What nurtureuk does

nurtureuk (legally The Nurture Group Network Limited) is a UK-registered charity founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stansted Mountfitchet, operating across England, Scotland, and Wales with 11-50 employees. The organisation is dedicated to promoting nurturing approaches in education to improve the social, emotional, and behavioural life chances of children and young people. Its core offering is The Boxall Profile®, a registered trademark and proprietary structured assessment tool for evaluating children's social and emotional development, now delivered through a digital platform (boxallprofile.org) and supplemented by printed materials.

The organisation monetises across three primary revenue streams: professional services via live training courses and e-learning programmes for practitioners; one-time product and publication sales through an online shop; and a recurring membership programme providing educators with resources, guides, and lesson plans. Distribution is direct via the nurtureuk website and through regional nurture programmes commissioned by Local Education Authorities, multi-academy trusts, and Violence Reduction Units. Supporting the commercial portfolio are the International Journal of Nurture in Education (a peer-reviewed research publication), the Whole-School Approach to Nurture framework, and Nurture Group interventions delivered as small-group programmes.

Operationally, nurtureuk reached 376,000 children and young people and supported 4,600 education settings in the most recent reported year. The organisation is ISO 27001:2022 certified for information security management and holds charity registrations in both England and Wales (1115972) and Scotland (SC042703). It is an independent nonprofit with no parent company, external funding rounds, or private equity backing.

Name

nurtureuk

Legal name

The Nurture Group Network Limited

Website

https://nurtureuk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

nurtureuk is a UK charity that promotes nurturing approaches in education through The Boxall Profile® assessment, training programmes, and membership resources, serving schools, trusts, local authorities, and Violence Reduction Units across England, Scotland, and Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Support Services

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parenting Skills & Child Development Education (EDACALAA)

Keywords

• Social emotional learning
• Educational training services
• Student wellbeing assessment
• Nurture group programmes
• Professional development education

Headquarters

HQ city

Stansted Mountfitchet

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Training and Events: Live training courses and e-learning programs for practitioners in nurture provision, sold directly to education settings and authorities.
2. Products and Publications: Sale of Boxall Profile® assessments, books, resources, and educational materials through the online shop.
3. Membership: Membership program offering free resources, guides, lesson plans, and access to educator community.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

nurtureuk delivers evidence-based nurturing approaches to education through training (live sessions and e-learning), proprietary assessment tools (The Boxall Profile® and its online platform), a membership programme, webinars, and regional nurture programmes. Its products and services are designed to help practitioners and schools support children's social and emotional development, behaviour, and attendance.

Product overview

nurtureuk is a charitable organisation offering a portfolio of interconnected products and services centred on nurturing approaches to education. The core offering is The Boxall Profile® (available as both an online platform and printed assessment), which assesses children's social and emotional development and informs targeted interventions. Supporting this are live training sessions and e-learning programmes that build practitioner competence in nurture-based approaches, alongside webinars for ongoing professional development. Additional services include a membership programme providing exclusive educator resources, an online shop for support materials, and the International Journal of Nurture in Education publishing practitioner-relevant research. nurtureuk also delivers regional nurture programmes and a whole-school framework, all designed to improve pupil wellbeing, behaviour, and attendance through social and emotional development support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Boxall Profile®: An online assessment tool for measuring social and emotional development in children and young people.

Products and services

• The Boxall Profile®

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached 376,000 children and young people in the last year
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ELSA Network: UK-wide Emotional Literacy Support Assistant training network supporting schools in developing pupils' social and emotional skills. Directly comparable as a practitioner-training and school-based SEL support model.
• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity providing counselling, training and whole-school support directly to schools. Highly comparable as a school-focused wellbeing charity with similar buyer base (primary/secondary schools, LEAs) and similar mission around removing barriers to learning.
• Incredible Years (UK delivery): Evidence-based series of programmes for teachers, parents and children aimed at strengthening social and emotional competence and managing behaviour. Directly comparable as a research-backed SEL/parent training programme used in UK schools.
• Thrive Approach: UK social and emotional development programme for schools, offering training and a screening/assessment tool for pupils. Directly comparable to nurtureuk's nurture-based training plus Boxall Profile® assessment offering.
• Coram Life Education: UK children's charity delivering wellbeing, relationships and health education programmes and resources directly into schools. Comparable as a UK schools-focused charity providing curriculum-aligned resources and training to improve children's wellbeing and resilience.
• Anna Freud Centre (Schools Network): UK mental health research and practice organisation operating a Schools Network delivering evidence-based training, toolkits and resources to schools. Comparable as a schools-facing mental health/wellbeing training and resource provider with strong research credentials.
• PATHS Program UK: UK distributor/deliverer of the PATHS (Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) SEL curriculum used in UK primary schools. Comparable as a school-based SEL training and curriculum provider targeting pupil social-emotional development.
• Family Links: UK charity delivering nurturing and parenting programmes into schools and communities, including training for practitioners. Directly comparable to nurtureuk's nurturing-approach training and whole-school support philosophy.

Emerging players

• Kooth (Xenzone): UK digital mental health and wellbeing platform for children and young people, increasingly procured by schools and local authorities. Comparable as a school/LA-procured wellbeing solution for children and young people, though delivered digitally rather than via in-person training.

Broad incumbents

• YoungMinds: Major UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health, providing resources, training and campaigning for policy change. Overlaps with nurtureuk's policy/campaigning and training activity but operates at a broader mental-health scale rather than the niche nurture-pedagogy focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nurtureuktweets
• Facebookfacebook.com/nurtureuk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nurtureuk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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