Plan your salon's first year with real numbers, not business school fluff.
The 12-month cash flow forecast, the start-up guide and the first-premises checklist. Built by two salon owners who opened from scratch in 2025.
Questions first? Email us at hello@getbukd.com.
Know which month cash gets tight, and what your first year needs, before you commit to a premises.
Opening is exciting. Staying open takes numbers you can trust.
new UK businesses are still trading after five years.
Source: ONS, Business demography, UK (2019 birth cohort, tracked to 2024).
UK hair and beauty businesses are operating at a loss.
Source: NHBF State of the Industry survey.
Three tools, built to be used together: forecast your numbers, learn from how we actually did it, and check off everything before you spend a penny.
Built for spreadsheet-haters. One rule: if it's not a yellow cell, you never touch it.
The real story, not the polished version, with the mistakes that cost us real money.
Work through it before you sign for a premises, so nothing gets missed.
Thinking of running your own space? See what it really costs you.
Plan the first year of your room or studio with real numbers.
Check a bigger space makes sense before you sign.
We opened our own salon in Otley in March 2025. We built this toolkit from the spreadsheets and checklists we wish we had on day one, so you can plan yours with fewer surprises.
Data as of October 2026.
This is our salon before and after. The toolkit is what we wish we had before we got the keys.
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AfterWhen we got the keys, we had a spreadsheet, a lot of hope and a long list of things we had not priced. We built this toolkit so you can find the gaps on paper first, not in your opening week.
If you get stuck, send us a message at hello@getbukd.com.
Dave and HelenBook a 1-1 start-up call. We'll go through your forecast with you, line by line, and help you plan your first 12 months. You will talk to us, not a sales team. We specialise in beauty and salon businesses, but we're happy to take a call with any small business taking on its first premises.
Only evening slots showing? Email hello@getbukd.com or WhatsApp us and we'll find a daytime time that works.
Based on our own experience running a salon. This isn't financial, legal or tax advice.
Because we want it to be an easy yes for someone who is about to spend thousands on a fit-out. It's still a fraction of what one wrong decision early on can cost you.
No. The forecast follows one rule: you only ever type into the yellow cells. Everything else, the totals, the stress tests, the results, calculates itself.
Yes. The workbook is built in Excel and works perfectly when uploaded to Google Drive and opened in Google Sheets.
Right after payment you get a download page and an email to the address you paid with. Nothing is hosted publicly: only buyers get access.
No. The example uses made-up numbers so you can see how the workbook works before you put in your own.
We specialise in beauty and salon businesses, since that's what we know firsthand. But the guide and workbook work for any small business taking on its first premises: a cafe, shop, studio, clinic or workshop. Wherever we say treatments, read whatever you sell.
Dave and Helen, who opened their own salon in 2025.
Because it's an instant digital download, we can't offer a refund once you've downloaded the files. If you haven't downloaded them yet and change your mind, email us within 14 days and we'll refund you.
The First Year Forecast & Salon Startup Toolkit · £29 one-off.
Made by Dave and HelenThis is a planning tool, not financial, legal or tax advice.
