One Fylde

What One Fylde does

One Fylde is an independent, community-led non-profit charity and company limited by guarantee (Charity Number 1045039; Company Number 3017303) providing person-centred support, accommodation, and activities for adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre. Founded in 1973 and operating for over 50 years, the organisation supports over 230 individuals through a nearly 400-strong staff team under the leadership of CEO Tracey Bush. Service delivery is structured around three integrated pillars: (1) core care services including Person-Centred Care planning and Accommodation (shared houses, flats with background support, independent living, homecare); (2) One Fylde Enterprises social enterprises including the Gardening Group, Recycling Team, Tune Ability radio programme, and Heart of the Hub community cafe; and (3) community activities spanning crafts, yoga, rambling, bowling, showtime, and digital arts. The organisation is dual-regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Charities Commission, and differentiated through the codification of its care methodology in the "One Fylde Operational Way."

The business model is hybrid: approximately £28,000 of the £30,000 daily operating cost (roughly 93%) is funded by statutory sources (local authority social services contracts, NHS pathways), with the remaining ~£2,000/day required from donations, legacies, corporate sponsorship, and social enterprise revenue (gardening maintenance services, commercial cardboard/soft plastics recycling collections). Annual turnover is disclosed at £12.3m for the financial year ended 31 March 2023. Distribution is direct and region-bound, with referrals routed through local authority social services, NHS, and self-referrals; customer acquisition is community-led through events, corporate partnerships, and word-of-mouth across the Fylde Coast. The technology footprint is limited to a website with careers portal (JobTrain), donation integrations (PayPal, JustGiving, Enthuse), web analytics (Google Analytics), and consent management (CookieYes), with no proprietary software platform or app product.

Name

One Fylde

Legal name

One Fylde

Website

https://onefylde.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

One Fylde is a non-profit charity providing person-centred support, accommodation, and community activities for over 230 adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre, funded primarily by statutory local authority contracts supplemented by donations and social enterprise revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Disability Support Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Social care services
• Supported living
• Learning disability support
• Accommodation services
• Community activities

Headquarters

HQ city

Blackpool

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. Statutory Funding: The majority of funding comes from statutory sources (local authorities, government contracts), which fund approximately £28,000 per day of the £30,000 daily operating cost.
2. Donations: Individual donations via PayPal, credit/debit card, JustGiving, and post. Regular fundraising campaigns including marathon runners, skydives, and corporate sponsorship.
3. Gifts in Wills / Legacies: Unrestricted gifts left in supporters' Wills, enabling the charity to fund additional services beyond statutory provision. These are a key source of flexible funding.
4. Corporate Sponsorship: Local businesses sponsor staff awards nights, day events, and fundraisers, gaining brand awareness across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre.
5. Social Enterprise - Gardening: The Gardening Group offers garden maintenance services to homes and businesses across Lytham St Annes and Blackpool, generating revenue while providing work training.
6. Social Enterprise - Recycling: Recycling team collects cardboard and soft plastics from local businesses, generating revenue while providing employment experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

One Fylde is an independent, community-led charity providing person-centred support, accommodation, and activities for adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across the Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre areas. Its service portfolio spans supported living, learning disability outreach, social enterprises (gardening, recycling, radio, cafe), and a wide programme of community activities, employing nearly 400 staff to support over 230 individuals.

Product overview

One Fylde is a charity providing person-centred support services, accommodation, and community activities for adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across the Fylde Coast. The organisation operates as both a registered charity and private limited company serving Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre. Its service portfolio consists of three integrated pillars: (1) Core Care Services including Person-Centred Care planning and Accommodation options (shared houses, flats, independent living, homecare); (2) One Fylde Enterprises social enterprises including the Gardening Group, Recycling Team, and Tune Ability radio programme; and (3) Community Activities such as the Heart of the Hub cafe, craft, yoga, rambling, bowling, and showtime events. The organisation employs approximately 400 staff supporting over 230 individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• One Fylde Enterprises: A social enterprise offering various activities including gardening, recycling, radio, digital arts, woodwork, craft enterprise, rambling, bowling, showtime, and yoga for adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Tune Ability

Products and services

• Person-Centred Care Tailored person-centred support service that matches individuals with dedicated support co-ordinators and develops bespoke care plans based on personal choices and goals, delivered for adults and young people with learning disabilities and autism across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre.
• Accommodation Services Housing options including shared houses, flats with background support, independent living arrangements, and homecare to suit individual needs and preferences, delivered across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre.
• One Fylde Enterprises (Activities) Social enterprises and activities programme offering gardening, recycling, radio, digital arts, woodwork, craft enterprise, rambling, bowling, showtime talent shows, yoga, and community events across the Fylde Coast and Wyre for adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Gardening Group Social enterprise offering garden maintenance services to homes and businesses across Lytham St Annes and Blackpool, providing work skills training and qualifications for people with learning disabilities, including a traineeship pathway with Myerscough College.
• Recycling Team Work training activity collecting and processing cardboard and soft plastics from local businesses, offering supported people real workplace experience and employment skills including forklift training.
• Tune Ability (formerly One Fylde Radio) Inclusive radio show hosted by supported individuals who produce their own material, conduct research, and present quizzes, broadcast twice monthly and extended into The Harbour mental health hospital through the Harbour Takeover partnership.
• Heart of the Hub Community Cafe Community cafe venue in Fleetwood hosting events, activities, and providing social interaction opportunities for supported individuals, including ticketed community events such as One Fylde Mexican Night.
• Learning Disability Outreach Worker Service Community-based outreach support helping individuals live independently by assisting with home environment management, health, finances, social activities, hobbies, and interests, supporting over 60 people across Lytham St Annes, South Shore, Bispham, Thornton, Fleetwood, and Wyre.
• Support Worker Service Person-centred care delivery enabling supported individuals to maintain and develop skills, make their own decisions, and enjoy quality of life while receiving personal care and medication support across Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre.
• Workplace Opportunities Programme Work training activities including structured routines and community engagement for people with learning disabilities, delivered through the Gardening Group, Recycling Team, and other social enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports over 230 individuals with learning disabilities and autism
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Baron's FurniturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaron's Furniture, based in Lytham St Annes with over 50 years of experience in bespoke furniture manufacturing, made a generous donation of bespoke furniture to One Fylde properties, creating welcoming spaces for supported individuals. The partnership extended to an opportunity for One Fylde's recycling team to collect Baron's cardboard and soft plastics fortnightly.
• St Annes Freemasons LodgeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSt Annes Freemasons Lodge made a £400 donation to One Fylde to support fundraising for a new minivan for the Recycling Team. The Lodge has been a long-time supporter of the charity's work, recognising the dignity and inclusion that meaningful work provides to supported individuals.
• The Harbour (Mental Health Hospital, Blackpool)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTune Ability (formerly One Fylde Radio Show) partnered with The Harbour in Blackpool to bring inclusive radio directly into the hospital setting through Harbour Takeover shows. Patients are invited to choose music, share messages, and hear their voices and stories reflected on air, supporting wellbeing, inclusion and community during hospital stays.
• Fairhaven Crown Green Bowling AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFairhaven Crown Green Bowling Academy provides free coaching sessions to supported individuals with physical, mental, and learning difficulties. The Academy is also developing an indoor bowling academy in collaboration with St Annes YMCA, offering ongoing support and activity opportunities.
• Myerscough CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe One Fylde Gardening Group works with Myerscough College to offer gardening trainees the opportunity to gain qualifications, combining vocational training with real workplace experience.
• St Annes YMCAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt Annes YMCA is collaborating with Fairhaven Crown Green Bowling Academy to develop an indoor bowling academy for supported individuals with disabilities.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lifeways: Lifeways provides supported living, residential care, and community support for people with learning disabilities and complex needs, operating shared housing arrangements similar to One Fylde's supported living portfolio.
• Hft (Home Farm Trust): Hft is a UK charity providing support to people with learning disabilities, including supported living, shared housing, and day services, directly comparable to One Fylde's core accommodation and person-centred support offering.
• United Response: United Response is a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs through supported living, personal assistance and outreach services, matching One Fylde's model across multiple UK regions.
• Voyage Care: Voyage Care provides specialist supported living and residential care for people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs across the UK, directly overlapping with One Fylde's supported living and outreach services.
• Achieve Together: Achieve Together operates supported living and residential services for people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs across England and Wales, offering comparable CQC-regulated supported accommodation and outreach support.
• Community Integrated Care: Community Integrated Care is a national social care charity delivering supported living, residential, and community-based support for people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs, directly comparable in service mix to One Fylde.
• MacIntyre: MacIntyre is a charity providing lifelong learning, residential and community support for people with learning disabilities, with a strong focus on person-centred care and social enterprises, closely mirroring One Fylde's model.

Broad incumbents

• Mencap: Mencap is the UK's largest learning disability charity, providing supported living, advocacy, employment support and respite services nationwide, operating broadly in One Fylde's space with much greater scale and geographic reach.
• National Autistic Society: The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people with autism, providing support services, education, and advocacy, with overlapping service populations and mission as One Fylde but operating at a national scale.

Emerging players

• Sense: Sense is a UK charity supporting people with complex disabilities including learning disabilities, autism and deafblindness through residential, community and social enterprise services, partially overlapping with One Fylde's service portfolio and supported employment model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuFtSsViyk0Gn-aufL55whg
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/category/Charity-Organization/One-Fylde-207247142624049
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/one-fylde
• Instagraminstagram.com/onefylde
• Xx.com/OneFylde

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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