Round Table

What Round Table does

Round Table Great Britain & Ireland (RTBI) is a non-profit, member-run social club organization for individuals aged 18-45, founded in 1927 by Louis Marchesi in Norwich. The organization operates approximately 300 local clubs — referred to as "Tables" — across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, with a total membership of roughly 3,000 and a presence in 60+ countries through Round Table International (30,000+ global members). Members participate in social fellowship, community service, and charitable fundraising; in 2021, RTBI members raised over £3.95M and contributed 157,780 volunteer hours, for a total economic contribution of £6.47M to local communities.

RTBI is not a technology company. Operations rely on standard digital tools: a Wix-hosted website with a self-serve "Table Finder" directory, social media accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, a quarterly "Tabler" magazine, and a Canva partnership for design templates. The core product is in-person social engagement, charitable fundraising, and leadership development — there are no proprietary software products, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, or paid commercial offerings. Technology serves only member recruitment, communication, and chapter administration.

RTBI's revenue model rests on annual membership dues set independently at each of the 300 local club levels, supplemented by chapter-administered fundraising. The organization is governed by an annually rotating National President, Vice President, and Board of Directors, with 1-10 paid national staff headquartered in Birmingham. Strategic direction in 2024 has been defined by geographic expansion into Ireland (Area 52 with six new Tables in formation), brand modernization through a 1,000-respondent membership survey, and high-profile charity partnerships with Anthony Nolan (stem cell registry, renewed for its 50th year) and CALM (male mental health). Sister and successor organizations — Ladies Circle, 41 Club, and Tangent — create a multi-decade engagement ecosystem across age cohorts.

Name

Round Table

Legal name

Round Table Great Britain & Ireland

Website

https://roundtable.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Round Table Great Britain & Ireland is a non-profit membership organization operating ~300 local social clubs for men aged 18-45 across the UK and Ireland. Members participate in community service and charitable fundraising, contributing approximately £4M annually to local causes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Round Table is funded primarily through annual membership dues from its ~3,000 members across 300 local clubs. Individual club membership fees support national organization operations and local activities. The specific fee structure varies by local club.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Round Table Great Britain & Ireland is a membership-based social club organization for men aged 18-45, delivered through approximately 300 local clubs across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. The organization provides structured opportunities for friendship-building, community volunteering, and charitable fundraising, with members collectively raising around £4 million annually for local causes and contributing approximately 160,000 volunteer hours per year.

Product overview

Round Table Great Britain & Ireland is a membership-based social club organization for men ages 18-45, not a technology product company. The organization does not offer commercial products or services — it provides community engagement, friendship-building activities, charitable fundraising events, and local club networking opportunities for its members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Round Table GB&I Local Club Membership
• Round Table Family - Sister Organisations (Ladies Circle, 41 Club, Tangent)

Quantifiable outcome

• £4M raised annually for local communities
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Anthony NolancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Round Table has partnered with Anthony Nolan for 50 years, having helped establish the stem cell registry with a £20,000 donation in 1974 and raising £1 million nationally in 1987. Current partnership aims to raise £120,000 and grow the donor register, with tables encouraged to support through fundraising, donor recruitment (especially young men aged 16-30), and awareness campaigns.
• CanvaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Canva provides free design templates and a free non-profit account option for Tables with registered charity status. Partnership includes branded templates for social media posts, events, and promotional materials, plus access to premium Canva content at no cost for qualifying clubs.
• CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Round Table announced partnership with CALM to battle male loneliness and suicide. The partnership addresses documented cases where Round Table membership provided crucial support networks for members experiencing mental health crises.
• LidlminorOthersLocal Heswall Round Table partnered with Lidl for food bank initiatives during COVID, with the supermarket providing over 1,500 ready meals along with other food donations for distribution to families in need.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Round Table International: Round Table International is the global umbrella coordinating 60+ national Round Table organizations with 30,000+ members. While not a competitor, it is the most directly comparable governance structure and the parent federation that anchors RTBI's international travel and exchange programs.

Direct peers

• Ladies Circle Great Britain and Ireland: Ladies Circle is the official sister organization of Round Table for women aged 18-45, operating an essentially identical local-club social and charitable model. It is the closest structural mirror to RTBI and a key feeder/retention link in the Round Table Family.
• Tangent Club: Tangent is the alumni club for former Ladies Circle members, mirroring 41 Club's relationship to Round Table. It is a directly comparable social-membership organization within the same Round Table Family ecosystem.
• United Grand Lodge of England (Freemasonry): The UGLE is a long-established UK fraternal organization providing male-only social networking, charitable giving, and community engagement through local lodges. It competes for similar male social-community members, particularly in the over-30 segment.
• Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland: Rotary GBI operates on an almost identical model: a network of local clubs for community-minded adults focused on friendship, professional networking, and charitable fundraising. It competes directly with Round Table for the same pool of community-engaged members in the same UK and Ireland geographies.
• 41 Club: 41 Club is the alumni organization for former Round Table members over 45, sitting inside the Round Table Family. It is highly comparable as a fraternal social club with a UK and Ireland footprint and a parallel member-engagement model.
• Lions Clubs International (Multiple District 105, British Isles): Lions Clubs in the British Isles run a parallel local-club, fraternal fundraising model with similar member profiles, community service emphasis, and geographic footprint. It is the most direct substitute for someone considering joining Round Table.

Emerging players

• Young Farmers' Clubs (England & Wales) / Scottish Association of Young Farmers' Clubs: Young Farmers' Clubs serve 18-40 year-olds through a local-club model with social events, training, and community involvement. Although rural-focused, it competes for the same young-adult member demographic that Round Table targets, especially in non-urban areas.

Broad incumbents

• Probus UK and Ireland: Probus operates retired-professional social clubs across the UK and Ireland, providing regular meetings, friendship, and activities. While it targets an older demographic (typically 60+), it operates the same local-club fraternal model that Round Table follows and serves as the natural post-45 social-club destination for former Tablers.
• Oddfellows (Manchester Unity Friendly Society): The Oddfellows is a long-running UK friendly society offering social, charitable, and mutual-support activities through local branches. It is comparable as a fraternal social-membership organization with a regional branch network, although it skews older than Round Table.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/roundtablegbi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rtgbi
• Instagraminstagram.com/rtgbi
• TikToktiktok.com/@rtgbi6
• Xx.com/roundtablebi

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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