What Twining Enterprise does

Twining Enterprise is a UK-registered charity founded in 1995 that provides employment support services to Londoners experiencing mental health challenges. Following a 2025 merger with the larger Hestia charity, it now operates under the Twining-Hestia brand, with Hestia as the surviving legal entity (registered charity number 294 555; company limited by guarantee number 20 20 165). The organization's purpose is to break the cycle between mental health challenges and unemployment by helping individuals find, secure, and sustain meaningful employment as part of their recovery journey.

Twining-Hestia's service portfolio comprises four interconnected programmes: Individual Placement and Support (IPS), which provides personalized employment assistance for people with mental health needs; Employment Advisors embedded within NHS Talking Therapies services, which integrate employment support into mental health treatment pathways; Connect to Work, which supports career development and workplace wellbeing; and REACH Employment Services, delivered through delivery partners across the London boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington. An online mentoring programme additionally supports young people from ethnically diverse communities. The combined Hestia parent organization supports more than 22,000 adults and children in crisis across London every year, with Twining-Hestia reaching thousands of beneficiaries annually through its employment programmes.

The business model is nonprofit and grant/commission-funded. Revenue is derived from NHS partnerships, local authority commissioning across multiple London boroughs, and charitable grants rather than commercial customer payments. There is no publicly disclosed pricing model. Go-to-market operates through direct referrals from healthcare providers, self-referral, employer partnerships with inclusive workplaces, and embedded NHS service delivery. The organization employs 11–50 staff, operates across London and Southeast England, and has no proprietary technology platform, digital product, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Name

Twining Enterprise

Legal name

Hestia

Website

https://twiningenterprise.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Twining-Hestia is a UK charity providing employment support services for Londoners with mental health challenges, operating IPS, NHS-embedded advising, Connect to Work, and REACH programmes across multiple London boroughs, formed by the 2025 merger of Twining Enterprise and Hestia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Employment Support Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK)

Keywords

• Employment support services
• Mental health employment
• Individual placement support
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Charity employment programmes

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable grants and government funding: As a merged charity entity (Twining-Hestia), the organization operates as a nonprofit providing employment support services, likely funded through a combination of NHS partnerships, local government contracts, and charitable grants rather than commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Twining Enterprise (operating as Twining-Hestia following the 2025 merger with Hestia) is a UK charity that delivers employment support services to people with mental health challenges across London and the Southeast of England. Its portfolio includes Individual Placement and Support (IPS), embedded Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies, Connect to Work, and the REACH employment programme, helping service users find, secure, sustain, and develop meaningful employment as part of their mental health recovery.

Product overview

Twining-Hestia operates as a merged charitable organization (2025 merger between Twining Enterprise and Hestia) providing employment support services for Londoners with mental health challenges. The portfolio consists of four interconnected employment support programmes: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) provides personalized employment assistance for people with mental health needs; Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies integrates employment support within NHS mental health services; Connect to Work offers comprehensive employment support including career development planning; and REACH Employment Services provides borough-wide coverage across Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and Islington through delivery partners. Together these services help individuals gain, sustain, and thrive in work as part of their mental health recovery journey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of Londoners supported annually with mental health challenges to find fulfilling employment

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HestiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Twining Enterprise merged with Hestia charity in 2025 to form Twining-Hestia. The merger combined Twining's specialized employment support services for people with mental health needs with Hestia's broader mental health and crisis support capabilities, creating a comprehensive employment support offering under the unified Twining-Hestia brand.
• NHS Talking TherapiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwining-Hestia Employment Advisors work alongside NHS Talking Therapies services to support individuals with mental health needs. The partnership embeds employment support within mental health treatment pathways, helping service users with job search, staying in work, addressing stigma and disclosure, reducing stress, and supporting recovery through employment.
• London Boroughs (Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Islington)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwining-Hestia delivers the REACH employment programme in partnership with delivery partners across Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington, providing a variety of employment support services to residents of these London boroughs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind: The UK's leading mental health charity; broader remit but operates employment-related advice, local Mind associations deliver IPS-adjacent support, and Mind is a major competitor for the same commissioner funding.
• Scope: Major UK disability charity with employment-focused services for disabled people including those with mental health conditions; broader disability scope but overlaps significantly on employment support commissioning.
• Rethink Mental Illness: Large national mental health charity offering advice, services, and employment-related support; broader portfolio than Twining-Hestia but overlaps on mental-health-focused employment pathways and NHS/local authority commissioning.

Direct peers

• United Response: National charity supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, and autism into employment through personalised support and IPS-aligned models; directly comparable in target cohort and commissioning streams.
• Shaw Trust: One of the UK's largest disability employment charities, delivering IPS, Restart, and DWP-supported employment programmes; directly comparable as a competing provider of employment support for people with mental health and disabilities under similar local authority and DWP contracts.
• Remploy: Long-standing UK provider of employment support for disabled people, including those with mental health conditions, delivering DWP-funded programmes such as Work Choice and Access to Work; directly comparable as a competing employment support provider.
• Leonard Cheshire: UK charity supporting disabled people into work through employment programmes and personalisation services; comparable in target population (disability including mental health), DWP/IPS delivery, and borough-level contracts.
• Together for Mental Wellbeing: UK mental health charity (formerly Richmond Fellowship) that combines housing, advocacy, and employment/IPS services for people with mental health needs; competes head-to-head for the same NHS and borough contracts as Twining-Hestia.

Regional players

• DFN Project SEARCH: UK-based supported employment programme for young people with learning disabilities and autism, transitioning from education to work; comparable employment support niche though more focused on education-leavers than adult mental health.

Others

• Centre for Mental Health: UK mental health research and policy charity that champions IPS adoption and produces the evidence base used by commissioners; not a direct delivery peer but adjacent as a thought leader shaping the same funding environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Twining_news
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChHbRAHIwFwPL5hk8dBjPWg
• Facebookfacebook.com/hestia1970
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hestiacharity
• Instagraminstagram.com/hestia_charity/?hl=en

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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