BAC-IN CIC

Name

BAC-IN CIC

Legal name

BAC-IN CIC

Website

https://www.bac-in.org/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: BAC-IN operates as a free service for vulnerable individuals and families impacted by addiction, funded primarily through donations, grants, and charitable contributions. Support methods include one-off donations, regular payments, and Gift Aid contributions.
2. Cultural Competence Training and Consultancy Services: The organization delivers bespoke training, consultancy, clinical supervision, and specialist addiction recovery packages to healthcare providers, statutory organisations, and community groups across the UK as a fee-for-service offering.
3. Grant-Funded Project Delivery: BAC-IN has been funded through multiple grant programs from organizations including Lankelly Chase, National Lottery Community Fund, Comic Relief, Nottingham CDP, Nottinghamshire DAAT, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire Health Care Trust, and Big Lottery Fund to deliver specific projects and recovery programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

BAC-IN CIC delivers specialist, peer-led addiction recovery and rehabilitation services for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, including 1:1 support, family support, group activities, therapeutic and creative arts sessions, 12-step study, relapse prevention programmes, specialist counselling, peer mentoring, prison inreach, housing and employment assistance, and bilingual support. It also sells Cultural Competence Training, Consultancy and Clinical Supervision to healthcare providers and statutory organisations across the UK. Services are provided free of charge to vulnerable individuals and families, funded through donations and grants, with a separate fee-for-service commercial stream for organisational training.

Product overview

BAC-IN CIC operates as a unified service offering centered around its BAC-IN 2Life Recovery program, a peer-led, culturally responsive model for addiction recovery and rehabilitation. The core offering is complemented by the Creative Voices Group (a therapeutic creative arts module) and Cultural Competence Training and Consultancy services for external organisations. Additional services include 1:1 support, family support, group activities, women's recovery groups, specialist counselling, peer mentoring, prison inreach, and bilingual support. Services are delivered both face-to-face and virtually (via Zoom, FaceTime, and phone).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Project Ahryzen: Ground-breaking action research project (2017-2020) in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University exploring through lived experience the lives of BAC-IN peers and hidden experiences of disadvantage, developing a model for supporting Black, Asian and Minoritised Communities facing multiple disadvantage.
• Creative Voices Group
• Project Re-connect
• Project Headwize
• Leaders with Lived Experience
• Project Respect

Products and services

• BAC-IN 2Life Recovery Flagship peer-led, culturally responsive recovery program providing 1:1 support, 12-step study, relapse prevention, family support, peer mentoring, prison inreach, therapeutic outings and bilingual support to individuals and families from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities facing addiction, gambling, mental health challenges and multiple disadvantage.
• BAC-IN Creative Voices Group A creative arts forum for individuals seeking recovery from addiction and multiple disadvantage to express themselves through poetry, art, drama, rap, creative writing, photography, spoken word, song and dance, and to serve as agents of change by spreading recovery messages in their communities.
• Cultural Competence Training, Consultancy and Clinical Supervision Bespoke training, consultancy, clinical supervision and specialist addiction recovery packages delivered on a fee-for-service basis to healthcare providers, statutory organisations and community groups across the East Midlands and the UK to address cultural disparities in addiction treatment access.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of individuals and families supported since 2003
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Tuntum Housing AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Tuntum Housing Association leads the partnership delivering Project Headwize (2020-2023), a Strengthening Mental Health Support Programme for children and young people from BAME communities in Nottingham's most deprived areas.
• Nottingham Counselling ServicesecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership member for Project Headwize (2020-2023), collaborating with BAC-IN, Tuntum Housing Association, and The Chayah Project to deliver enhanced mental health services to young people from BAME communities.
• The Chayah ProjectsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership member for Project Headwize (2020-2023), collaborating with BAC-IN, Tuntum Housing Association, and Nottingham Counselling Service to deliver mental health support services to BAME communities.
• Sheffield Hallam University - CRESRcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) partnered with BAC-IN on Project Ahryzen (2017-2020), bringing research and evaluation experience with marginalised communities to explore and document the experiences of BAME individuals facing multiple disadvantage.
• NHS and Healthcare ProviderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAC-IN works in partnership with GPs, local health services, and social care providers, sharing best practice, offering consultancy, and delivering training to enhance support available to BAME communities and improve health outcomes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Change Grow Live: One of the UK's largest charities providing substance use and recovery services across England and Wales. Comparable as a direct peer because it delivers free, community-based addiction recovery support to vulnerable populations through paid staff and volunteers, operating under similar grant and statutory funding structures.
• We Are With You: UK charity (formerly Addaction) delivering free support for people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges. Directly comparable as it offers free 1:1 and group recovery services to underserved populations including minority communities, with a similar mix of grant funding, local authority contracts, and digital/telephone service delivery.
• Humankind: UK charity providing free health and social wellbeing services including substance use treatment across the North of England. Comparable peer because it delivers community-based addiction recovery, mental health, and family support funded by a blend of grants, local authority contracts, and statutory partnerships.
• Cranstoun: UK social justice charity delivering substance use, domestic abuse, and recovery housing services. Directly comparable in mission and operating model: free recovery support for marginalised populations, community outreach, and grant plus local-authority funded service delivery.
• Action on Addiction: UK charity focused on addiction recovery, research, and family support. Directly comparable as it delivers specialized addiction treatment and family services, runs residential and community programs, and operates under a similar UK charity funding and service-delivery model to BAC-IN.
• Adfam: UK charity supporting families affected by drug, alcohol, and gambling problems. Highly comparable because BAC-IN explicitly delivers family support, mediation, and group work for families of BAME individuals facing addiction; Adfam represents the national family-focused counterpart operating with similar grant-funded structures.
• Black Health Initiative (BHI): UK charity tackling health inequalities and stigma affecting Black and minority ethnic communities. Directly comparable peer in the BAME health-equity space, delivering culturally specific health education, advocacy, and community engagement with overlapping audience and similar grant-funded CIC/charity structure.

Broad incumbents

• Turning Point: Large established UK health and social care provider operating across mental health, learning disabilities, and substance use. Comparable as a broader incumbent delivering similar addiction recovery services but at significantly greater scale and across a wider portfolio of services beyond the BAME-specific niche.
• Mind: England and Wales's largest mental health charity. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the mental health and wellbeing space intersecting with BAC-IN's mental health and gambling support services, but operating at much larger scale and without the BAME-specialist recovery focus.

Others

• Centre for Mental Health: UK mental health research and policy charity. Comparable as a thematic peer operating in the same mental health and addiction policy ecosystem as BAC-IN's research partnerships with Sheffield Hallam and SHAAP, but focuses on evidence and policy influence rather than direct service delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bac_in
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BACIN2LIFE
• Facebookfacebook.com/bacinnottingham
• Instagraminstagram.com/bac_in2018/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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