot fork buffet built on our reeded plinths.

Themed to each event, and reusable across the caterer's future bookings.

The world's most expensive cake stand by Prop Options, a Guinness World Records title unveiled at Cake International

Record-Breaking Build · Cake International

A Guinness World Records® title

We designed and created the world's most expensive cake stand and its plinth in mirror-polished 316 marine-grade steel, hand-set with more than 25,000 Swarovski® crystals and officially valued at $20,000.

Unveiled inside a lit display case at Cake International, NEC Birmingham, in collaboration with Renshaw. For Cake International's 30th anniversary we also built a two metre high, two metre wide centrepiece in timber and 3D print.

$20,000
Official valuation
25,000+
Crystals hand-set
2m x 2m
NEC centrepiece

View the Guinness World Record

Selected Work

More from the workshop

Bespoke acrylic tower with diamond topper for a bet365 event
Event Centrepiece Tower
bet365
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory afternoon tea stand made by Prop Options for One Aldwych hotel, London
Chocolate Factory Tea Stand
One Aldwych, London
Glass bud vases and candlesticks styling the top table at the 2025 London Fashion Awards
Fashion Awards Tablescape
Rhubarb · London Fashion Awards
Battersea Power Station multi-material landmark display
Landmark Display
Battersea Power Station
GAIL's Bakery counter display blocks
Counter Display Blocks
GAIL's Bakery
Luxury hot fork buffet on reeded plinths for Smart Group and Moving Venue
Luxury Buffet Activation
Smart Group · Moving Venue
Bespoke gold-framed tea and coffee station built by Prop Options for Leonardo Hotels
Tea & Coffee Station
Leonardo Hotels
Pink reeded plinths and a strawberries and cream dessert station built by Prop Options for Moving Venue at Ascot
Strawberries & Cream Station
Ascot · Moving Venue
Prop Options Guinness World Records exhibition stand at Cake International, NEC Birmingham
Record Attempt Exhibition Stand
Cake International · NEC
Hand-carved, hand-illustrated three-tier afternoon tea stands made by Prop Options for Anya Hindmarch
Hand-Illustrated Tea Stands
Anya Hindmarch
Magenta fig station display made by Prop Options for Moving Venue at Somerset House
Fig Station Display
Somerset House · Moving Venue
Custom silicone mould for promotional mailers
Custom Cast Moulds
Jackass

Capability & Supply

How we work, and what we build

Buyers come to us in a handful of recognisable ways, from a single prototype to a roll-out across every site. If one of these describes your situation, the page has the detail, the materials and the worked examples.

Design & Build: One Supplier

Concept, drawings, engineering, manufacture, finish and delivery from one workshop. One brief, one quote, one contact, one delivery date.

Low Volume & Short Run

One unit, twenty or two hundred. No minimum order, and no tooling cost where tooling is not needed.

White Label & Contract Manufacturing

We make it, you sell it. Our name never appears on the work, we sign an NDA as standard and we never approach your client.

Multi-Site Roll-Outs & Repeat Runs

Fifteen hotels or forty stores, finished identically and delivered in phases. Re-order in year two against the original specification.

Custom Moulds, Casting & Prototyping

Concept to batch. 3D printing, pattern making, silicone moulds and cast parts, with honest advice on when a mould is worth paying for.

Bespoke Metal Fabrication

Stainless, mild steel, aluminium and brass. Welding, forming, mirror polishing and powder coating, including marine grade work.

Custom Acrylic Fabrication

Precision cutting, flame polishing, bending and bonding in clear, coloured, frosted and mirrored acrylic.

Display Plinths & Podiums

Plinths, risers and podiums made to your own dimensions and finish, for museums, galleries, retail and events.

Exhibition Stands & Trade Show Builds

Custom stands, feature builds and demountable structures, designed to travel, rebuild cleanly and be stored between shows.

Fabrication in Dorset & the South West

Our workshop is in Poole. Come and see the work in progress, and sign it off in person before it leaves.

How It Works

From brief to delivery

1

Brief

Send your brief, drawings or references through our form, by email or by phone.

2

Quote

An itemised, no-obligation quote with options, assumptions and lead time.

3

Design & Sample

CAD renders, material samples or a prototype for your team to approve.

4

Make

Production in our Dorset workshop, with progress updates throughout.

5

Deliver

Packed, shipped and delivered to site, store or hub, in the UK or worldwide.

Most projects take 2 to 3 weeks from sign-off, depending on the nature of the job and how busy the workshop is at the time. Larger builds and multi-site roll-outs are scheduled to your programme, and we confirm the lead time in writing with your quote.

Capabilities

What we make, and how we make it

Every stage is handled in house at our Dorset workshop: design, engineering, manufacture and finishing, under one roof and one point of contact.

Things we make

  • Display stands & plinths
  • Retail & counter fixtures
  • Window & VM display
  • Afternoon tea & buffet stations
  • Canapé displays & serving trays
  • Signage & 3D lettering
  • Illuminated signs
  • Sculpture & oversized props
  • Event & activation builds
  • Landmark & architectural models
  • Custom moulds & casting
  • Prototypes & product development
  • White-label & gifting pieces

How we make it

  • Design, CAD & renders
  • Timber & joinery
  • Precision acrylic
  • Large-format 3D printing
  • Laser cutting & engraving
  • Silicone & resin casting
  • Metalwork & fabrication
  • Powder coating & paint finishes
  • Custom colour matching
  • LED lighting integration
  • Structural engineering
  • Packing & pallet logistics

One workshop, one supplier and one point of contact from first sketch to final delivery, whatever the mix of materials.

Awards & Recognition

Recognised for design and innovation

Guinness World Records®
World's most expensive cake stand
Next Generation Entrepreneur
Winner, Cake & Bake International Awards 2025
Best Retailer of the Year
Finalist, Cake & Bake International Awards 2026
Best Product of the Year
Finalist 2026, The Quilted Rolling Pin
SME UK Enterprise Awards 2022
Most Innovative Cake Stand Designers
Wedding Industry Awards
Winner 2022

As seen in Vogue · BRIDES · BBC Good Food · The Great British Bake Off · OK! Magazine · Cake Masters · TOWIE

Questions From Buyers

Bespoke fabrication, answered

What can you make?

Almost anything that can be drawn. Display stands and plinths, retail and counter fixtures, afternoon tea stands, canapé displays and serving trays, hospitality and buffet stations, signage and illuminated signs, sculpture and oversized props, event builds, custom moulds, prototypes and white-label products, in timber, acrylic, metal, resin, 3D print or a combination.

What materials can you work with?

Food-grade stainless steel, brass, copper, aluminium and other metals, ultra-polished acrylic and perspex, glass, hardwoods such as oak, walnut, birch and ash, MDF, resin and cast silicone, marble and stone, foam, leather and fabric, plus large-format 3D printing. We routinely combine several materials in one piece to get the look, finish and strength a brief needs.

Where are you based, and do we need to visit?

Our design studio and workshop is at Holton Heath Trading Park in Poole, Dorset, on the south coast of England, around two hours from London. You do not need to come to us. Almost every project we deliver is run remotely and we generally prefer it that way: a short video call to talk the brief through, then CAD drawings, renders, material photographs and progress shots shared as we go, so nobody loses a day to travel and decisions get made faster. We work by video call, email or phone, whichever suits your team. You are very welcome to visit by appointment if you would rather handle samples in person.

Can you handle large or illuminated builds?

Yes. We build dimensional and illuminated signage, oversized props, sculptures and installations up to several metres, engineered to split for transport and delivered by pallet or dedicated van. We do not cap what we will take on: tell us the dimensions and we will tell you how it is built and how it splits for transport.

How quickly can you quote?

Usually within one working day. Send the purpose, rough sizes, the real weight it carries, your date and a budget range and we can come straight back with a fixed quote rather than a round of questions. Getting those five things up front is what keeps the whole project quick.

Can you supply RAMS, fire rated materials and structural calculations?

Yes to all three, and we install on site where a build needs fitting rather than shipping. Full detail is on our compliance and site assurance page.

Can you work to our purchase order and supplier onboarding process?

Yes. We accept purchase orders, complete new supplier and vendor forms, and can supply our company details, material specifications and a capability statement for your supplier file.

Are you a registered and insured company?

Yes. Prop Options Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number 13793986, has traded since 2018 and is fully insured.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes. Many of our projects are unreleased products or brand launches, and we are happy to sign your NDA before you share the brief.

Can we see a sample or prototype before we commit?

Yes. We provide CAD renders, material samples and prototypes so your team can approve the piece before production. Sampling is quoted upfront and can be deducted from the final order.

What are your lead times?

Most projects take 2 to 3 weeks from sign-off, depending on the nature of the job and how busy the workshop is at the time. Larger builds and multi-site roll-outs are scheduled to your programme. Tell us your launch or event date when you enquire and we will confirm the lead time in writing with your quote.

What are your payment terms?

Orders under £2,000 are paid on order. Orders of £2,000 and over are 50 per cent on order and 50 per cent before despatch.

Can you produce volume and multi-site orders?

Yes. There is no minimum order. We make one-off pieces and repeat runs for hotel groups, retail estates and catering companies, with consistent finish across every unit.

Do you deliver outside the UK?

Yes. We deliver across the UK and worldwide, including pallet delivery to sites, stores and logistics hubs, and have customers in more than 80 countries.

Start Your Project

Tell us what you need made.

Send your brief and we will come back with ideas, options and an itemised quote. No project is too ambitious and no order is too small.

Prefer to talk? Call 07444 887799 or email customerservice@propoptions.co.uk