Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland

What Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland does

Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) is a registered charity (Charity Number 1179433) and private limited company (Company Number 7058666), incorporated in England and headquartered in Stockport. It operates as the Great Britain and Ireland federation of Soroptimist International, a global women's volunteer organisation founded in 1921 (first European club established in Bristol in 1923). SIGBI runs a federated network of 250+ clubs across 20 countries - including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, and locations in the Caribbean, South Asia, and East Africa - serving approximately 5,500 members. Its mission is to educate, empower, and enable opportunities for women and girls through programmes in education, health, women's safety, equality and diversity, and climate action.

SIGBI's "product surface" is programmatic rather than technological. Core offerings consist of charitable funds (Diamond Education Grant, Emergency Relief Fund, Benevolent Fund, Soroptimist International Foundation), advocacy initiatives (Railway Station Safety Survey covering 373 stations and 985 platforms in its 2024 iteration; cervical cancer awareness; healthcards), and member services delivered through the sigbi.org website and TheHub members-only portal. Technology stack comprises standard digital infrastructure (website CMS, member portal, Club Finder, an e-commerce SIGBI Shop, email/petition tools); no proprietary technology products are developed. SIGBI holds special consultative status at the United Nations through ECOSOC, giving it standing at the Commission on the Status of Women and representation at seven UN centres globally.

Revenue is generated through membership subscriptions, donations, merchandising, and grant-related charitable activities; specific revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Distribution relies on a grassroots club-based model supplemented by online associate membership, school clubs, campus clubs, and an EasyFundraising channel. The organisation partners with Ecosia, Woodland Trust, TreeSisters, Amref Health Africa UK, Human Trafficking Foundation, Medaille Trust, Toilet Twinning, and Bournemouth University, among others, to deliver its programmes.

Name

Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland

Legal name

Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI) Ltd

Website

https://sigbi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1921

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) is the Great Britain and Ireland federation of Soroptimist International, a women's charitable organisation running 250 clubs across 20 countries with approximately 5,500 members. It delivers education grants, health and safety advocacy, and equality programmes benefiting women and girls.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockport

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SIGBI is a registered charity and membership-based women's volunteer organization that recruits members into local clubs and delivers advocacy, education, grant, and program services for women and girls. It operates charitable programmes (Diamond Education Grant, Emergency Relief Fund, Benevolent Fund), advocacy initiatives (Railway Station Safety Survey, cervical cancer awareness), and a member portal and merchandise shop, sustained by membership subscriptions, donations, and event activity.

Product overview

SIGBI operates as a membership-based women's charitable organization with a unified digital platform centred on sigbi.org and TheHub member portal. The core offering consists of member services (Club Finder for membership recruitment, TheHub for member communications), charitable programmes (Diamond Education Grant, Emergency Relief Fund, Benevolent Fund), advocacy initiatives (Railway Station Safety Survey, Soroptimist Healthcards), and the SIGBI Shop for branded merchandise. The Soroptimist International Foundation coordinates international project work. These products collectively enable SIGBI to fulfill its mission of educating, empowering, and enabling opportunities for women and girls through education, health, safety, equality, and climate action programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SIGBI Club Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 109,403 women and girls helped (cited impact metric)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Nations (ECOSOC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIGBI holds special consultative status at the United Nations through the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This status provides direct access to UN forums including the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. SIGBI has representation at seven UN centres globally, enabling advocacy at international policy level and reporting back to membership on developments.
• Toilet TwinningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable partnership supporting clean water and sanitation projects. SIGBI clubs participate in Toilet Twinning program where supporters donate £60 to twin their toilet, receiving certificate with GPS coordinates of twinned facility in developing country.
• Kolkata Society for Cultural HeritageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner working with SI South Kolkata on mangrove restoration project in Sundarbans. Ground-level partnership supporting environmental degradation efforts at the head of the Bay of Bengal delta region.
• CIFORD Meru, KenyaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer SIGBI Federation Project supporting women in Meru, Kenya with agricultural training, water tanks for rain harvesting, energy efficient stoves, and tree seedlings. CIFORD reports to SIGBI on project progress.
• Amref Health Africa UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting clean drinking water and adequate sanitation projects in rural and suburban African communities, reducing spread of water-related diseases.
• EcosiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesignated as SIGBI Link for #PlantTrees campaign. Search engine that uses advertising revenue to plant trees, supporting SIGBI's environmental reforestation initiatives.
• Woodland TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for 'Dedicate a Tree' initiative as part of centenary #PlantTrees for a Brilliant Future campaign.
• TreeSistersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting tropical reforestation through SIGBI's #PlantTrees centenary campaign.
• Human Trafficking FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based organization working to end human trafficking. SIGBI partners with this organization and others including Medaille Trust to support trafficking victims.
• Medaille TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK charity working to end human trafficking and modern slavery. SIGBI works with this organization to support victims and raise awareness.
• Soroptimist InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent global federation. SIGBI is one of multiple national/regional federations within Soroptimist International, a global volunteer women's organization with nearly 66,000 members in 113 countries. SIGBI collaborates with sister federations including SI Africa, SI Americas, SI Europe, and SI South East Asia Pacific.
• Bournemouth UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI Bournemouth partners with Bournemouth University for STEAM Challenge events. University provides venue (Fusion Building) and judges for annual STEM competition for school girls.
• South West WaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor and judge for SI Bournemouth's annual STEAM Challenge competition supporting girls in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics subjects.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SoroptimistSIGBI
• Xx.com/SIGBI1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soroptimist-international-great-britain-and-ireland-sigbi-

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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