Rachel Jones, 43, who is mum to five year old Freya, created Totseat in 2004. Totseat is a harness that creates an instant highchair using any adult chair.

Despite a lack of needlecraft skills, any experience of manufacturing, or a retail background, Rachel, who is mum to five-year-old Freya, has created Totseat – an innovative product now sold in 15 countries worldwide.

Rachel invented Totseat when she became frustrated with the chore of eating out in restaurants when Freya was a toddler. She created a prototype from the lining of her wedding dress, and just a year later the finished product went on sale in London’s Oxford Street.
Keen to ensure her business runs in a socially responsible manner, Rachel minimises the impact of Totseat’s operations on the environment by ensuring the product is manufactured dependably and ethically. Rachel ensures the manufacturers use only Okeo-tex - an ecologically approved fabric.

Ten pence from the sale of each Totseat is donated to the Child Accident Prevention Trust and five per cent of profits go to the Sick Kids Foundation at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. Rachel also makes it her mission to support those who are less able by outsourcing picking and packing to the Momentum Group – an organisation offering employment to people with learning and/or severe physical disabilities.

Rachel’s website: www.totseat.com