Is Mini First Aid Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Mini First Aid on AmazonFull story →Kate and Matt Ball brought a first aid kit and course aimed at teaching parents how to save a child's life, in series 18.
The company has kept going, and it has turned into a full-blown network of local franchises across the country.
A Track Record Before the Pitch Even Started
The Balls wanted £50,000 for a fifth of the business, valuing it at £250,000, after already running the company since 2014 and building a genuine following before ever stepping into the studio.
Sara Davies covered the whole amount. Parents and family-focused products have been her consistent lane on the panel over the years, and a children's first aid brand fit that pattern exactly.
A Backer Who Did Not Disappear After the Cheque
Davies has kept turning up as an adviser to the company well after the show aired, which not every investor bothers to do, and that hands-on involvement tracks with how much the business has grown since.
Franchising means dozens of small local teams doing the actual delivery rather than one central operation trying to run the whole country, a fundamentally different way of scaling that depends on quality holding steady as new locations open.
Now a Genuine National Network
A training franchise lives or dies on every location delivering the same standard, since one bad course run by a single franchisee can damage the entire brand's name nationally.
More than 70 franchises now operate across the UK, together teaching over a thousand families a week, with a Finance Yorkshire loan helping fund additional hires and new course development along the way.