What Middlesbrough Environment City does

Middlesbrough Environment City is an independent UK charity (registered charity number 1070131, company limited by guarantee number 3386853) established in 1994 and headquartered at Sandy Flatts Lane, Acklam, Middlesbrough. It delivers a portfolio of community-driven environmental, food, and active travel programmes across the Tees Valley, including Climate Action Middlesbrough (CAM), Eco Shops surplus food redistribution, Bikeability and Pedestrian Training, the Affordable Warmth energy advice service, the Community Patchwork Orchard, and the Middlesbrough Food Partnership. The organisation also coordinates the Fairtrade Middlesbrough campaign, maintaining the town's Fairtrade Town status for over a decade.

Name

Middlesbrough Environment City

Legal name

Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited

Website

https://menvcity.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Middlesbrough Environment City is an independent UK charity delivering community-driven environmental, food security, active travel, and energy-efficiency programmes across the Tees Valley, funded primarily by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Environmental Services

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure (BPADALAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban & Community Reforestation / Street Tree Planting (AFAMACAL)

Keywords

• Community sustainability programmes
• Environmental charity services
• Surplus food redistribution
• Active travel training
• Affordable warmth advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Middlesbrough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Grants and Funding: Primary funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for programs like Climate Action Middlesbrough and Communities Growing Together. Registered charity with number 1070131.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Middlesbrough Environment City is an independent charity that delivers community-based environmental and sustainability programmes across Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley. Its services span climate action coordination, surplus food redistribution through Eco Shops, Bikeability and pedestrian road-safety training, fuel poverty and energy-efficiency advice via the Affordable Warmth Team, and food partnership and community growing activities. Programmes are offered free of charge to local residents, schools and community groups, funded primarily through The National Lottery Community Fund.

Product overview

Middlesbrough Environment City operates as an independent charity offering a portfolio of community-focused environmental programs rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings include Climate Action Middlesbrough (CAM) for carbon reduction, Eco Shops for surplus food redistribution, and the Community Patchwork Orchard for local fruit access. Additional programs cover active travel (Bikeability and Pedestrian Training), affordable warmth energy advice, food security (Middlesbrough Food Partnership, Food Power Alliance), healthy cooking skills (Nutritional Interventions), and local food sourcing (Growing Middlesbrough, Fairtrade). These programs function as standalone community services and do not constitute a software platform with modules or integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Climate Action Middlesbrough (CAM): A programme aiming to facilitate reductions in Middlesbrough's carbon footprint and encourage sustainable lifestyles, covering sustainable food, transportation, domestic energy, waste and natural environment.
• Eco Shops
• Middlesbrough Food Partnership
• Patchwork Orchard
• Active Travel
• Affordable Warmth
• Growing Middlesbrough
• Food Power
• Communities Growing Together
• Fairtrade Middlesbrough

Products and services

• Climate Action Middlesbrough (CAM) A community climate action programme coordinated for residents and partners in Middlesbrough, supporting local climate awareness and action initiatives across the Tees Valley.
• Eco Shops Community pop-up events redistributing surplus food to local residents at low or no cost, with optional donations, aimed at reducing food waste and food insecurity in Middlesbrough.
• Bikeability Training Structured cycle training delivered to school pupils in Middlesbrough and Tees Valley, coordinated by the Bikeability Coordinator and Active Travel Team under a recognised national Bikeability framework.
• Pedestrian Training Pedestrian road-safety training delivered alongside Bikeability Training to local school pupils, supporting safer walking journeys to school.
• Affordable Warmth Team Energy efficiency and affordable warmth advice service for Middlesbrough households experiencing or at risk of fuel poverty, including Smart Meters Information Sessions.
• Middlesbrough Food Partnership A local food partnership coordinating food-related programmes, including Growing Middlesbrough, Food Power Alliance, Food for the Planet and Communities Growing Together, to improve access to healthy, affordable food.
• Community Patchwork Orchard A community orchard initiative providing shared growing space and fruit trees for local residents to cultivate and harvest collectively across Middlesbrough.
• Growing Middlesbrough Community growing programme under the Middlesbrough Food Partnership that supports local food growing activity and skills development.
• Smart Meters Information Sessions Group information sessions run by the Affordable Warmth Team to help local households understand and adopt smart meters and reduce energy use.
• Healthy Cooking Team Nutritional intervention and healthy cooking support delivered to local residents, helping them prepare affordable, healthy meals using surplus and staple ingredients.
• Food Power Alliance A coalition activity delivered under the Middlesbrough Food Partnership, focused on tackling food poverty and influencing local food policy.
• Fairtrade Campaign Awareness and campaigning activity supporting Fairtrade in Middlesbrough, encouraging residents and partners to choose Fairtrade-certified products.
• Communities Growing Together A community food and growing initiative under the Middlesbrough Food Partnership supporting collective growing, cooking and food sharing activities.
• Food for the Planet A campaign under the Middlesbrough Food Partnership promoting planet-friendly food choices and reducing the environmental impact of food in Middlesbrough.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FareShare NEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to redistribute fresh in-date surplus food from the food industry to Eco Shops, preventing good food from going to landfill.
• ACTEScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Climate Action Middlesbrough program working to reduce Middlesbrough's carbon footprint.
• LINX Youth ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Climate Action Middlesbrough focusing on youth engagement in climate action.
• Tees Valley Wildlife TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Climate Action Middlesbrough contributing environmental expertise.
• Thirteen GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing provider partner in Climate Action Middlesbrough focusing on sustainable housing and communities.
• Middlesbrough CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal authority partner in Climate Action Middlesbrough and Middlesbrough's Green Strategy aiming for net carbon neutrality.
• The Other PerspectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Climate Action Middlesbrough program.
• Bikeability TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOversees the national cycle-training programme for children. MEC's Active Travel Team delivers Bikeability training under this framework.
• 1st 4 SportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCertifying body for MEC's Active Travel Team instructors with Level 2 Award in Instructing Cycle Training.
• Sawdust CICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative organization hosting earth chair making workshops at MEC allotment, creating living armchairs from cardboard, earth, and grass seed.
• All Year Round The Flower Patch CICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of staff wellbeing sessions featuring Tibetan singing bowls and nature connection activities.
• Streets AheadminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity shop venue hosting Affordable Warmth Team's free energy drop-in sessions for local residents.
• Middlesbrough Food PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral connecting network and hub for all food-related matters in Middlesbrough. MEC coordinates this alliance working across five key themes including affordable food, surplus redistribution, income maximization, and affordable warmth.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FareShare UK: National food surplus redistribution charity. MEC partners with FareShare NE to source surplus food for its Eco Shops, making it a natural comparable in food-waste-to-community operations.
• Hubbub Foundation: Environmental behaviour-change charity running community programmes on food waste, recycling, and sustainable living. Overlaps strongly with MEC's portfolio of community-driven sustainability interventions.
• Groundwork UK: National federation of community-environmental charities delivering practical sustainability, food, and green-space programmes at the local level. Highly comparable to MEC's model of multi-issue community environmental delivery in a defined region.
• Centre for Sustainable Energy: Charity delivering energy-advice and fuel-poverty programmes to households, including Affordable Warmth-style services. Directly comparable to MEC's Affordable Warmth Team offering.
• Sustrans: UK charity promoting active travel and cycling infrastructure, including cycle training in schools. Directly comparable to MEC's Bikeability and Pedestrian Training programmes delivered under the Bikeability Trust framework.
• FoodCycle: UK charity tackling food poverty and food waste through community meal programmes. Comparable to MEC's Eco Shops and food-security programmes addressing surplus food redistribution in deprived communities.

Broad incumbents

• Soil Association: National charity promoting sustainable food and farming. Comparable to MEC's Growing Middlesbrough and food-related programmes, though operating at a much larger national scale.
• Keep Britain Tidy: Established national environmental behaviour-change charity operating across litter, waste, and community cleanliness. Broader remit than MEC but overlapping on community environmental action.

Emerging players

• Feedback Global: Charity focused on food waste reduction and campaigning. Comparable niche overlap with MEC's Eco Shops surplus-food work but operating more at policy/campaigning level.

Regional players

• Tees Valley Wildlife Trust: Local wildlife and conservation charity that is both a partner to MEC on Climate Action Middlesbrough and a regional peer serving overlapping Tees Valley environmental priorities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/menvcity
• Facebookfacebook.com/menvcity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climate-action-middlesbrough

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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