Name

MAC-UK

Legal name

MAC-UK Ltd

Website

https://mac-uk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations from individuals, including one-time and recurring donation options (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual). Sponsorship of running events for fundraising.
2. Training and Consultancy Services: Fee-for-service training programs including Spotlight Sessions, Toolbox Topics, Power Shifting Practice workshops, and Blueprints for Change. Consultancy services for organizations seeking to transform their practice.
3. Project Delivery Partnerships: Commissioned delivery of youth mental health and wellbeing projects in partnership with local authorities, NHS trusts, schools, and community organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MAC-UK is a registered charity that designs and delivers co-produced youth mental health and wellbeing programs in partnership with local authorities, NHS trusts, schools, and community organizations. It sells structured training programs (Spotlight Sessions, Toolbox Topics, Power Shifting Practice, Blueprints for Change) and customized teaching and consultancy to practitioners and public sector bodies seeking to embed co-production and power-shifting approaches in their services.

Product overview

MAC-UK offers a portfolio of training programs and consultancy services focused on transforming youth mental health practice through co-production. The core training offerings include four structured programs: Spotlight Sessions (foundational mental health knowledge), Toolbox Topics (practical implementation), Power Shifting Practice (power-sharing with youth), and Blueprints for Change (innovation). These are complemented by documented project learnings from initiatives including School Exclusions, RO|RO, Mini-MAC, Trusted Relationships: Ealing, and Supporting Young Black Women. The organization also provides teaching and consultancy services to help other organizations implement co-production approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spotlight Sessions
• Toolbox Topics
• Power Shifting Practice
• Blueprints for Change
• Teaching and Consultancy
• Direct Service Delivery Partnerships

Quantifiable outcome

• Students developed increased confidence levels in making beats and recording music, with improved confidence translating to improved social confidence outside of MAC-UK sessions.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centre for Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Centre for Mental Health evaluated multiple MAC-UK projects including the RO|RO Evaluation (delivered in Peckham 2012-2015) and MAC-UK Integrate Projects (2008-2015). They provided external evaluation of co-produced flexible and responsive services that create change at individual, community, and systems levels.
• University of GloucestershirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012External evaluation of the Mini-MAC project (2012-2014), a youth-led music project delivered in Schools, Pupil Referral Units, and Young Offender Institutions. Evaluation covered peer support, wellbeing promotion, and provided a template for delivering co-produced projects.
• Ealing CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Ealing Council and St Christopher's Fellowship on the Trusted Relationships project, which improved young people's access to support and reduced risk of exploitation, violence, and exclusion through partnership approaches to co-production, outreach, and flexible responsive support models.
• St Christopher's FellowshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with St Christopher's Fellowship on the Ealing Trusted Relationships project, contributing to improved young people's access to support and reduced risk of exploitation, violence, and exclusion.
• Art Against KnivesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced a therapeutic space for young Black women with Art Against Knives, focusing on creating a safe space to explore racial trauma and identity, emphasizing flexibility, creativity, and Black feminism.
• Royal Holloway (University of London)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Clinical Psychology trainees from Royal Holloway University of London. MAC-UK shares its approach with trainees to inspire power shifting practices and innovative approaches to mental health.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Children's Society: UK national charity working with vulnerable children and young people, including those facing exploitation, mental health challenges, and social exclusion. Comparable in scope of services and target beneficiaries to MAC-UK.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless and at-risk young people through housing, training, and mental health services. Comparable in target beneficiary profile and integrated service model to MAC-UK.
• Centre for Mental Health: UK mental health policy and research charity that has acted as external evaluator for MAC-UK projects. Operates in the same mental health space with similar beneficiary focus and produces complementary research outputs.
• YoungMinds: UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health, advocating for better services and supporting young people directly. Highly comparable to MAC-UK in mission, target population, and training/advocacy activities.
• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity providing counselling and mental health support in schools. Operates in the same youth mental health space as MAC-UK and engages with schools, local authorities, and NHS partners.
• Catch22: UK social welfare charity delivering services to vulnerable young people and adults, including education, mental health, and justice-related programmes. Comparable delivery model and beneficiary focus to MAC-UK.
• St Christopher's Fellowship: Existing MAC-UK partner that supports children, young people, and families through fostering, leaving care, and exploitation-prevention services. Operates in the same vulnerable-youth space with comparable commissioning relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities, delivering a broad portfolio of services across mental health, exploitation prevention, and education. Comparable in mission but operates at significantly greater scale than MAC-UK.
• Mind: Large UK mental health charity providing advice, support, and campaigning across the full population. Comparable in mental health focus but with a much broader scope than MAC-UK's youth-specific niche.
• NSPCC: UK child protection charity operating helplines, direct services, and policy advocacy. Comparable mission around child welfare but at much greater national scale and broader remit than MAC-UK.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mac-uk
• Xx.com/macukcharity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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