IVE

Name

IVE

Legal name

We Are IVE Ltd

Website

https://weareive.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Life Transitions & Independence Skills (Middle/High School Readiness) (EDAMAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Creative education programmes
• Youth skills development
• Applied creativity training
• Professional development workshops
• Diversity inclusion training

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: IVE accepts donations from individuals and organizations to support the delivery of activities for young people. Donation options include one-time and monthly recurring donations at various amounts (£10, £40, £60, £100 or custom).
2. Corporate Sponsorship: Yorkshire-based businesses can enter into bespoke charity partnerships with IVE, naming IVE as their Chosen Charity. Sponsors get opportunities to work directly with children and young people in schools while networking with supportive businesses.
3. Trust and Foundation Grants: Support from trusts and foundations has helped IVE grow their Applied Creativity Labs offer to young people across disadvantaged wards in the region.
4. Professional Development Services: IVE provides bespoke professional development and training programmes for educators and organizational leaders, utilizing their expertise in creativity. Programmes are delivered by a team of experienced associates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IVE (We Are IVE Ltd) delivers creative education programmes to children and young people in West Yorkshire through its Applied Creativity Labs (ACLs) model, addressing climate change, employability, sustainability and mental health via STEAM-related approaches. The charity also provides Continued Professional Development (CPD) training for educators and organisational leaders, plus Diversity & Inclusion Labs for businesses.

Product overview

IVE (We Are IVE Ltd) is a UK-based charity offering a portfolio of creative education programs and professional development services. The core offering is the Applied Creativity Labs (ACLs) program, a structured innovation model comprising three specialized modules: Sustainability Labs (climate action), Enterprise Labs (entrepreneurship), and Employability Labs (career preparation). Supporting these are Continued Professional Development programs including Creative Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Effective Teamwork, Creativity in Teaching, Communities of Practice, and Leading with Confidence. Additionally, Diversity & Inclusion Labs provides organizational culture training, and a Careers & Employability Programme targets young people directly. The organization operates as a unified charitable mission rather than a technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Applied Creativity Labs: IVE's flagship programme model enabling young people to find creative solutions to real world challenges including climate change
• Sustainability Labs
• Enterprise Labs
• Employability Labs
• Diversity & Inclusion Labs

Products and services

• Applied Creativity Labs (ACLs)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various Partner OrganizationsminorOthersIVE maintains partnerships with various organisations including Leeds City Council, Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund, and other regional and national bodies. The organisation shows logos of multiple partners on their website but specific partnership details are not individually named.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth charity delivering employability, education and enterprise programmes for young people. Comparable on the employability/enterprise pillar of IVE's work, though operating at much greater national scale with broader age and outcome remit.
• National Youth Agency: UK body supporting youth work and personal development for young people. Comparable on the youth development and life-skills framing of IVE's Employability Labs, though operating as an umbrella/standards body rather than a direct programme deliverer.
• Arts Council England: National development agency for creativity and culture in England, and an existing IVE partner/funder. Overlaps with IVE through its remit to support creative education and youth access to the arts, but at a policy and grant-making level rather than direct delivery.
• Nesta: UK innovation foundation running programmes at the intersection of creativity, education and social innovation. Comparable to IVE on innovation/STEAM methodology applied to social challenges, but with a much broader policy and grant-making remit.
• RSA (Royal Society of Arts): UK organisation focused on creativity, social impact and education reform. Comparable to IVE on the creative learning and creative leadership agenda, including CPD-style work with educators and organisational leaders.
• National Citizen Service (NCS): Government-backed UK programme for 16-17 year olds focused on personal development, employability skills and social action. Comparable to IVE's Employability Labs and life-skills outcomes, though delivered at a national, structured scale rather than via school partnerships.

Emerging players

• Enactus: Global non-profit using entrepreneurship and action-based learning to develop young leaders. Comparable to IVE's Enterprise Labs in promoting entrepreneurial and innovative thinking among young people, though delivered through university chapters rather than schools.

Others

• Design Council: UK charity promoting design thinking and design-led innovation across education and the public sector. Adjacent to IVE through shared emphasis on creativity, problem-solving and STEAM-style pedagogy, though not a direct youth-delivery competitor.

Direct peers

• A New Direction: London-based charity focused on creative learning and cultural education for children and young people. Directly comparable as a UK charity delivering creative education programmes to schools and educators, with analogous CPD and partnership-based delivery.
• Roundhouse: UK charity running creative programmes, workshops and performance opportunities for young people aged 11-25. Directly comparable to IVE in mission (empowering young people through creativity), beneficiary group, and school/youth-facing delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CapeUK1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weareive
• Instagraminstagram.com/weare_ive
• Xx.com/IVEhothouse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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