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Osmose Studio Ltd

OSMOSE | Sustainable Fashion & Homeware

An interdisciplinary design studio focused on regenerative circularity and sustainability in fashion, homeware and furniture.

CRN
12516906
Founded
2020
Age
6

Overview

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Legal name
OSMOSE STUDIO LTD
Region
South West England
Registered address
CONKERS WATERING LANE NURSERY
LOBB'S SHOP
ST. AUSTELL
CORNWALL
ENGLAND
PL26 6BE
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
2

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
26 Mar
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

12 Mar
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

13 Mar
2020

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

3 entries

Company description

R&D company developing a mycellium-based leather-alternative. The company founder (Aurelie Fontan) is associated with one of the FFF HEI partners (Royal College of Art) and a successful applicant to the FFF Call 2 'Responsive R&D' process. As part of the due diligence on this funding award Aurelie took the step of moving from sole trader status to formation of this Limited Company, a move that was supported & influenced by FFF.

Osmose Studio designs and sells a range of clothes and homeware that are made from sustainable materials including mycelium, hemp, and recycled silk and cotton, as well as selling mycelium as a material.

Project impact

Aurelie Fontan Studio Ltd has attracted funding: FFF Call 2 PoC award (value £37,464) and InnovateUK SMART award (value £53,946). The IUK application was supported by FFF RCA-based project staff. LONDON MAYOR ENTREPRENEUR AWARD Winner 2020 MA SCHOLARSHIP 2020 I British Fashion Council PRIX DE LA VOCATION I Winner I Fondation pour la Vocation Members of the Bridgerton cast modelled gowns,Phoebe Dynevor and Adjoa Andoh wearing Aurélie Fontan https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/bridgerton-bfc

AURELIE FONTAN STUDIO LTD
2020
Osmose Studio
2020
Osmose Studio
2020

Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2021, 2023
Age at first award
0 years

Projects

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

COLOUR EARTH - Regenerative Plant-based Textile Printing Process

1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2024

Awarded
£49,968
Total cost £49,968

Osmose is a material science and fashion design company developing low-impact textile dyeing processes for fashion applications using plant-based solutions. **COLOUR EARTH** Our project Colour Earth will develop a lab-tested sustainable textile dyeing and printing solution that can be applied at scale. It will be combined with a proof of concept to produc...

2023 Collaborative R&D

Exploring mycelium/mushroom derived leather dyeing applications, using food-waste derived dyes, for the development of sustainable fashion products

1 Jul 2023 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£21,068
Total cost £30,097

This project is a collaboration between SAGES, Osmose Studio and Cranfield University. The project will test and refining three different methods for the application of SAGES food-waste derived dyes to Osmose's mycelium-leather. **THE NEED FOR A BIO-BASED LEATHER** _**Traditional Leathers**_ Leather has a disastrous impact on the environment and human hea...

2021 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

OSMOSE - Regenerative and circular fashion

1 Dec 2021 to 30 Nov 2022

Awarded
£12,772
Total cost £12,772

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2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Plant-based composite bio-leather (Mykkö)

1 Nov 2020 to 31 Jul 2021

Awarded
£47,102
Total cost £47,102

Pollution and climate change are becoming the most influential and impactful threats that we will have to face in our lifetime. What we make, buy and consume will affect many generations after us. Fashion, as one of the most polluting yet lucrative industries, is now forced to face the consequences of its activities. With the current challenges we are fac...

Product types

Collaborative R&D