Arachne

What Arachne does

Arachne (UK registered charity no. 1075807) is a London-based non-profit founded in 1984 that delivers free welfare advice, skills and employment training, and cultural programs to vulnerable women in Islington and Greater London. In its most recent reporting period it recorded 1,993 acts of support, including 367 women receiving welfare advice and 351 women receiving employment-focused advice or training. The organization explicitly serves the Greek and Greek Cypriot community alongside its broader beneficiary cohort, with Greek-language content available on its website.

The charity operates a service-led, grant-funded model with no commercial pricing or fee-bearing customers. Its offering is delivered through in-person programs at its Islington premises and, more recently, through online/digital sessions, with cultural and educational programming sitting alongside practical welfare and employment support. Core "products" are thus program-based (advice sessions, training cohorts, cultural events) rather than technology-based, and the underlying technology stack is limited to a public-facing website and standard video-conferencing tooling for remote delivery.

Revenue is diversified across individual donations, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, membership fees, events and fundraising activities, and facility hire ("Hire a Room"). A legacy-gift giving program has also been introduced. With 1–10 employees, no paid product, and no investor capital, Arachne functions as a small, community-embedded charity whose scale is set by grant and donation inflows rather than market pricing.

Name

Arachne

Legal name

Arachne Women's Support

Website

https://arachne-group.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arachne is a UK-registered charity, founded in 1984 and based in Islington, London, that provides free welfare advice, employment training, and cultural programs to vulnerable women — including the Greek and Greek Cypriot community — across Greater London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Women's Community Charity

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Women's support services
• Welfare advice
• Skills training
• Community charity
• Cultural programs

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from the public, including one-time gifts, regular giving, and memorial donations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with businesses for funding and support.
3. Trusts and Foundations: Grant funding from charitable trusts and foundations.
4. Membership Fees: Annual membership subscriptions providing supporters with engagement benefits.
5. Events and Fundraising: Revenue from organized fundraising events and activities.
6. Room Hire: Hiring out organizational facilities for events and meetings.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arachne Women's Support is a registered charity providing free, confidential welfare advice (benefits, disability, Windrush scheme guidance), practical skills classes, employment training, digital literacy sessions, and Greek/Greek Cypriot cultural programs to vulnerable women in Islington and Greater London. All services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.

Product overview

Arachne Women's Support is a single-service charity offering an integrated portfolio of social support programs for vulnerable women in Islington and Greater London. The core offerings include a welfare advice service (providing benefits guidance, disability support, and Windrush scheme assistance), skills and classes for employment readiness, and a general Get Help Now intake service. Digital sessions supplement these offerings. The organization also celebrates Greek and Greek Cypriot culture through community events. The portfolio functions as a unified case-management and advice-giving operation rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Welfare Advice Service A free, confidential, and impartial advice service for women living in London, providing guidance on benefits, disability claims, and government schemes such as the Windrush scheme.
• Skills and Classes A range of classes designed to help women living in London develop practical skills and improve their employment prospects.
• Get Help Now A support service helping women in London access the right advice and support to improve their lives and reach their potential, serving as the main intake/case-management pathway.
• Digital Sessions Digital literacy training sessions for women and their families, enabling access to online services and technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,993 acts of support provided (one-to-one advice, group training, events)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Corporate Partners (unspecified)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partnerships for funding and support. The organization has a dedicated page for corporate partnerships on its website, indicating active engagement with business partners. Partners likely provide financial support, volunteering, or in-kind contributions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Southall Black Sisters: A specialist resource centre for Black and minority ethnic women in London offering welfare advice, advocacy, and skills support, closely comparable to Arachne's culturally-rooted welfare and empowerment services.
• Solace Women's Aid: A London-based charity providing advice, advocacy, and refuge services to women and children affected by domestic abuse and violence, overlapping with Arachne's welfare advice and confidential support delivery.
• Women's Trust: A London-based charity offering free counselling and support services to women experiencing mental health or domestic abuse issues, directly comparable to Arachne's women-focused free welfare and advice model in the same city.

Broad incumbents

• Women's Aid Federation of England: A national federation coordinating support services for women experiencing domestic abuse across England, representing a much larger incumbent with overlapping welfare and empowerment objectives to Arachne.
• Refuge: One of the largest UK charities supporting women and children escaping domestic abuse, offering a broader national portfolio of services that overlaps with Arachne's London-focused welfare and advice work.

Others

• Islington Council - Advice and Support Services: The local authority where Arachne operates, which funds and coordinates parallel welfare advice and community support services — a key ecosystem partner and potential funding source for the charity.

Emerging players

• Imkaan: A UK-wide federation of specialist BME women's organisations addressing violence against women and girls, comparable to Arachne in its niche community focus on welfare and empowerment for marginalised women.
• Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS): A London-based charity providing advice, advocacy, and training for Latin American women, directly analogous to Arachne's community-specific welfare and skills support model for migrant and heritage communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Arachne
• Xx.com/arachnegroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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