CCTV footage showed a man breaking through the skylight of the barn in the early hours and taking equipment.
Items lost included hedge cutters, strimmers and fencing tools, and Roberts said he was worried about being able to provide work for his two full-time and three part-time workers.
He said: “Tools can be replaced, but I have that responsibility on my shoulders for their mortgages, their families.
“That rests on me to keep that money coming in,” he said.
He said he had now relocated his premises over fears another theft could occur, with the help of friends and family, including his 83-year-old grandmother, Wendy Richardson.
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