Wild Science

What Wild Science does

Wild Science Ltd is a UK-based, privately held mobile services company that delivers animal encounters and curriculum-aligned science workshops to venues across England, Scotland, and Wales. Founded around 2014 and headquartered in Beckenham, Kent, the company operates a distributed network of approximately 12 animal experts ("Nutty Professors" and "Animal Experts") who travel from their homes with personally owned animal collections — covering reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates — to deliver hands-on sessions at customer locations. Its two core service lines are Mobile Animal Experiences (petting-zoo style encounters and animal therapy) and Science Experiments/Workshops (topics including slime, bubbles, states of matter, forces and magnets, chemical reactions, and materials, aligned to UK National Curriculum key stages KS1 through KS4).

The underlying technology stack is intentionally lightweight: a content-managed marketing website (wildsci.co.uk) with blog, resources, and testimonials pages; a self-service customer booking portal at portal.wildsci.co.uk for account creation and event management; and standard organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X). There are no proprietary software platforms, APIs, SDKs, or AI components disclosed. The defensible operational asset is the curated expert network, DBS-checked handlers, animal welfare licensing compliance, and accumulated curriculum-mapped content.

Wild Science generates revenue on a per-event basis with unit pricing starting from £150, varying by location, session length, session type, and additional features. B2B bookings (schools, corporates, care homes) are invoiced excluding VAT with 30-day payment terms and a 5% discount for pre-payment; consumer bookings (children's parties) include VAT and require a 50% deposit. Discounts are available for multi-session school bookings, and seasonal promotions (up to 10% off for September–January events) are used to smooth demand. Distribution is direct-to-customer via website, phone, WhatsApp, and email; there are no third-party resellers or intermediaries. Customer segments span schools and educational institutions, corporate and office events, families and children's parties, care homes and nursing homes, event venues and holiday parks, community and charity events, and SEN settings, with named logos including BBC, NHS England, Bupa, IKEA, Westfield, Haven Holiday Parks, National Trust, and Harris Federation.

Name

Wild Science

Legal name

Wild Science Ltd

Website

https://wildsci.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wild Science is a UK-based mobile service provider delivering hands-on animal encounters and curriculum-aligned science workshops to schools, corporate clients, care homes, holiday parks, and families across 83 UK counties via a distributed network of expert handlers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Animal Encounter and Educational Entertainment Services

NAICS

Zoos and Botanical Gardens (71213)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Watching & Encounters (Birding, Whale Watching, Primates) (THAJAIAC)

Keywords

• Mobile animal encounters
• Science workshops
• Animal therapy sessions
• School educational visits
• Children's party entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Beckenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Event-Based Service Fees: Wild Science generates revenue primarily through per-booking fees for animal experiences and science workshops. Customers pay for events at venues including schools, homes, corporate offices, care homes, holiday parks, and community centers. Pricing varies based on location, session length, session type, and additional features. Multi-session bookings for schools may receive discounts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Wild Science delivers mobile animal encounter experiences and hands-on science experiment workshops directly to customer venues across the UK. A distributed team of animal experts travels with their personal animal collections to schools, homes, offices, care homes, holiday parks, and community centers, providing curriculum-aligned educational sessions, birthday party entertainment, corporate team-building events, and animal therapy sessions for elderly and SEN settings.

Product overview

Wild Science is a UK-based provider of mobile animal experiences and science education workshops. The company operates two core service lines: Mobile Animal Experiences (bringing reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates to events) and Science Experiments/Workshops (hands-on curriculum-aligned science sessions). These services are offered across diverse event types including birthday parties, corporate events, school workshops, charity events, care homes, and community gatherings. The company maintains an online booking portal for customer self-service. Key animal offerings include Animals and Facts, Mini-Beast Workshop, Seasonal Story Shows, and Open Animal Sessions. Science workshops span topics such as Fizz Bang Pop Experiments, States of Matter, Science of Slime, Science of Bubbles, Forces and Magnets, Materials, Dinosaur, and Science of Nature. Services are delivered by trained presenters ('Nutty Professors' and 'Animal Experts') who bring their personal animal collections to events across 83 UK counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile Animal Experiences (Mobile Zoo) Mobile petting-zoo style encounters where Wild Science's animal experts travel with their personal collections of reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates to deliver hands-on animal experiences at schools, homes, offices, care homes, and event venues across the UK.
• Science Experiments and Workshops Hands-on educational science workshops covering topics such as slime making, bath bomb chemistry, soap making, forces and magnets, states of matter, and chemistry reactions, tailored to UK National Curriculum alignment for KS1 through KS4.
• Science of Bubbles Workshop Standalone science workshop exploring the science of bubbles including formation, surface tension, and bubble shapes, with hands-on bubble experiments and bubble art activities for school and party audiences.
• Science of Forces and Magnets Workshop Standalone physics workshop covering principles of forces and magnetism through interactive demonstrations including magnet interactions, Newton's Cradle, and balloon car experiments for school and party audiences.
• Fizz, Bang, Pop Experiments Workshop Standalone chemistry workshop featuring baking soda and vinegar volcanoes, balloon inflating, film canister rocketry, lava lamps, and elephant's toothpaste demonstrations for school and party audiences.
• States of Matter Workshop Standalone science workshop exploring solids, liquids, and gases through demonstrations including Gallium metal melting and dry ice sublimation for school and party audiences.
• Science of Slime Workshop Standalone chemistry workshop where participants make their own slime while learning about polymer chemistry, molecular chains, and polymer bonding for school and party audiences.
• Animals and Facts Workshop Educational animal encounter session sharing insights about various animals including habitats, diets, lifespans, and behaviors, with opportunities to touch and hold the animals.
• Mini-Beast Workshop Interactive invertebrate workshop where children meet real mini-beasts, learn about habitats, life cycles, and adaptations through hands-on activities.
• Seasonal Story Shows Themed animal storytelling shows for young children featuring Christmas, Halloween, and Easter themes with costumed presenters and interactive animal encounters.
• Children's Animal Parties Birthday party experiences featuring animal encounters with reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates, tailored for children of all ages and priced from £150.
• Science Birthday Parties Science-themed birthday parties with hands-on experiments including slime making, bath bomb making, fizz bang pop, and science show spectacular options for children.
• Corporate and Office Animal Events Workplace animal encounters and science sessions designed for team building, morale boosting, and corporate events, including 'Face your Fears' themed sessions for adult audiences.
• Charity Events Animal and science experiences for charity events and fundraising activities, featuring interactive animal sessions and science show demonstrations for community audiences.
• Primary Schools Workshops Curriculum-aligned animal and science workshops for primary schools covering topics including classification, habitats, food webs, skeletons and teeth, and nocturnal animals.
• Secondary Schools Workshops Science and animal workshops for secondary and high school students including animal therapy sessions for GCSE and A-Level stress relief.
• Open Animal Session Flexible animal experience for large events where guests can come and go, featuring a variety of animals in an informal setting suitable for fairs and festivals.
• Science of Nature Workshop Nature-focused workshop featuring leaf color experiments, mud slime making, and bridge building using natural materials for school and event audiences.
• Bubbles and Balloons Workshop Hands-on STEM workshop exploring bubble science and balloon inflation experiments using water, Alka-Seltzer, and baking soda with vinegar for school and party audiences.
• Dinosaur Workshop

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ school sessions delivered in 2026; 1000+ successful events in educational settings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ZSL (Zoological Society of London): Major UK zoological institution operating London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo with significant education, outreach, and school workshop programmes. Overlaps with Wild Science in the educational animal-encounter space but operates from fixed zoo locations rather than a mobile model.
• Whipsnade Zoo: Large UK zoo operated by ZSL with established education and school visit programmes. Comparable to Wild Science on the educational animal-experience dimension but delivers from a fixed site rather than a mobile service.
• Pets at Home: UK's largest pet supplies retailer with an in-store 'Pets' grooming, vet, and small-animal experience offering. Broadly adjacent rather than directly comparable, but operates in the UK companion-animal engagement space and competes for some of the same family-focused experiential spend.
• BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums): Umbrella association representing UK and Irish zoos and aquariums, many of which run school workshops and outreach programmes that overlap with Wild Science's educational animal encounters.

Direct peers

• The Science Zone: UK mobile science workshop company providing hands-on science activities for primary schools and children's parties. Competes with Wild Science in the curriculum-aligned school science and party markets.
• Mad Science: International franchise providing mobile science workshops, school assemblies, and birthday party science shows. Closely comparable to Wild Science's science workshops and party offerings, including direct overlap on UK school enrichment budgets.
• Zoolab: UK-based provider of mobile animal handling workshops and educational animal encounters delivered at schools, parties, and corporate events. Closest direct competitor to Wild Science, operating the same mobile-expert-with-personal-animals model across the UK.
• Sublime Science: UK mobile science workshop provider delivering curriculum-aligned science parties and school workshops nationwide. Directly overlaps Wild Science's science experiments / 'Nutty Professor' line and competes for the same school and birthday-party budgets.
• Fun Science: UK mobile science workshop provider focused on primary school science days, parties, and STEM events. Closely comparable offering to Wild Science's school science workshop segment.

Others

• Animal Welfare NGOs (e.g., RSPCA): UK animal welfare organizations that run school education programmes and community outreach involving animal welfare messaging. Not a commercial competitor, but adjacent in the educational animal-encounter and school-workshop space and relevant to the regulatory and welfare context Wild Science operates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wisciborg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wildscience9446
• Facebookfacebook.com/wildsci
• Instagraminstagram.com/wildscience
• TikToktiktok.com/@wild_science
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wild-science-ltd-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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