Local photo restoration and scanning service

Local families, older people sorting albums, funeral-related memorials, local history societies, museums and small archives.

Per-photo restoration fees, scanning charges per batch, and print or framing sales. Talks and work for local groups add occasional larger jobs.

• Skilled photo editing
• Handling fragile prints with care
• Friendly, patient manner with older customers
• Basic colour management and printing knowledge

• Check whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to a business run from home
• Public liability insurance and cover for customers' originals while in your care
• UK GDPR and storing customers' images securely, and whether you need to register with the ICO
• Copyright on professional or studio photographs, check permission before reproducing them
• Archive or museum work may need to meet specific handling standards, so ask what they require

Startup costs are typically around £800 to £4,000, depending on your scanner, editing software, printing setup and how many keepsakes you offer. These are estimates, so price your own equipment and materials before you commit.

Monthly revenue is typically around £400 to £2,500, depending on how many customers you serve, your prices and whether you add prints, framed pieces and photo books. The estimates start from about eight hours a week.

Check whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to a home business. Look at public liability insurance and cover for customers' originals, UK GDPR and ICO registration, and copyright permission for professional photographs. Archives or museums may have handling standards, so ask.