[5] Annette Ashberry was a director, along with Rachel Parsons, Caroline Haslett, Dora Turner, and Herbert Schofield, the head of Loughborough College of Technology.

The first headquarters of the organisation consisted of three walls and a mud floor, and was occupied by pigs and chickens.

The founders completed the building work to make the space habitable, including a concrete floor, lathes and a gas supply.

In 1922, the company moved to London and added adjustable spanners, screwdrivers and drilling jigs to their list of manufactured products.

It also aimed to provide further training, initially at Loughborough College of Technology, where both Ashberry and Turner were studying.