Red Leopard

What Red Leopard does

Red Leopard is a London-based boutique consultancy, founded in 2005 by Manina Weldon, that delivers premium personal colour analysis, style consulting, and wardrobe strategy services rooted in Johannes Itten's Bauhaus colour theory from the 1920s. The company's core methodology combines a four-season colour classification system with structural style analysis using physical measurements and personality profiling; client engagement is delivered in-person at its Battersea studio (The Penthouse, Parkgate House, 40 Parkgate Road) or via online video consultations (FaceTime, WhatsApp, Skype), serving high-net-worth individuals, corporate executive teams, and private groups primarily in London, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, and internationally via remote delivery.

The business operates across four interlocking revenue streams: individual colour and style consultations priced £325–£795; corporate workshops and retreats for executive groups of up to six participants priced £1,950–£8,500 flat rate; a health coaching vertical led by a third consultant using NBHWC frameworks, anchored by the 12-Week Vitality Edit at £1,350; and a retail e-commerce line spanning silk and wool/silk scarves (£95–£245), designer jewellery collaborations with Tarra Rosenbaum and Eric Van Peterson (£175–£590), and Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics (£22–£53). A fifth stream, the Red Leopard Academy, runs twice-yearly intensive training programmes for aspiring image consultants, taught directly by founders Weldon and Saunders. No external funding, M&A activity, or institutional ownership is disclosed; the firm is privately held by its founder-operators.

Go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer e-commerce and booking with selective enterprise field sales for corporate packages; marketing is concentrated in organic Instagram (@redleopard_uk), a Colour & Style Journal blog, an email newsletter, and gift-card-driven referrals. The active consultant bench is small — three named practitioners plus additional trained team members — and the founders personally deliver the premium VIP Full Day Package and Academy instruction, making the operation talent-dense and founder-led rather than scaled.

Name

Red Leopard

Legal name

Red Leopard

Website

https://redleopard.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

London-based boutique consultancy (founded 2005) delivering premium colour analysis, style consulting, health coaching, and corporate workshops, using Bauhaus-based methodology, for HNW individuals and executive teams in the UK and via online channels globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Image Consulting & Personal Styling Services

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Color Analysis & Style Consulting (HSACAJAD)

Keywords

• Personal colour analysis
• Image consulting
• Style consultation
• Executive coaching
• Wardrobe consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Colour & Style Consultations: Premium one-on-one consulting services including colour analysis, style consultations, and combined packages. Delivered in-person (London studio) or online via video conferencing. One-time service fees ranging from £325 to £795.
2. Health Coaching Programmes: Structured health and vitality programmes including 12-Week Vitality Edit (£1,350) and single focus sessions (£120). Focus on burnout prevention, energy management, and sustainable habit formation.
3. Corporate Training & Retreats: Enterprise-level team workshops and retreats for executives. Packages include Executive Colour Workshop (£1,950), Personal Impact Masterclass (£5,000), and 2-Day Authority Retreat (£8,500), all priced as flat rates for groups up to 6 participants.
4. Product Sales (Scarves, Jewellery, Make-up): E-commerce sales of branded accessories including silk scarves (£95-£245), fine wool scarves (£245), gold vermeil earrings (£275), and Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics (£22-£53). Gift cards available from £100.
5. Red Leopard Academy Training: Professional colour and style training academy offering week-long or two-week intensive programmes for individuals seeking to enter the image consultancy field. Limited class sizes, twice-yearly intake.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Red Leopard is a London-based colour and style consultancy delivering personal image strategy services — colour analysis, style consultations, wardrobe reviews, personal shopping, makeup tutorials and health coaching — to individual clients, plus executive workshops, masterclasses and multi-day retreats for corporate clients. The firm also runs the Red Leopard Academy, training aspiring consultants, and retails curated scarves, jewellery and Jane Iredale mineral makeup through its e-commerce site.

Product overview

Red Leopard is a London-based colour and style consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of services centred on personal image strategy, health coaching, and professional development. The core offering consists of in-person and online colour and style consultations (individual sessions ranging from £325-£795) that help clients identify flattering colours and personal style archetypes based on Bauhaus colour theory principles. Premium offerings include a VIP Full Day Package and the Red Leopard Authority 2-Day Retreat for deep transformation. Corporate services target executive teams with programmes ranging from the £1,950 Executive Colour Workshop to the £8,500 Authority Retreat for senior leadership groups. The company also operates a Health Coaching division providing 12-week vitality programmes (£1,350) and focused health sessions (£120). A professional training academy offers aspiring colour consultants entry into the field. Complementing services, Red Leopard retails luxury accessories including branded silk and wool/silk scarves (spot and feather designs from £95-£245), fine jewellery collaborations with Tarra Rosenbaum and Eric van Peterson (£200-£590), and Jane Iredale mineral makeup products. The product ecosystem combines service-based consultations with physical retail products, all unified by the company's seasonal colour analysis methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Red Leopard Academy: Professional Colour & Style Training programme offering intensive courses taught by founders Manina Weldon and Rachel Saunders, covering colour analysis and style architecture with limited class sizes twice yearly.

Products and services

• Colour & Style Consultation Combined colour analysis and style consultation offered as a flagship offering to individual clients at the Red Leopard studio.
• Colour Consultation (London) In-person personal colour analysis service delivered at the London studio.
• Women's Style Consultation (London) Style consultation tailored for women, delivered in-person at the London studio.
• Online Colour Consultation Remote personal colour analysis delivered via online video, extending Red Leopard's reach beyond the studio.
• Online Colour and Style Consultation Bundle Combined online colour analysis and style consultation packaged as a single remote service.
• Men's Colour and Style Consultation Colour and style consultation tailored specifically for men, delivered by Red Leopard consultants.
• Make-Up Tutorials Makeup tutorial sessions teaching clients to apply makeup suited to their personal colour profile, using Jane Iredale mineral makeup.
• Wardrobe Review and Detox Service In-home wardrobe review and detox service where consultants assess, edit and reorganise a client's existing wardrobe.
• Personal Shopping Service Personal shopping accompaniment where a Red Leopard consultant guides the client through purchases aligned to their colour and style profile.
• VIP Full Day Package Premium full-day package bundling colour, style and supporting consultations into a single immersive experience for individual clients.
• Executive Colour Workshop Corporate workshop training executives in personal colour strategy and visual authority for professional settings.
• Colour & Style Authority Masterclass Corporate masterclass on colour and style authority, focused on executive visual presentation in high-stakes environments.
• Personal Impact Masterclass Corporate masterclass developing personal impact and authority for executives and senior professionals.
• Red Leopard Authority Retreat (2-Day) Two-day corporate retreat focused on cohesion, authority and visual presence for executive teams.
• 12-Week Vitality Edit Twelve-week structured health coaching programme focused on vitality and lifestyle change.
• Single Focus Session Single-sitting health coaching session targeted at a specific client focus area.
• Red Leopard Academy (Consultant Training) Structured training programme preparing aspiring consultants to deliver Red Leopard's colour and style methodology.
• Private Gatherings Hosted private events and gatherings for groups of clients seeking a shared colour and style experience.
• Silk Scarves Collection Curated silk scarf retail line designed to complement clients' colour palettes, sold via the Red Leopard e-commerce site.
• Wool and Silk Scarves Collection Wool-and-silk blend scarf collection offered alongside the pure silk range on the Red Leopard e-commerce site.
• Jane Iredale Mineral Makeup Retail range of Jane Iredale mineral makeup stocked and sold via the Red Leopard website.
• Jewellery Collection Curated jewellery range retailed alongside scarves and makeup to complement client wardrobes.
• Colour Consultation Wallet Physical wallet of colour reference materials retailed as a standalone product to support a client's colour analysis.
• Gift Cards Gift cards redeemable across Red Leopard's services and retail offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10K pay rise achieved by client following executive presence training
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Emma J ShipleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with award-winning British graphic artist Emma J Shipley. Created Lost World silk chiffon scarf collection featuring surreal safari-inspired designs. Art printed on 100% silk twill, finished by hand in Italy with hand-rolled edges. Red Leopard calibrated colour pigments into precise seasonal groupings.
• Tarra RosenbaumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJewellery designer collaboration with Tarra Rosenbaum. Created bespoke collection including Gold Vermeil Earrings with quartz crystal (£275), Sterling Silver Earrings (£175), Gold Starfish Earrings (£250), and Silver Starfish Earrings (£200). Each piece handcrafted with semi-precious stones and sculptural forms, calibrated to seasonal colour groupings.
• Eric Van PetersonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Eric Van Peterson to create versatile River Stone necklace collection. Gold hammered disc chain wrap (£590) for Springs and Autumns, Silver version (£520) for Summers and Winters. Quote 'RLxVP' on Van Peterson website for complimentary earrings and leather pouch.
• AT CoutureminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner brand displayed on 'Our Partners' section of team page. Nature of partnership not explicitly detailed.
• Claudia SebireminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner brand displayed on 'Our Partners' section of team page. Nature of partnership not explicitly detailed.
• Jess CollettminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner brand displayed on 'Our Partners' section of team page. Nature of partnership not explicitly detailed.
• Robert ClergerieminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShoe partner displayed on 'Our Partners' section of team page. Premium footwear brand for style consultations.
• Jane IredalecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred mineral cosmetics brand. Complete line of non-irritating, skin-safe cosmetics sold through Red Leopard. Includes foundation, blush, mascara, brushes, and hydration sprays. ECOCERT certified natural and organic formulations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Style Doctors: London-based personal styling and colour consultancy offering colour analysis, wardrobe edits and personal shopping to professional women. Directly comparable in service mix, premium positioning, and London HNW target audience.
• Colour Me Beautiful: UK-founded pioneer of personal colour analysis and style consulting, offering individual consultations, corporate workshops, and a colour analysis training academy. Directly comparable in category, methodology roots, and target customer to Red Leopard.
• House of Colour: UK personal colour and image consultancy operating a network of consultants trained in seasonal colour analysis. Comparable in service offering, franchise-style consultant model, and consumer/corporate target segments.
• ICB (International Image Institute): Global image consultancy offering corporate image, executive presence, and colour/style training programmes with a certified consultant network. Directly comparable in corporate executive training focus and B2B workshop delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Trinny London: Founder-led British beauty and image brand built on personal styling expertise, with stackable makeup and a strong direct-to-consumer retail proposition. Comparable through its founder-led image authority and consumer colour/beauty positioning, though at materially larger scale.
• Stitch Fix: US-listed personal styling service delivering curated clothing recommendations to consumers. Broad incumbent in the algorithmic personal styling category that competes for share of wallet on personal image services, though lacking the colour-analysis specialism of Red Leopard.
• John Lewis Style Services: In-store personal styling and colour advice service from a major UK department store. Provides free or low-cost colour and styling consultations at scale, representing a free substitute for entry-level Red Leopard services.

Emerging players

• KOTTON: London-based image consultancy offering colour analysis, styling and personal shopping with a digitally-led booking model. Comparable in core colour/style services, with a more modern digital brand expression aimed at a similar HNW/professional audience.
• Whering: UK-based digital wardrobe and personal styling platform helping consumers curate and shop their existing wardrobes. Adjacent competitor for wardrobe-detox and personal shopping spend, particularly with younger consumers who may substitute digital tools for boutique consultations.

Others

• Pantone (by X-Rite): Global authority on colour classification and seasonal palette frameworks that underpins much of the colour analysis industry. Adjacent ecosystem participant whose seasonal colour logic informs Red Leopard's methodology and whose consumer tools compete indirectly for attention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/redleopard_uk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/red-leopard

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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