Launching across North Wales — be first in the diary · own a territory

The franchise · £14,500 all-in

A salon-grade business. No salon required.

One payment covers everything a launch needs: your NVQ training, a corporate-leased electric van in full brand wrap, elite portable kit, starting stock, a defined territory and the technology stack that keeps your diary full and your admin near zero.

Enquire about a territory → How you scale
A polished Charlotte Eleanor finish — graduate bob and gold jewellery

What £14,500 buys

Training · £4,500
The full fast-track NVQ at Clwydian Academy Already qualified? Your entry reduces accordingly — talk to us
Licence · £10,000
Territory licence and fleet access — and it funds your own deployment Van lease deposit, full-cast vinyl brand wrap, interior racking and secure chemical storage
Kit
Elite portable professional kit Thermal styling tools, professional shears, portable inclinable wash station with integrated tanks
Stock
Starting professional inventory Replenished at corporate wholesale rates thereafter
Business systems
Set up and running before your first appointment Your diary, client records and payments are handled for you — licence costs covered within your operating line
Ongoing
8% royalty + 2% marketing levy A 10% total deduction, taken automatically at the point of sale — no invoices, no arrears, no surprises

The earning picture

  • Optimised full-time — around 25 clients a week models to roughly £61,000 gross, retaining a pre-tax net of about £40,000 — a ∼45% uplift on the average employed senior stylist
  • Premium specialist — bridal and colour specialists in affluent belts model to £83,000–£88,500 gross, with net income beyond £60,000
  • Grounded assumptions — a 75% productivity rule, 48-week year and regional price matrices; no best-case arithmetic
  • Lean cost base — no rent, no rates; product costs held near 10% through corporate bulk purchasing; EV running costs up to 38% below diesel
£65blended average appointment value — and booking deposits compress the industry’s 10–15% no-show bleed to 2–3%.

Figures are illustrative projections from the group’s internal modelling, benchmarked against regional pricing data (June 2026). They are not a guarantee of earnings.

The support behind you

You cut hair. We run the rest.

Your diary

Bookings, reminders and client histories are managed centrally and reach you already organised. You open your phone, see the day ahead, and drive — no evenings lost to admin, no chasing.

Your money

Payment is taken at the appointment and everything owed is settled for you — your share lands in your account without you raising a single invoice. No arrears, no month-end reconciliation.

Your van

The vehicle is leased, wrapped, serviced and insured through the group. Maintenance, compliance and roadside cover are handled centrally, and none of it sits on your balance sheet.

The demand side

The diary maths is modest.

A stabilised full-time column needs only 100–120 recurring clients on a five-to-six-week cycle — in territories holding tens of thousands of households within a thirty-minute drive. Mobile operators inherit the demand the high street is shedding, and the 2% levy funds regional search presence and launch campaigns that grow automatically with the fleet.

  • Defined territory with a launch promotion behind you
  • A wrapped EV — a moving billboard on commuter routes
  • Rebooking automation converts first visits into six-week cycles
  • Referral-dominated trade: quality compounds

Who we’re looking for

Three doors into the network.

The career changer

Start from zero

Train at the academy — with funded routes for eligible learners — then step straight into a deployed business. The complete journey, one system.

The qualified stylist

Go mobile, properly

Already hold your NVQ? Skip to deployment: territory, van, technology and brand behind you instead of a rent-a-chair ceiling above you.

The ambitious operator

Build a fleet

The apprentice loop lets capacity-constrained franchisees add vans and people — the ladder is designed for multi-van territory operators.

The territories

Four counties. Four owners. That’s the launch.

155,000 people

Flintshire

The borderlands corridor — Mold to Deeside to the Chester fringe.

The territory → Home county

Denbighshire

Coast and vale, ten minutes from the academy that trains the network.

The territory → The premium coast

Conwy

Llandudno to Llanrwst — the strongest at-home demand in the region.

The territory → The city

Wrexham

Wales’s newest city and its village ring — a city’s clientele, no city rent.

The territory →

Why North Wales is the launchpad →

Questions, answered straight

What stylists ask us first.

How much does it cost?

£14,500 all-in: the full fast-track NVQ at Clwydian Academy (£4,500 — reduced if you’re already qualified) plus the £10,000 territory licence that funds your own deployment — wrapped electric van, racking, elite kit, starting stock and the configured technology stack.

What are the ongoing fees?

8% royalty + 2% marketing levy — a 10% total deduction taken automatically at the point of sale. No invoices, no arrears. Stock replenishes at corporate wholesale rates.

Do I need to be qualified?

No. Qualified stylists skip to deployment with entry reduced accordingly; career changers train first at Clwydian Academy in St Asaph, then step into the deployed business.

Where are the territories?

Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy and Wrexham — four defended counties around our St Asaph base. See the territories. Each is allocated once.

Owner-operator or management?

You start owner-operator — one van, one territory. The ladder then scales you: an apprentice trains at the academy and deploys in a second van in your patch; established operators run multi-van teams.

Is the income guaranteed?

No — and be wary of any franchise that says otherwise. Our figures are illustrative projections with the assumptions shown; we share the full workings at discovery, before you commit anything. Weighing it against renting a chair or going alone? Read the honest comparison.

Territories are allocated once — and defended.

The pilot network is deliberately small. Enquire now and we’ll talk territories, timing and whether the model fits the business you want to build.

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