Dr Leah Clinics, which was co-founded by Totton and Sugar following her £250,000 investment win on the BBC show, has grown into a successful chain across London and Essex, offering treatments including non-surgical facelifts, injectable fillers, and skin treatments.
While the value of the sale remains undisclosed, the business is reportedly valued at over £7 million. Both Totton and Sugar, who each held a 50% stake in the company prior to the sale, will remain shareholders.
Dr Leah, a former NHS A&E doctor from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, reflected on her journey since entering The Apprentice as a 25-year-old with little business experience. She credited the show as a “life-changing opportunity” and expressed her excitement about the future growth of the brand under its new ownership. The deal also includes Dr Leah’s skincare line, launched in 2022.
AAP, which specialises in acquiring UK aesthetic clinics, plans to expand the Dr Leah brand further. This deal follows the successful sale of Climb Online, another business formed from The Apprentice, founded by 2014 winner Mark Wright, which sold for approximately £10 million in 2022.
Lord Sugar has previously benefited from another post- Apprentice success, having sold his stake in Tropic Skincare back to its founder, Susie Ma, a former contestant on the show, in a similar multi-million pound deal.
Jamie Young
Jamie Young is Senior Reporter at Business Matters, covering SME finance, employment law and Westminster policy since 2016. He has reported on every Budget and Autumn Statement since 2018, helped make sense of the 'covid era' and the bounce-back loan scheme from launch through the fraud investigations, and broke the magazine's coverage of the 2024 late-payment reforms. He joined Business Matters straight from completing his BA in Administration from Exeter University and is NCTJ-qualified. Reach him at jyoung@cbmeg.co.uk
