For grant assessors, lenders & partners
The plan, in full. Nothing to chase.
If you are assessing a grant application, considering a lending relationship or exploring partnership, this page holds the complete business plan and investment case behind Clwydian Academy and the Charlotte Eleanor Group — the same document, whoever asks.
Business Plan & Investment Case — June 2026
The Net-Zero Vocational Academy and Mobile EV Hairdressing Franchise Network · Charlotte Eleanor Group · 59 pages, PDF
The model in one minute
A twin-engine structure, each funded from its natural source.
Charlotte Eleanor Academy CIC
Operates the St Asaph academy (trading as Clwydian Academy) as an asset-locked social enterprise. Capitalised by a non-dilutive grant stack and, post-Medr registration, recurring Welsh Government tuition funding through Personal Learning Accounts — a standalone social business, not a cost centre.
Charlotte Eleanor Group Ltd
The franchisor: brand, agreements, supply chain and SaaS governance stack behind a decentralised EV mobile hairdressing network. Structurally self-capitalising — each franchisee’s licence fee funds that unit’s own deployment, with royalties automated at the point of sale.
Figures are drawn from the June 2026 business plan, including a 60-month stress test under compounding adverse assumptions (revenue −20%, fleet −30%, costs +7 points). Section 8 of the plan presents the full stress-test architecture; Section 9 answers lender due-diligence questions in advance.
Governance
Built to be audited.
- Constitutional asset lock on the CIC; surpluses reinvested in the mission
- Dual unrelated signatories on academy accounts — a strict grant prerequisite, adopted from day one
- Arm’s-length contracts and documented conflict-of-interest protocols between the CIC and the Ltd
- Community purpose regulated by the CIC Regulator and audited by grant funders
- VTCT Approved Centre application in progress (initial centre meeting held June 2026); Medr registration and EWC-registered delivery staff scheduled ahead of first delivery
Due diligence
Ask us the hard questions.
The plan was written downside-first: unit economics that survive a combined 44% revenue reduction, a capital stack with zero equity dependency, and a talent pipeline the enterprise controls itself. Supporting models, cost sheets and policy documentation are available to assessors on request.
Mark Parker, Chief Executive Officer · markp@charlotteeleanorgroup.uk