Birmingham LGBT

What Birmingham LGBT does

Birmingham LGBT is a registered charity (charity number 1141568) and company limited by guarantee (company number 07203554) founded in 2002 as Birmingham Pride Trust and renamed Birmingham LGBT in 2010. It operates as a user-led, grassroots non-profit serving the LGBTQ+ population of Birmingham, the West Midlands and Solihull through an integrated in-person service model rather than a technology platform. The core offering comprises sexual health (walk-in testing, HIV prevention, PrEP assessment, STI treatment via NHS Umbrella partnership, ~2,000 tests per year), counselling and wellbeing support, ISVA and IDVA domestic and sexual violence advocacy, substance support in partnership with Change Grow Live, hate crime third-party reporting, a trans and non-binary youth group (Emerge), and the SHOUT Festival of Queer Culture.

The organisation reaches roughly 4,000+ centre visitors annually, hosts nearly 40 affiliated community groups, and supports an LGBT Forum connecting 36 voluntary and community organisations. A recent operational milestone was the October 2025 relocation of the Birmingham LGBT Centre from Holloway Circus to 151 Hurst Street in the Gay Village. Revenue is generated through institutional grants (National Lottery, Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, Henry Smith Charity, Morrisons Foundation, TSB, West Midlands PCC), individual giving (Legends £10/month, Icons £25/month with Gift Aid), a tiered Corporate Champions sponsorship programme (Bronze £900 to Gold £6,000), paid training and consultancy (£330-£700 per day), and room hire at the centre. Its board comprises trustees from NHS, legal (Mills & Reeve, DLA Piper), engineering, finance (Sanctuary Supported Living) and arts backgrounds. The organisation does not operate proprietary technology or AI products, and its competitive defensibility is rooted in community ecosystem, location, regulated service roles and accumulated brand rather than technology.

Name

Birmingham LGBT

Legal name

Birmingham LGBT

Website

https://blgbt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Birmingham LGBT is a registered charity founded in 2002 that delivers in-person sexual health, counselling, domestic violence advocacy, hate crime reporting, substance support and youth services for the LGBTQ+ population of Birmingham, the West Midlands and Solihull, funded by grants, donations, training fees and sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LGBTQ+ Community Support Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAE

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAB

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAA

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

Keywords

• LGBTQ support services
• Community health clinics
• Sexual health services
• Diversity training consultancy
• Domestic violence advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization relies heavily on donations from individuals, including monthly Legends (£10/month) and Icons (£25/month) giving programs, one-time PayPal donations, and cheque donations. Taxpayer donations can be increased by 25% through Gift Aid.
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate Champions program with Bronze (£900), Silver (£3,000), and Gold (£6,000) sponsorship packages offering various visibility benefits including naming rights for rooms, social media recognition, and staff training sessions.
3. Training and Consultancy: Fee-based training services offered to professionals and organizations on LGBT awareness, domestic abuse awareness, and workplace diversity. Day rate £700, half-day rate £350.
4. Room Hire: Revenue generated from hiring out spaces at the Birmingham LGBT Centre including the Community Hub, Meeting Room 1, and Counselling Rooms to community groups and organizations.
5. Government and Trust Funding: Grants and funding from various institutional funders including TSB Community Fund, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Morrisons Foundation, Henry Smith Charity, Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, and West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Birmingham LGBT is a registered charity that runs a community centre in Birmingham's Gay Village providing free, confidential services to LGBTQ+ people, including sexual health testing, counselling, wellbeing support, domestic and sexual violence advocacy, hate crime reporting, substance support, trans and non-binary youth groups, and venue hire. The organisation additionally generates revenue through paid professional training on LGBT awareness, workplace diversity, and domestic abuse for external organisations and professionals.

Product overview

Birmingham LGBT is a charitable organization providing community services for the LGBTQ+ population in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The organization does not operate a technology product platform; its offerings consist of in-person social services including sexual health services (testing, HIV prevention, STI awareness), wellbeing support (counselling, hate crime reporting, substance support), domestic violence advocacy, youth groups, community venue hire, and professional training consultancy services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SHOUT Festival: Birmingham's festival of queer arts and culture, launched in 2009.
• Emerge

Products and services

• Sexual Health Services Free sexual health testing and treatment for LGBT+ people in Birmingham and the West Midlands, delivered from the Birmingham LGBT Centre in partnership with NHS Umbrella Health and at outreach venues. Includes walk-in testing, STI screening, HIV testing, PrEP assessment and prescriptions, free condoms and lube, hepatitis vaccinations, and chemsex support. Targeted at men who have sex with men, trans people, lesbian/bi women and other LGBT+ people who face barriers to mainstream sexual health services.
• Counselling Service Free, confidential counselling for LGBT+ adults experiencing depression, anxiety, suicidal feelings, self-harm, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties or substance use. Counselling rooms are also offered for hire to qualified practitioners. Delivered by BACP-registered counsellors and accessed via self-referral through [email protected].
• Wellbeing Support Service Free, non-judgemental wellbeing support for LGBT+ people experiencing mental health, isolation or substance use difficulties. Operates alongside counselling, substance support and sexual health services at the Birmingham LGBT Centre and via outreach, with referrals to specialist services.
• LGBT IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) Service Free, confidential advocacy and practical support for LGBT+ people (and, via partnership with Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid, heterosexual men in Solihull) experiencing domestic abuse. Includes safety planning, risk assessment, referrals to accommodation and statutory services, and ongoing casework, accessed via [email protected].
• LGBT ISVA Service Free Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) service for LGBT+ survivors of sexual violence, delivered in partnership with RSVP. Provides advocacy, support through police and forensic processes, and links to counselling and other services, accessed via [email protected].
• Hate Crime Reporting Service Free, confidential third-party hate crime reporting for LGBT+ people who have experienced hate incidents or crimes, delivered in partnership with West Midlands Police and report-it.org.uk. Victims can report without going directly to the police and receive ongoing support.
• Substance Support Service One-to-one and peer support for LGBT+ people experiencing drug, alcohol or chemsex-related difficulties, delivered in partnership with Change Grow Live (CGL). Includes needle exchange, referrals to detox and rehab, and access to LGBT-specific counselling and sexual health services, via [email protected].
• Emerge Trans and Non-Binary Youth Group Free support group for trans, non-binary, gender fluid and gender questioning young people aged 13–18, providing a safe space, social activities, wellbeing and signposting. Outreach and younger age groups (e.g. Under 13s) are also signposted. Contact via [email protected].
• Training and Consultancy Services Fee-based LGBT+ training and consultancy delivered at Birmingham LGBT Centre or at client premises. Topics include sexual orientation and gender diversity in the workplace, LGBT+ awareness, and LGBT+ domestic abuse awareness. Priced at £700 per day or £350 per half day (workplace training: £660 day / £330 half day), plus travel. Audiences include HR, managers, IDVAs, police, social workers and healthcare staff.
• Venue Hire at Birmingham LGBT Centre Hire of the Community Hub, Meeting Room 1 and Counselling Rooms at the new Birmingham LGBT Centre in the Gay Village. Commercial and reduced charity rates available per hour, half-day (3.5 hours) and full day (7 hours), with discounts for registered charities and unfunded LGBT community groups.
• SHOUT Festival of Queer Arts and Culture Birmingham's festival of queer arts and culture, curated and managed by Birmingham LGBT. Delivers an annual programme of performances, exhibitions, film and events celebrating LGBT+ creativity in partnership with Birmingham's cultural venues.
• Rainbow Roundtable (DEP Forum) Forum supporting LGBT+ Disabled Employees and People (DEP) run by Birmingham LGBT, providing networking, peer support, awareness raising and engagement with employers and statutory partners. Contact: [email protected].

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of Trans youth group members made new friends, almost 90% said it boosted their confidence, almost 75% said it improved self-esteem
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Umbrella HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS partnership for sexual health service delivery. Umbrella Health provides nurse-led clinics at Birmingham LGBT Centre on Wednesdays and Thursdays, offering STI testing and treatment, PrEP assessment, and prescriptions. Birmingham LGBT provides venue and sexual health promotion team support. Walk-in testing services also available Monday-Saturday.
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership established in 2014 for delivery of sexual health services for LGBT/MSM communities in Birmingham and Solihull. Birmingham LGBT serves as delivery partner.
• Change Grow Live (CGL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCGL provides substance support services in partnership with Birmingham LGBT. The service offers one-to-one support, peer support groups, needle exchange, referrals for detox and rehab, and access to LGBTQ+ counselling and sexual health services.
• Birmingham and Solihull Women's AidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide domestic abuse support for heterosexual men in Solihull experiencing domestic abuse through Birmingham LGBT's IDVA service.
• StonewallminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted political briefing for senior politicians with Stonewall in April 2007.
• Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community OrganisationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReceived three-year funding through the Consortium to improve reach, capacity and voice of the LGBT third sector. Strategic planning support provided.
• Aston UniversityminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• Colmore LifeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• LidlminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• Gowling WLGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• Higgs LLPminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• Ampa GroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.
• Southside Business Improvement DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate Champion providing support and visibility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LGBT Foundation: Manchester-based LGBTQ+ charity providing community support, wellbeing, sexual health, and domestic abuse services. Direct peer running a regional LGBTQ+ centre model with very similar service mix and funding approach.
• MindOut: Brighton-based LGBTQ+ mental health charity offering peer support, counselling, and advocacy. Comparable operating model and overlapping counselling/wellbeing services.
• Switchboard LGBT: UK LGBTQ+ helpline and digital support service. Comparable as a peer-support-focused LGBTQ+ charity; overlapping audience but lower in-person presence.
• London LGBT+ Community Centre: London-based community centre providing space, groups, and services for LGBTQ+ people. Closest direct analogue - a community-led physical hub offering groups, counselling, and venue hire in a major UK city.
• Galop (UK): UK LGBT+ anti-abuse charity supporting victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, and hate crime. Directly comparable on the IDVA/ISVA and hate crime services Birmingham LGBT delivers.
• LGBT HERO (formerly PACE): London-based LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity offering mental health, domestic abuse, and sexual health services. Closely comparable service mix and target population.

Broad incumbents

• Stonewall (UK): National LGBTQ+ rights charity offering workplace training, advocacy, and campaigning. Comparable as the highest-profile UK LGBTQ+ organization, though operating at a national scale rather than a single-city community centre.

Others

• Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community Organisations: UK membership body supporting LGBT VCOs. Birmingham LGBT is a member of the Consortium; comparable as an ecosystem-level peer that funnels capacity-building funding to organizations like Birmingham LGBT.

Emerging players

• AKT (formerly Albert Kennedy Trust): UK charity supporting LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-25 facing homelessness or hostile home environments. Comparable specialist niche focused on youth, overlapping with Birmingham LGBT's Emerge youth group.
• Naz MSS (formerly Naz Project London): London charity providing sexual health and wellbeing support for BAME LGBT communities. Partial overlap with Birmingham LGBT's BAME LGBT and South Asian/Middle Eastern men's services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebooken-gb.facebook.com/lgbtbirmingham
• LinkedInuk.linkedin.com/company/birmingham-lgbt
• Instagraminstagram.com/birminghamlgbt/?hl=en
• Xx.com/birminghamlgbt

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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