What Share Community does

Share Community Ltd is a UK-registered charity (Charity 264894) and private company (Company 01081030) that provides educational, wellbeing and supported-employment programmes for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults across four sites in South London: Clapham Junction (head office), Tooting (Share Garden), Brixton (We are 336) and Vauxhall (Black Prince Community Hub). The portfolio includes structured courses (Steps into Employment, Creative Expression, Community Living, Healthy Lifestyles, Independent Living Skills, Digital Skills, Horticulture, Music, Performing Arts), a Befriending service, the Go Anywhere, Do Anything social-inclusion project, and three social enterprises — Share Community Café, Share Catering Services and Share Garden Centre — that provide real work experience.

The operating model blends free-of-charge service delivery with diversified income: donations from individuals and corporate partners, restricted grants from funders such as the National Lottery Community Fund, NHS SW London Community Grant, Walking and Cycling Grants London, Hubbub's Nature Hubs Fund, Springfield Spark Community Fund and Ambassadeurs Group, plus revenue from the three social enterprises and an easyfundraising online-shopping referral channel. Students are referred through social-care professionals, parents, carers and word of mouth; services are not paid for by students. Delivery is supplemented by a large volunteer base (Investors in Volunteers Quality Standard, 2023) and a network of cross-sector partnerships spanning sport (Fulham FC, Chelsea FC, Wimbledon Foundation), arts (Battersea Arts Centre, Royal Academy of Dance, Corali Dance Company) and employment specialists (Status Employment, DS Workfit, Unity Works). Corporate accreditations include Investors in People Gold, Disability Confident Committed, National Autistic Society Autism Specialist, Fundraising Regulator membership and Cyber Essentials Certified Plus. Governance is by a Board of Trustees chaired by Dr Robert Arnott, with patrons including Lord Alf Dubs, Patricia Hodge and Geraldine James OBE.

Name

Share Community

Legal name

Share Community Ltd

Website

https://sharecommunity.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Share Community is a UK charity providing educational programmes, wellbeing support, and social enterprises for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults across four sites in South London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult Social Care & Disability Day Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Housing Transition & Supported Living Navigation (EDAKANAK)

Keywords

• Learning disability services
• Adult social care
• Community day programmes
• Vocational training services
• Charity wellbeing programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: Share Community relies on donations from individuals, corporate partners, and grant funding from organisations such as Springfield Spark Community Fund, National Lottery Community Fund, Walking and Cycling Grants London, NHS SW London Community Grant, and Hubbub's Nature Hubs Fund.
2. Social Enterprise Operations: Revenue generated through social enterprises including Share Community Café, Share Catering Services, and Share Garden Centre which provide work experience for students while generating income.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Share Community is a UK-registered charity that runs daytime education, wellbeing and social-care programmes for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults across multiple sites in South London. It supplements these programmes with on-site social enterprises (including a training café, a garden shop and a horticulture project) that provide vocational training and earned income, and it sustains delivery through an active volunteer programme and community fundraising.

Product overview

Share Community is a charity providing a comprehensive suite of training and wellbeing programmes for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. The organisation operates across four sites in London (Clapham Junction, Tooting, Brixton, and Vauxhall) offering educational courses, social enterprises, and support services. Core programmes include Skills for Employment, Creative Expression, Healthy Lifestyles, and Independent Living Skills, while social enterprises (Share Community Café, Share Catering Services, and Share Garden Centre) provide practical work experience. Additional services include Befriending, Go Anywhere Do Anything social inclusion activities, and Wellbeing Support. The portfolio works together to empower disabled adults to live more independently through skill development, social connection, and employment preparation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Share Community Café: A social enterprise café located at the Black Prince Trust in Vauxhall, providing work experience for catering students
• Share Catering Services
• Share Garden Centre
• Go Anywhere, Do Anything

Products and services

• Share Community day programmes (learning, wellbeing, creative arts, sport, independent living) Structured daytime education, wellbeing, creative-arts, sport and independent-living programmes for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, delivered at Share's own sites in South London. Aimed at participants seeking meaningful daytime activity, learning and social connection.
• Share Community social enterprises (training café, garden shop, horticulture project) On-site social-enterprise trading operations (including a training café, a garden shop and a horticulture project) that provide vocational training and work-experience for participants and generate earned income for the charity. Open to the public as customers and to participants as trainees.
• Share Community volunteer programme Structured volunteer engagement programme enabling individuals and corporate partners to support the charity's programmes and social enterprises through regular volunteering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93% of students say Share helps them make friends
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PatriziaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Corporate volunteer team of six from investment management company Patrizia transformed Share Tooting's glasshouse space into a more flexible environment for horticulture sessions and art classes.
• Brand BrewerycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal marketing agency neighbouring Share Clapham Junction has organised sports days for three years, designing and running activity stations, providing refreshments, and creating certificates for students.
• Status EmploymentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported employment specialists who connected with Share student Daniel through the Steps into Employment programme, helping him secure employment at a record store.
• DS WorkfitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDown's Syndrome Association's employment programme worked with Matthew's family and Fulham FC to prepare him for working and understand work etiquette.
• Fulham FC FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation provides tennis and football sessions; also supported Matthew's pathway to employment as assistant grounds person at Fulham's training ground.
• Corali Dance CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeader in dance created by artists with learning disabilities, providing sensory movement sessions for Share students as part of mental health and wellbeing project.
• Mallet and Gong Sound Bath WellnessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWellness practitioner providing guided yoga sessions using visualisation, sound, and vibration to help students relax and focus on positive thoughts.
• Welcome to Wandsworth / London Borough of CultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShare music students participated in Sing to Thrive creative project as part of London Borough of Culture, creating music video for The Wandsworth Corner Shop.
• Chelsea FC FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership delivering six inclusive football training sessions at Battersea Leisure Centre, improving fitness, confidence, and wellbeing of 18 Share students.
• The Wimbledon FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough Work at Wimbledon initiative, some Share students have been trained, supported, and given the chance to secure paid work at the Wimbledon Championships.
• Unity WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported employment organisation helped Share student Fatima secure a catering apprenticeship through virtual assessment and interview process.
• Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG) and Urban CanopyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for new gardening project at Windmill Gardens in Brixton, creating opportunities for Share students to participate in community horticulture.
• Disability Advice Service Lambeth (dasl)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for In The Mix art exhibition at We Are 336 in Brixton, showcasing disabled artists' work including Share students Rehan, Cally and Carla.
• Block 336minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt gallery venue curating In The Mix exhibition, facilitated by Naomi Fitzsimmons and funded by Awards For All.
• Royal Academy of DanceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShare art students performed dance piece 'The sun shines down on me when...' at Royal Academy of Dance, working with RADiate dance artist Jasmine Hall.
• Battersea Arts CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekly performing arts sessions hosted at Battersea Arts Centre, with activities including singing, dancing, and comedy exploring students' interests.
• Black Prince TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing Share Community Café location and sports facilities at Black Prince Community Hub in Vauxhall. Also partners for free meals initiative during cost-of-living crisis.
• LifetimesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganisation supporting voluntary and community activity in Wandsworth, recognised Share with Best Practice in Volunteering Award.
• Aga Serugo-LugominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerComposer and vocalist who led Sing to Thrive project, transforming Share's learning space into recording studio for students to create music video.
• Jimmy GarciaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided four-day work experience placement for Share Community Café students Paula and Zain in catering.
• Youyang SongminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative practitioner working with Share as part of Wandsworth Council's Culturally Mindful programme, using creative practice for rediscovering play and connection.
• Thomas Groves and Michelle BaharierminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional artists providing mentoring through Equalities Work programme to develop Share artists' work culminating in public exhibitions.
• Wheels for WellbeingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCycling sessions at Herne Hill Velodrome for Share Health and Wellbeing class students.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• United Response: United Response provides supported employment, day opportunities, and community-based services for people with learning disabilities and autism across England and Wales. Comparable to Share in combining personalisation, employability, and community engagement.
• Hft (Home Farm Trust): Hft is a UK charity supporting adults with learning disabilities through personalised support, day services, employment support, and social enterprises — directly overlapping Share's portfolio across skills, employment, and social inclusion programmes.
• Sense (UK disability charity): Sense provides specialist services for people with complex disabilities including learning disabilities and autism, including day services, employability support, and social inclusion — closely aligned to Share's programme mix.
• Certitude: Certitude supports people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs through day services, supported employment, and community programmes in London. Direct overlap with Share on geography, beneficiary group, and service types.
• Ambitious about Autism: Ambitious about Autism runs education, employment, and social inclusion programmes specifically for autistic young people and adults. Share's autistic-adult programme and Steps into Employment work sit in the same specialist niche.

Broad incumbents

• National Autistic Society: The National Autistic Society is the UK's largest autism charity and accredits specialist providers like Share (Share holds the NAS Autism Specialist mark). Operates education, employment, and adult services with broader national reach.
• Community Integrated Care: Community Integrated Care provides personalised social care, day opportunities, and supported employment for people with learning disabilities and autism across the UK. Comparable to Share on supported employment and community engagement, but at much larger scale.
• Leonard Cheshire: Leonard Cheshire supports people with learning disabilities and autism through day services, supported employment, and community inclusion programmes. A larger national charity serving a similar beneficiary population to Share.
• Mencap: Mencap is the largest UK charity for people with learning disabilities, providing day services, employment programmes, and social inclusion support at national scale. Share is a smaller, London-focused counterpart operating a similar service mix.

Others

• United Learning: United Learning operates schools and educational programmes including for pupils with special educational needs. Thematically related through special-needs education and transition support, but does not focus on adult learning-disability services like Share.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SHARECommunityLtd
• Facebookfacebook.com/ShareCommunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/share-community
• Instagraminstagram.com/share_community
• Xx.com/SHARECommunity

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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