The Broughton Trust

What The Broughton Trust does

The Broughton Trust is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee (Charity No. 1089038, Company No. 3900840) established in December 1999 and headquartered at the Humphrey Booth Centre on Heath Avenue in East Salford. The organisation provides free adult learning, youth work, employment support, and community development services to individuals, families, and voluntary organisations across Salford's most deprived communities, serving over 1,000 residents annually. Its service portfolio spans 14+ educational courses (ESOL, functional skills maths and English, CSCS construction training, Health & Social Care preparation, creative writing, counselling skills, budgeting, and personal development), employment pathway services including job clubs and 1:1 support, youth programmes including knife crime prevention, community-led research, the Live Well Community Fund (grants up to £2,000), and a weekly Citizens Advice Salford advisory service.

The core operating model is a community-led outreach platform, with most employees and volunteers living within an 8-mile radius of the communities served. The proprietary Community-Led Research Model recruits, trains, and employs local people as researchers who conduct interviews and complete personal projects registered for Level 3 Open Learn awards in Research Skills. Courses are delivered across the headquarters site plus satellite locations in Swinton, Little Hulton, and Eccles.

The Trust holds ISO 9001:2015 systems accreditation and Matrix Gold Standard Accreditation for Information, Advice and Guidance services. Governance is structured around a 15-member board with 8 seats reserved for residents and 7 for partner organisations including social landlords, the University of Salford, and Salford City Council. The organisation is funded from public, private, and voluntary sector sources, with all services provided free of charge to residents. Notable recent partnerships include the FutureYou youth employment project with Ingeus, the #GETHELP knife crime prevention programme with UP 'ERE Productions, and a 2024 affordable housing development partnership with Salford City Council, Identity Consult, and Seddon Construction delivering 46 dwellings at the old Cromwell School Site.

Name

The Broughton Trust

Legal name

The Broughton Trust

Website

https://thebroughtontrust.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Broughton Trust is a UK charity and company limited by guarantee based in East Salford, providing free adult learning, youth work, employment support, and community development services to over 1,000 disadvantaged residents annually across Salford.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Broughton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Funding: The organisation is funded by a wide range of sources from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Services appear to be provided free of charge to residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Broughton Trust provides free adult learning courses, employment support, youth work, and community development services to disadvantaged residents of Salford. Operating as a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, it delivers vocational training, ESOL, functional skills, and personal development courses, alongside job placement services, youth interventions, and community-led research.

Product overview

The Broughton Trust is a community charity organization providing adult learning, youth work, employment support, and community development services across Salford. The organization operates as a multi-service hub offering: (1) Educational courses including ESOL (Community Awareness, Employability), functional skills (First Steps in Maths, First Step English), vocational training (Health & Social Care, CSCS), personal development (Wellbeing & Confidence Boost, Counselling Skills, Creative Writing), and life skills (Budgeting, Look Good Feel Good); (2) Employment services including job clubs, pre-employment training, and 1:1 support for job seekers; (3) Youth services with knife crime prevention programs and interventions; (4) Community programs including Citizens Advice Salford, the Live Well Community Fund grants up to £2,000, and Cooking on a Budget courses; and (5) Community-led research services. Courses are delivered across multiple Salford locations (Swinton, Little Hulton, Eccles, and the main Broughton Trust site) with most employees and volunteers living within an 8-mile radius. The organization serves over 1,000 residents annually across Salford's most deprived communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ESOL Community Awareness A course developed to support adult learners who have English as a second language to develop basic speaking, reading, writing and listening skills through interaction with the wider community.
• ESOL Employability A course that aims to improve language skills and understanding of the requirements, attributes, and personal qualities potential employers look for when recruiting staff.
• First Step English (Not ESOL) A foundational English course structured to begin with simple and fundamental parts of grammar and punctuation, improving spelling and leading to simple comprehension work.
• First Steps in Maths A course specifically aimed at people with very little or no experience of maths, providing practical knowledge and confidence in mathematical operations and numeracy.
• Preparing to Work in the Health & Social Care Sector A course designed for individuals thinking of a career in the Health and Social Care sector or those caring for a family member or friend, covering growth and development, core skills, care regulations, and mental health awareness.
• Free CSCS Course A free CSCS Card course delivered by The Broughton Trust to help unemployed Salford residents aged 18+ obtain their Green CSCS Card for construction work.
• Budgeting Skills A course designed to uplift and motivate students to budget their finances effectively and educate them in managing incoming and outgoing costs throughout the month.
• First Steps to Creative Writing A 10-week course that explores the fundamentals of creative writing.
• Look Good Feel Good A 10-week course combining beauty tasks with confidence building, literacy, numeracy and IT exercises, focusing on healthy eating, healthy skin, and producing homemade alternatives to expensive beauty products.
• First Steps to Counselling Skills A course enabling students to understand the concepts of counselling and how these skills can be used in personal and professional areas, aiming to improve physical and mental well-being.
• Wellbeing & Confidence Boost A 10-week course designed with self-development in mind, addressing barriers to progression, assessing assertiveness levels, and creating heightened awareness to assist in making informed choices.
• Courses in Swinton Educational courses offered in the Swinton area of Salford, part of The Broughton Trust's adult learning provision across multiple locations.
• Courses in Little Hulton Educational courses offered in the Little Hulton area of Salford, part of The Broughton Trust's adult learning provision across multiple locations.
• Courses in Eccles Educational courses offered in the Eccles area of Salford, part of The Broughton Trust's adult learning provision across multiple locations.
• Cooking on a Budget A free community course helping residents cook healthy meals on a budget by teaching practical skills such as meal planning, smart shopping, and preparing nutritious, low-cost dishes.
• Citizen's Advice Salford @ The Trust Citizens Advice Salford service available every Wednesday at The Broughton Trust, offering free, confidential support to local residents on budgeting, benefits, housing, or debt.
• Live Well Community Fund A grant program offering up to £2,000 for individuals, community groups, and organisations delivering activities and projects that improve health, wellbeing and community connections in East Salford.
• Employment Support Services Employment pathway services including job clubs, pre-employment training, work sampling, and 1:1 support to help unqualified, unskilled and inexperienced people access meaningful employment, particularly in construction, hospitality and personal services sectors.
• Youth Services Positive youth engagement programs including interventions responding to street riots, gang rivalry, violent crime, and projects such as knife crime prevention (#GETHELP), theatre work in Special Education, and the FutureYou project in partnership with Ingeus.
• Community-Led Research Community-led research projects that recruit, train and employ local people as researchers to conduct interviews and gather information on key community issues, with participants registered for Level 3 Open Learn awards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 residents served annually across Salford's most deprived communities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Salford City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2024Collaboration on community development initiatives. Partnership on affordable housing redevelopment at old Cromwell School Site delivering 46 high quality affordable dwellings.
• Identity ConsultminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2024Involved in redevelopment of old Cromwell School Site for affordable housing.
• Seddon ConstructionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2024Construction partner delivering 46 high quality affordable dwellings at old Cromwell School Site.
• Citizens Advice SalfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCitizens Advice Salford available every Wednesday at The Broughton Trust, offering free, confidential support to local residents including help with budgeting, benefits, housing, or debt.
• Salford Credit UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Trust has excellent links with Salford Credit Union for financial support services.
• UP 'ERE ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership delivering knife crime prevention programme #GETHELP and hard-hitting theatre work in Secondary Schools across the city.
• IngeuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on FutureYou project providing youth employment and skills support.
• Salford City Council Equality and Inclusion UnitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned Migrant Impact on Services study. Partnership on community research projects.
• Big Local Little HultonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity research partnership establishing community priorities in Little Hulton.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Catch22: UK social business delivering education, employment, and justice services to disadvantaged groups. Overlaps directly with The Broughton Trust's adult learning, employment support and youth offending prevention work.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless and disadvantaged young people (16-24) into independent living and employment, closely mirroring The Broughton Trust's young-person segment and pathways to work.
• The Prince's Trust: UK-wide youth and employment charity supporting disadvantaged 11-30 year olds into education, training and work, operating a very similar target-cohort and outcomes-based model to The Broughton Trust's youth services.
• St Giles Trust: Uses people with lived experience (often ex-offenders) as caseworkers to move disadvantaged individuals into employment, with a model that directly parallels the Broughton Trust's community-led, lived-experience approach.

Broad incumbents

• Ingeus: Major commercial provider of employment, skills and youth services in the UK, already partnered with The Broughton Trust on the FutureYou project. Competes for the same council commissioning contracts at scale.
• NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations): UK umbrella body for the voluntary sector providing policy, standards and infrastructure support to charities including The Broughton Trust. Relevant for sector benchmarking, accreditation and funding-intelligence context.
• Locality: UK membership network supporting community-led organisations with similar resident-voice and place-based ethos. Comparable as an umbrella/support body for organisations of The Broughton Trust's type.
• Citizens Advice: National advice charity already embedded as a delivery partner (Citizens Advice Salford is hosted weekly at The Broughton Trust). Comparable on the advice and guidance accreditation stack but operating at vastly greater scale.

Regional players

• Hyde Group: Large North West social housing provider with resident-facing community programmes; directly comparable as a regional partner on The Broughton Trust's 46-dwelling affordable housing development in Salford.
• Salford CVS: Salford-based infrastructure body for the voluntary sector, comparable as a regional support organisation working with the same borough's community groups and council commissioners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BroughtonTrust
• Facebookfacebook.com/thebroughtontrust.salford
• Instagraminstagram.com/tbt_salford
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-broughton-trust

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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