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Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd

Edinburgh · Ltd · Est. 2015

Interior and exterior decorating company running structured apprenticeships for young people leaving the care system in Edinburgh. Partners with Edinburgh City Council Leaving Care service. All apprentices paid Real Living Wage. CSCS registered.

Founded
2015
Employees
14 staff
Turnover
Under £1m
Companies House
10889011
Last Verified
Mar 2026
Social Ethics Score
76/ 100
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assignmentGovernance
7.4
ecoCommunity
8.0
paymentsTax
7.0
groupsEmployment
8.4
campaignCause
7.2
Score updates from live register data
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Why Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd scores 76/100

PillarEvidenceSourceScore
assignmentGovernance
Legal structure: Ltd. Mission statement verified. Companies House filing reviewed.Companies House · B-Corp7.4
ecoCommunity
£5,500 donated in FY2024 (1.6% of profit). Verified via Charity Commission.Charity Commission8.0
paymentsTax
Effective UK corporation tax rate: 19.4% (vs 19% statutory norm). HMRC records show no adverse findings.HMRC · Fair Tax Mark7.0
groupsEmployment
Minimum wage paid: £13/hr. Zero-hours: 0%. Gender pay gap: 10.2%. 0 tribunal losses in 5 years.LWF · DWP · Tribunals8.4
campaignCause
Assessed from public advocacy record, employee volunteering policy (3 days/yr), and cause promotion activities.Third Party Auditors7.2

Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd

Artisan Painters was founded in Edinburgh in 2015 by decorating contractor Morag Stewart. Having mentored a care leaver informally through a community project, Morag saw how transformative a structured trade apprenticeship could be and built it into the company's DNA from the outset.

How Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd treats its people

£13/hr
Min. wage paid
Real LW: £12.60
0%
Zero-hours contracts
UK avg: 18%
10.2%
Gender pay gap
UK avg: 14.3%
3
Volunteer days/yr
Per employee
0
Tribunal losses
Past 5 years

Tax transparency

Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd's effective rate
19.4%
UK corporation tax (2024)
UK statutory rate
25%
Main rate · SME relief typically reduces to ~19%
infoAll data on this page is pulled from public registers: Companies House, HMRC, Charity Commission, and accreditation body databases. Artisan Painters Edinburgh Ltd has not paid for this listing or influenced its content. Last data pull: 29/03/2026.