Six Hats Ltd is a family run business. It was founded in 2021 by Grace and Tom Marshall.

Tom with wife and three young daughters at a wedding

They first met during their second year at York St John University. Grace was studying to become a primary school teacher and Tom was studying Film & TV Production. More than twelve years later they are happily married, living in Cheadle with three beautiful daughters.

The Christie

Grace and Tom are supporters of The Christie in Manchester and regularly fundraise and undertake challenges to generate donations.

Tom and family in a park raising money for The Christie Hospital

The company name is based on a book by Edward De Bono called ‘The Six Thinking Hats’. It is a tool to boost the productivity of creative thinking by dividing up the different styles of thinking into six “hats”: logic, emotion, caution, optimism, creativity, and control.