Plenty Productions Community Interest Company

Name

Plenty Productions Community Interest Company

Legal name

Plenty Productions Community Interest Company

Website

https://plentyproductions.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Plenty Productions CIC is a Brighton-based Community Interest Company that delivers arts, media, heritage and learning projects in partnership with museums, universities and BME communities across the South East of England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts and Heritage Services

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Media Arts & Film/Photography Nonprofits (BPAGAHAJ), Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

Keywords

• Community arts projects
• Heritage consultancy services
• BME cultural engagement
• Oral history projects
• Creative facilitation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brighton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Plenty Productions CIC undertakes consultancy work that meets their not-for-profit aims of participation, learning, knowledge exchange, research and creative engagement. Services include evaluation, facilitation, and creative curation for arts and heritage projects.
2. Project Delivery: Delivers collaborative community-based arts and media projects, typically funded through grants from heritage bodies and partnerships with arts organisations and universities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Plenty Productions CIC delivers collaborative arts, media, heritage and learning projects with Black and BME communities in South East England, alongside consultancy services (evaluation, facilitation and creative curation) offered to arts and heritage organisations. Projects are funded primarily through grants and delivered in partnership with universities, museums and community groups.

Product overview

Plenty Productions CIC is a community interest company delivering creative, arts, media, heritage, and learning projects since 2006. The company operates as a portfolio of community-based projects and consultancy services. Core projects include heritage and oral history initiatives (Positive Hair Day, Roots and Culture, Pengyou, JamAfrika), theatre productions (Snakes and Ladders), and exhibition facilitation (Fashion Cities Africa). These are complemented by three consultancy offerings: Evaluation, Facilitation, and Creative Curation services for arts and heritage organisations. The company works primarily with Black and BME communities in partnership with local authorities, museums, and universities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JamAfrika: A project using reggae music to connect African and Jamaican communities, capturing participants' memories and cultural experiences of reggae music.
• Pengyou
• Roots and Culture
• Fashion Cities Africa
• Snakes and Ladders
• Positive Hair Day (PHD)

Products and services

• JamAfrika JamAfrika is a reggae music heritage project that connects African and Jamaican communities, capturing participants' memories and cultural experiences of reggae music from the 1960s to present day through live music performance and heritage sharing activities.
• Pengyou Pengyou is a befriending and support project providing relief to isolated and vulnerable Chinese elders in Brighton and Hove who experience social and cultural isolation due to language barriers, featuring activities, trips and educational sessions.
• Roots and Culture Roots and Culture is a Heritage Lottery funded training and support programme for Sussex-based Black and Asian community groups in Crawley and Worthing, helping them develop heritage skills and deliver successful heritage projects.
• Fashion Cities Africa (FCA) Fashion Cities Africa was a major exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion at Brighton Museum (2015-2016), the first of its kind in the UK, with Plenty Productions facilitating the collection panel and community engagement strand.
• Snakes and Ladders Snakes and Ladders is a professional touring theatre production inspired by the HAIRstories collected in the Positive Hair Day project, featuring original audio from the oral history archive; performed with a community cast at Brighton Dome and later as a full stage production starring Cathy Tyson.
• Positive Hair Day (PHD) Positive Hair Day is an oral history project that recorded the HAIRstories of Black and mixed heritage customers at Black hairdressers in Brighton, exploring cultural identity and heritage from the 1960s to present; outputs included a travelling exhibition, educational booklet and coffee table book.
• Evaluation Evaluation services primarily for arts and heritage projects, including recent work with Lighthouse arts' 'Last Dance' programme providing evaluation and mentoring support.
• Facilitation Facilitation services specialising in BME heritage engagement activities, including partnerships with Brighton Museum and co-produced heritage activities with local BME communities.
• Creative Curation Creative programming and organising of creative events that bring diverse communities together, promoting knowledge exchange and learning; example outputs include the Sounday networking event with over 100 attendees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 70 elders supported through befriending activities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Brighton DomecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2021Long-standing partnership for arts, music and heritage projects. Brighton Dome serves as a venue for Plenty Productions events and productions, including the Snakes and Ladders theatre performances. The partnership has been active for several years.
• Brighton MuseumscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2021Major partnership for exhibitions and heritage projects including Fashion Cities Africa (2015-2016) and ongoing BME heritage engagement activities. Multiple projects delivered in partnership since 2010.
• University of SussexcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2021Knowledge exchange and learning projects partnership with the university. Sarah Naomi Lee works extensively with universities on academic collaboration and research projects.
• Lighthouse ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Provided evaluation and mentoring support for Lighthouse Arts 'Last Dance' programme engaging young people with Grime Producer Elijah Cushnie.
• Autograph Gallery LondonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017BME heritage network trip to Autograph gallery in London in 2017 as part of community engagement activities with Brighton museum.
• Fashioning Africa Collection PanelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Community engagement strand of Fashion Cities Africa exhibition bringing together academics, local community members and activists to determine items for permanent collection.
• Ropetackle Centre ShorehamminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2011Music venue hosting African Night Fever events featuring national and international artists as well as local bands.
• Komedia BrightonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2011Performance venue for African Night Fever live music events promoting local and international artists.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Yellow Earth Theatre: British East Asian touring theatre company producing work with and for East Asian communities. Directly comparable to Plenty's Pengyou project serving Chinese elders and the company's community arts model.
• Eastside Community Heritage: London-based charity specialising in oral history, heritage training, and community-led heritage projects with diverse communities. Closely comparable to Plenty's Positive Hair Day and Roots and Culture oral-history heritage work.
• Mind the Gap: Bradford-based learning-disability and community arts touring theatre company. Comparable as a grant-funded, regionally rooted community arts organisation that combines touring productions with engagement programmes.
• Pan Intercultural Arts: London-based charity producing intercultural theatre and community engagement programmes with migrant and minority ethnic communities. Closely comparable to Plenty Productions in mission, BME/community focus, and theatre-plus-heritage project mix.
• Spread the Word: London-based writer-development agency supporting diverse literary voices through training, events, and consultancy. Comparable in mission (supporting underrepresented voices), arts/heritage scope, and consultancy-plus-project delivery model.
• Kali Theatre: South Asian women's theatre company producing new writing and community engagement programmes. Comparable as a minority-ethnic-led theatre and community heritage organisation operating on grant-funded project cycles.
• Tara Arts: One of the UK's longest-standing British Asian theatre companies, producing touring productions and community engagement work. Comparable as a minority-ethnic-led touring theatre organisation with community heritage programmes.
• Tiata Fahodzi: African-heritage theatre company producing work that explores African and African-diaspora experiences in the UK. Directly comparable to Plenty's African/Jamaican music heritage work (JamAfrika) and BME-lead positioning.
• Black Cultural Archives: National heritage centre preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African and African-Caribbean descent in the UK. Comparable in BME-heritage focus, museum partnership model, and community oral-history collection activities.

Broad incumbents

• Apples and Snakes: England's leading organisation for spoken word and poetry, with a national remit and broader scope than Plenty. Comparable as a heritage-and-performance community arts organisation but operating at significantly larger national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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