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Baby Keepsake Franchise Opportunity in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Become a Memory Catcher in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

A flexible, family-friendly franchise capturing baby handprints and footprints across Scotland's Granite City and its surrounding communities.

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Why Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen has a population exceeding 230,000 in the city proper, with the wider Aberdeenshire adding a further 260,000+. The energy industry has created a wealthy city with high household incomes and a diverse, international population. Many families in Aberdeen have relocated from across the UK and beyond, meaning they often lack extended family support and particularly value capturing their children's early milestones.

The family communities across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are engaged and well-connected. Westhill, Inverurie, and Stonehaven are popular family towns with strong local identities and affluent demographics. The international dimension of Aberdeen's population adds cultural richness, with families from around the world bringing their own deep appreciation for family keepsakes.

NCT runs groups across Aberdeen, and independent baby classes operate from venues throughout the territory. The city's baby class scene is well-established, and the commuter towns add further opportunities. Community centres, church halls, and family hubs provide regular sessions across the area.

Aberdeen's geographic isolation creates a self-contained market where a local Memory Catcher becomes the natural choice. The energy industry wealth, international family community, and lack of extended family support for many residents make this a territory where the Memory Catcher service is particularly valued.

Aberdeen's family communities are diverse, international, and well-connected. The energy industry culture of hospitality and celebration translates into a market that values meaningful keepsakes deeply.

The Opportunity

What does a Memory Catcher actually do?

It's simpler than you might think.

You attend baby classes, events, and community groups across your Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire region. You meet parents, build genuine connections, and capture their babies' tiny handprints and footprints using our specially designed kits. That's your bit done.

Everything else - editing the prints into beautiful artwork, creating proofs, liaising with customers, foil printing using our exclusive Foil Fusion Technology™, framing, packaging, and shipping - is handled entirely by us.

You focus on the smiles and the connections. We take care of the rest.

Your role

  • Attend baby classes and community events
  • Capture babies' handprints and footprints
  • Build relationships with local families and class leaders
  • Grow your presence across your region

Our role

  • Capture personalisation details through our upload portal
  • Edit prints into professional, print-ready artwork
  • Send proofs and manage all customer revisions
  • Foil print using our exclusive Foil Fusion Technology™
  • Frame, package, and ship directly to customers
  • Handle all customer service and aftercare

There are no products to store, no orders to fulfil, no customer emails to manage. Your entire focus is on being present in your community and creating those magical moments with families.

What You Could Earn

Real numbers from a real business

These figures are based on our founder Ashley's own verified data - averaging £237 per class visit over three years of attending baby classes, whilst simultaneously running the entire business and raising two boys.

As a Memory Catcher, your only job is the bit Ashley squeezes into her spare hours. You'd have the time and focus to do significantly more.

Part-Time
~10-15 hours per week
Regular sessions around school hours. A genuine income that fits around family life. Your 40% share: £1,650-£2,450 per month / £19,700-£29,500 per year.
Full-Time
~15-22 hours per week
Building your presence with multiple sessions and exploring new opportunities - nurseries, private bookings, local events. Your 40% share: £2,450-£3,600 per month / £29,500-£43,400 per year.
Scale
~22-30 hours per week
For the ambitious. Going all in with multiple sessions daily, private bookings, events, and partnerships. This is a serious income stream. Your 40% share: £3,600-£4,900 per month / £43,400-£59,000 per year.

These hours include everything - travel, setup, the session itself. And "sessions" doesn't just mean baby classes. Creative Memory Catchers build relationships with nurseries, book private home visits, attend craft fairs, and find opportunities we haven't even thought of yet. The more creative you are, the more you can earn.

All of this fits around school hours. Sessions typically run from 9.30am to around 2pm - perfect for drop-off and pick-up. Evenings and weekends are entirely optional.

And unlike most flexible work, this isn't a ceiling. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire's population and community culture mean there's genuine room to grow beyond even these numbers if you want to.

Your region, protected

Your Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire region covers Aberdeen city centre, Westhill, Stonehaven, Inverurie, Ellon, Peterhead. This is your exclusive area, and no other Memory Catcher will operate here.

Baby classes and community touchpoints already active in your region:

  • NCT Aberdeen
  • Independent baby sensory and development classes
  • Community centres and church halls
  • Family hubs and children's centres
  • Library baby groups

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire's communities are genuine and well-connected.

What's Included

Everything you need to get started

Your £3,445 investment covers everything required to launch and grow your Memory Catcher business in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Full training in taking beautiful prints, running sessions, and building your local presence. We guide you through every step so you feel confident from your very first class.

Your starter stock of specially designed kits, inkless wipes and reactive paper, plus everything you need to capture prints out in the community.

Exclusive rights to the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire territory. No other Memory Catcher will operate in your area, so every family you meet is yours.

We handle all the production, proofing, printing, framing and shipping, and we're always on hand for advice as you grow. You're never on your own.

A business model built and tested by Ashley over years of real trading, with verified earnings data and a product families already love.

A finished foil keepsake in plastic-free packaging
A Memory Catcher taking a baby's prints

Who We're Looking For

Is this you?

We're not looking for salespeople. We're looking for genuine, warm, community-minded people who love connecting with families.

You might be a brilliant Memory Catcher if you:

  • Love being around babies and new parents (obviously)
  • Want flexible work that fits around family life
  • Are naturally warm and approachable - the kind of person people open up to
  • Care about doing something meaningful, not just earning a wage
  • Are self-motivated and comfortable building your own presence locally
  • Live in or near Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire and know the community

You don't need:

  • Sales experience (you're not selling, you're helping families preserve memories)
  • Business experience (we provide the model, the training, and the support)
  • Design or creative skills (we handle all the production)

What you do need is heart. The ability to walk into a room full of new parents and make them feel at ease. The kind of warmth that makes someone trust you with their baby's tiny hand for five minutes. That's it.

If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Interested in becoming Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire's Memory Catcher?

We'd love to tell you more. Fill in the form below and we'll be in touch for a relaxed, no-pressure chat about whether this could be the right fit for you.

Enquiry

Or if you'd prefer, drop us an email at hello@thebespokefoilcompany.co.uk - we're always happy to answer questions.

Ashley, founder Memory Catcher

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