For our first interview of 2026, we caught up with Emma Clark, founder of Living Organised, to explore how her bespoke organisation and property concierge services give clients back the ultimate luxury — time.
1. Let’s start from the beginning. Can you tell us about your background and how Living Organised came to be?
My career has taken a few turns, but in hindsight each one feels essential to what Living Organised is today. I began in management consultancy, where I learned to love structure, systems and efficiency. From there, I moved into advertising production and account management within Formula 1, a world that was fast-paced, highly creative and relentlessly client-facing, where thinking on your feet is second nature.
But it was my time working on superyachts and within private residences that truly shaped me. I spent several years living and working onboard some of the world’s largest yachts, estates and private islands, often in extremely close quarters with UHNW principals and the teams around them. When you travel with someone, unpack their wardrobes, host their guests and quietly support their lives day in, day out, you develop an instinctive understanding of how they live and what they need, often before they ask.
Lockdown was a defining chapter. We spent months at sea in full quarantine, bobbing outside Necker Island after stocking up in St Barts, before crossing a winter Atlantic and anchoring in a Croatian nature reserve. Later, we moved to a Dutch shipyard, only allowed to work at night to minimise worker contact. As guests slowly returned, yachts became quarantine havens and the protocols were relentless triple-washing provisions, daily 7am Covid tests, long hours and months without time ashore, days off or home leave. It was extraordinary, intense and deeply isolating. During that time, family and the idea of home took on a new meaning for me, and I realised it was time to bring everything I’d learned back to land.
When I returned to the UK, Living Organised was born, initially as a standalone home organisation service, but it very quickly evolved into something much broader.
2. Your team is made up entirely of ex or current superyacht crew and household managers. Why was that important to you?
Because that experience simply can’t be replicated or taught. There’s an understanding of luxury, and then there’s knowing UHNW life from the inside, living alongside principals, travelling with them, managing wardrobes and assets, hosting events, being part of dinner-table conversations and running homes at ground level. That depth of familiarity only comes from having lived it.
Our team brings experience across laundry, housekeeping, wardrobe management, service, event hosting, staffing, family office liaison and estate operations. Many of us began in the yacht laundry, long hours, little daylight, the constant hum of machines and absolute precision required for every sheet, towel and linen dress. From there, we move into housekeeping, where standards are uncompromising, and into service, handling some of the world’s finest china, glassware and wines.
As heads of department, we’re deeply involved in logistics, liaising with private chefs, pilots, security teams and family offices and in setting up and running entire households, both afloat and on land. We’ve lived in the right-hand pockets of our principals’ lives. Nothing surprises us. That lived experience is the beating heart of Living Organised.
3. Living Organised has become more than a home organisation service. How has the business evolved?
It evolved through trust. Once clients understood the breadth of our experience, they naturally began asking for support beyond organisation alone. Today, we support household organisation, relocations and move-ins in the UK and internationally. We unpack and set up homes from day one, implement systems immediately and ensure properties are fully functional from the moment the keys are handed over.
We oversee removals teams, contractors and workmen, coordinate AV and IT, furnishings and renovations, and quietly manage the many moving parts behind a smooth handover. From there, we support staffing, household running and ongoing management.
Alongside this, we act as trusted partners for wider lifestyle needs, from global relocation and pet movements to education, visas and immigration, introducing specialist support where needed. Our black book is global, and we know when to step in and when to bring others in.
4. What does your involvement look like on larger or more complex projects?
Some of our favourite projects begin right at the very start of a property journey. Long before Living Organised existed, I was already involved in setting up new-build yachts and villas, and that experience underpins how we work today.
We can be involved as much or as little as required often working alongside property professional, family offices and PAs as an extension of their team during busy or transitional periods, or stepping in for focused, hands-on project support.
From acquisition onwards, we oversee everything from VIP logistics and overseas freight to onsite contractors, renovation installations, household item sourcing, staffing structures, team training, household operating manuals and inventory management across multiple properties. No two projects are ever the same, everything is bespoke.
5. What types of projects do you enjoy most?
I’m drawn to moments of transition, relocations, renovations, new builds and growing portfolios. These are the moments that can feel overwhelming for clients, and bringing calm, clarity and momentum is incredibly rewarding.
I also love the quieter, more personal projects such as setting up wardrobes, kitchens and pantries, the spaces that shape everyday life in subtle but powerful ways.
6. Finally, what does “home” mean to you now?
After years of living between countries, yachts and temporary spaces, home now means ease. It’s a feeling rather than a fixed place, somewhere life runs quietly in the background and you can properly exhale.
For me, it’s a very ‘hygge’ feeling, a reading nook, a cup of tea and countryside on the doorstep. That’s the feeling we aim to create for our clients too, homes that are beautifully set up, calmly run and ready to be lived in.
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