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App Store — April 2026Urban Mechanics Ltd · Co. No. 10959925ICO Registered · ZC095698United Kingdom
3.6M
UK teens aged 13–17 — the total addressable market
£1.2B
Estimated UK teen casual labour market — entirely unplatformed
12.5%
Marketplace fee, charged to employers only. Teens receive 100% of agreed pay
14
Founder's age at launch. Three years in development. App Store, April 2026
About

The UK's first marketplace for teenage employment.

KidsHustle is a UK iOS marketplace connecting teenagers aged 13–17 with paid local jobs posted by parents and guardians. Jobs include gardening, babysitting, dog walking, tutoring, and tech help.

Every major gig economy platform — TaskRabbit, Fiverr, Airtasker — legally bans users under 18. KidsHustle is the first platform to build verified, compliant infrastructure for this market anywhere in the UK or Europe.

Parents verify their identity via Stripe before posting any job. Every application requires parental approval. Payment is held in escrow and released after job completion. Teens always receive the full amount they agreed to.

The founder
"I started coding at 9. By 12, I had software on the App Store. Then one afternoon, two kids knocked on our door — they wanted to wash our car. No app, no parent with them. Just pure initiative. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Those kids had exactly the right spirit. But there was nothing safe or structured behind them; no way for a parent to know where they were, no way to build a track record. Just two kids hoping the door wouldn't get slammed in their faces. That's why I've spent the last three years building KidsHustle to fix that."
Sasha Bagrov, Founder & CEO — age 14, Hampton School, London

The company is legally operated by registered director Dmitry Bagrov under Urban Mechanics Ltd (Co. No. 10959925, incorporated 13 September 2017).

The process

How it works.

Five steps from job posted to teen paid — with parental oversight built into every one.

01
Post
Parent creates a Stripe-verified account and posts a job with task, pay, and location.
02
Apply
Teen browses nearby jobs on a map and submits an application to their parent for review.
03
Approve
Parent sees the full job detail and approves or declines. No approval, no application.
04
Work
Teen checks in via QR code. Live GPS location broadcast begins to their parent for the duration of the job.
05
Done
Job completed. Payment released from escrow. CV-ready reference generated automatically.
Safety & compliance

Built for this age group from day one.

Every feature exists to keep teenagers safe and parents in control. No safety feature is ever behind a paywall.

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ICO registered
Registration No. ZC095698. Operating under UK GDPR with a full DPIA completed.
Stripe Identity
Every adult posting a job is identity-verified before they can interact with any teenager.
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Parental consent
Every job application requires explicit parent approval before submission. No exceptions.
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Live location
GPS location is broadcast to the teen's parent for the full duration of every active job.
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Escrow payments
Stripe Connect holds payment until job completion. 14-day cooldown before funds reach the teen.
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AI moderation
All job listings, images, and messages are scanned automatically for harmful content (Gemini).
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KidsHustle is the UK's first iOS marketplace connecting teenagers aged 13–17 with paid local jobs posted by parents and guardians, with parental oversight and Stripe-verified payments built in at every step.
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KidsHustle is the UK's first iOS marketplace for teenage employment, connecting 13–17 year olds with paid local jobs posted by verified parents and guardians. Jobs include gardening, babysitting, dog walking, tutoring, and tech help. Every adult is Stripe Identity verified, every application requires parental approval, and payment is held in escrow until job completion. Teens always receive the full amount agreed.

KidsHustle was built by Sasha Bagrov, who started development at age 11 and launched on the App Store in April 2026, aged 14. The company — Urban Mechanics Ltd, Co. No. 10959925 — is ICO registered (ZC095698) and UK GDPR compliant with a full Data Protection Impact Assessment completed. KidsHustle is the first platform to build compliant, verified infrastructure for the UK teen employment market, which every major gig economy platform legally prohibits under-18s from accessing.
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Sasha Bagrov is the 14-year-old founder and CEO of KidsHustle, the UK's first iOS marketplace for teenage employment. He began coding at age 9, had software on the App Store by 12, and spent three years building KidsHustle before its launch in April 2026. He is a Year 10 student at Hampton School in London and founded KidsHustle under Urban Mechanics Ltd (Co. No. 10959925). Contact: sasha@urbanmechanics.co.uk
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