Henry Patterson invested his own earnings and used £17,000 of grant funding to produce a children's book and merchandise branded with characters from his online sweet shop.
The budding businessman has revealed that his annual turnover now exceeds £65,000 and his products are stocked by more than 70 different companies.
Henry said: "My school friends are excited about my business adventures but I don't mention money or talk about it too much to them.
"I think a traditional brand, like Beatrix Potter , was missing from the market which is why people have fallen in love with it so quickly.
"I also think children love the fact a child created it, as they have the confidence to write books of their own now."
Henry's first commercial venture came at the age of seven when he started selling bags of manure for £1.
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