Gorse Hill Studios

Name

Gorse Hill Studios

Legal name

Gorse Hill Studios

Website

https://gorsehillstudios.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Arts Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL), Life Skills & SEL Camps (Confidence, Executive Function, Social Skills) (EDAMALAO), Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

Keywords

• Youth arts programmes
• Alternative education provision
• Arts therapy services
• Youth counselling support
• Community space hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Space Hire: Affordable space hire to non-profit, charity or community organisations for meetings, training, projects, classes and sound production. Spaces include Music Studio, Theatre, Dance Studio, Art Room, Community Room, Snug, Chill Out Room, and Kitchen.
2. Donations: Charitable donations accepted via JustGiving and PayPal platforms to support the organisation's mission.
3. Programme Fees: Low-cost participation fees for youth programmes including ARTIVISTS (£2 donation), Tuesday Challenge (£5), Treble Makers (£5), and Saturday Challenge (£5).
4. Space Rental Revenue: Hourly/daily rental of facilities including Music Studio Control Room (£25/hr), Music Studio Live Room (£20), Art Room (£18), and Snug (£12).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gorse Hill Studios is a registered youth arts charity that runs creative programmes, arts therapies, counselling, mentoring, and alternative-education services for young people aged 11–25, alongside affordable venue hire for community organisations. Its core offer spans the STEP programme (including STEP Together, STEP IN, and STEP Forward Mentoring), Younify arts therapies, one-to-one counselling, and named creative groups (ARTIVISTS, Tuesday Challenge, Treble Makers, Saturday Challenge, Culture Club HAF). It also operates the Trafford Youth Cabinet youth participation programme and rents its building to community groups.

Product overview

Gorse Hill Studios is a youth arts charity operating as a single unified organization offering multiple interconnected programs and services. The core offerings include the STEP Programme (alternative education provision with STEP Together, STEP IN, and STEP Forward Mentoring components), Arts Therapies including the Younify early intervention project, and a Counselling Service. Additional programs include youth clubs (ARTIVISTS, Tuesday Challenge, Saturday Challenge, Treble Makers), the Trafford Youth Cabinet for youth voice and advocacy, and Culture Club HAF for holiday activities. The organization also offers Space Hire services for community use of its facilities including music studios, theatre, dance studio, and art rooms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trafford Youth Cabinet: Trafford Youth Cabinet is a group of passionate young people aged 11–18 who work to influence policies, decisions, and services that affect their lives and communities
• STEP Programme
• Younify

Products and services

• STEP Programme Core youth-engagement programme at Gorse Hill Studios, delivered as an umbrella for STEP Together, STEP IN (school-based delivery), and STEP Forward Mentoring. Designed for young people aged 11–25 who need creative, mentoring, or alternative-education support.
• Younify Arts therapy service using creative modalities to support young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing. Targeted at young people aged 11–25 referred or self-presenting with therapeutic needs.
• Counselling Service One-to-one counselling support for young people aged 11–25, providing a confidential space to discuss mental health, personal issues, and wellbeing.
• ARTIVISTS Named creative-arts programme within the Gorse Hill Studios offer, engaging young people in arts-based projects and creative activity.
• Treble Makers Music-focused creative programme for young people attending Gorse Hill Studios, centred on singing, performance, or music-making activity.
• Tuesday Challenge Regular Tuesday creative / challenge-based session for young people at Gorse Hill Studios, part of the open-access youth programme.
• Saturday Challenge Saturday open-access creative / challenge session for young people at Gorse Hill Studios, providing structured weekend activity.
• Culture Club HAF Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) style Culture Club session, providing creative and cultural activity during school holidays for eligible young people.
• Trafford Youth Cabinet Youth participation programme in which young people aged 11–25 from across Trafford engage in democratic representation, voice, and consultation activity, hosted via Gorse Hill Studios.
• Space Hire Affordable venue hire service offering the Gorse Hill Studios building to community groups, charities, and local organisations for meetings, classes, rehearsals, and events.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Charity Excellence FrameworkminorOthersQuality and governance accreditation for charities shown in the logo section.
• SES Engineering ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSES Engineering Services team volunteered time for painting, outdoor space refresh, and gate improvements at the studio.
• SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate volunteers who spent a day volunteering including sweeping, painting, refreshing outdoor spaces and giving gates a fresh new look.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• The Prince's Trust: UK-wide youth charity supporting young people aged 11-30 into education, employment, and training. Comparable as a much larger incumbent in the same youth-development funding pool with overlapping beneficiary segments and funder relationships.
• YMCA England & Wales: National youth and community organisation running alternative education, SEND programmes, and youth work. Comparable for its parallel alternative-education and youth-development activities targeting overlapping age ranges.
• National Youth Theatre: National youth arts charity delivering performing arts programmes for young people aged 14-25. Comparable as a larger incumbent in the same UK youth arts charity space, competing for similar arts-council and foundation grants.

Direct peers

• Manchester Camerata: Manchester-based music charity running extensive education, participation, and youth programmes including for SEND young people. Comparable for its music-focused youth work delivery model and Greater Manchester operational footprint.
• Brighter Sound: Manchester-based music charity delivering creative music-making programmes for young people, particularly those facing barriers. Directly comparable as a Greater Manchester youth-focused arts charity with similar grant dependency, community-led GTM, and creative-practitioner delivery model.
• Company Chameleon: Manchester-based dance company running participation and education programmes with and for young people, including those with disabilities. Comparable as a Manchester dance/arts charity using creative practice to engage marginalised youth.
• 42nd Street: Manchester-based charity supporting young people aged 12-25 with mental health and creative wellbeing services, including arts therapies and counselling. Comparable as a Manchester youth charity combining mental health support with creative interventions for the same age cohort.
• Contact Theatre: Manchester theatre and performing arts venue with a dedicated young people's programme. Comparable as a Manchester arts organisation running creative participation programmes for young people including those with SEND, with similar grant and space-hire revenue mix.

Regional players

• Roundabout: Sheffield-based touring youth theatre running creative participation programmes for young people. Comparable as a UK youth arts charity with similar trauma-informed creative practice and grant-funded delivery model, though operating in a different region.

Emerging players

• Pure Insight: Greater Manchester charity supporting care-experienced young people aged 16-25 through mentoring and creative engagement. Comparable as a smaller regional peer working with overlapping vulnerable-young-person cohorts via mentoring and creative activity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ghstudioscc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/GORSEHILLSTUDIOS
• Facebookfacebook.com/GorseHillStudiosCC
• Instagraminstagram.com/gorsehillstudioscc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gorse-hill-studios

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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