What Cornerhouse does

Cornerhouse is a registered charity in England (Charity No. 1003540, Company No. 2626968) founded in 1988 in Hull, originally as AIDS Action, that today delivers youth support and advice services across Hull and East Yorkshire. Its portfolio spans direct one-to-one youth work, LGBT+ services including the Step Out group and Trans Youth Hull, the Flipside criminal justice prevention programme and Reach Out outreach (both co-delivered with The Warren), The Parents Project and broader parent drop-in support across multiple family hubs, the locally delivered Rainbow Flag Award, fee-based RSE workshops in schools and bespoke professional training, The Hardy Fund for people living with HIV, and the annual World AIDS Day programme. Service delivery is entirely in-person and community-based; there is no software product, platform, or digital technology stack beyond a public website.

The business model is a hybrid non-profit mix: fee income from unit-priced RSE workshops (from £60 per session) and full-day drop-downs (from £350) sold to schools and youth venues, supplemented by bespoke paid professional training, alongside grant funding, donations, and partner-hosted free delivery (e.g., Trauma Informed Care Programme managed by HEY Mind). It serves five defined segments — young people (primary), parents and caregivers, schools and education buyers, practitioners, and LGBT+ inclusive settings — distributed through direct youth support, school RSE delivery, weekly youth groups and drop-ins, and monthly parent drop-ins across family hubs.

Cornerhouse's scale is modest (11–50 employees) and its operating geography is confined to Yorkshire and the Humber. Its competitive position rests on 35+ years of local institutional history, a trauma-informed workforce, and embedded relationships with Hull schools, family hubs, and partner charities, rather than on technology, data, or scale economics.

Name

Cornerhouse

Legal name

Cornerhouse

Website

https://wearecornerhouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cornerhouse is a Hull-based UK charity (founded 1988) that delivers in-person youth support, RSE training, LGBT+ services, parent support, and outreach programmes across Hull and East Yorkshire, funded by training fees, grants, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth and Community Support Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Youth support services
• Sexual health education
• Trauma-informed care
• Community outreach programmes
• LGBT+ youth support

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston upon Hull

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, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

Cornerhouse delivers free community-based youth support services in Hull and East Yorkshire, including intervention projects for at-risk young people (Flipside, Reach Out), LGBT+ youth services, parent support for families affected by exploitation, and the Rainbow Flag Award accreditation programme. It also sells Relationship and Sex Education workshops and bespoke professional training to schools and practitioners, charging from £60 per workshop or £350 for a drop-down day.

Product overview

Cornerhouse is a charitable youth support organization based in Hull, East Yorkshire, offering a portfolio of community support services rather than a software product. The core service offerings include: Flipside and Reach Out (delivered in partnership with The Warren) providing outreach and intervention services for at-risk young people; LGBT+ Services including the Step Out youth group and Trans Youth Hull; The Parents Project offering support to families affected by exploitation; and the Rainbow Flag Award programme for LGBT+ inclusion accreditation. Training services include Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) workshops in schools (from £60/workshop) and bespoke professional training on topics including trauma-informed care. Additional services include The Hardy Fund for people living with HIV, and the World AIDS Day community programme. These are community support services, not technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Flipside: A project delivered by The Warren and Cornerhouse, offering interventions to children and young people aged 11-19 to prevent first-time entrants to the criminal justice system.
• Reach Out
• LGBT+ Services
• The Parents Project
• Rainbow Flag Award
• Parent Support
• The Hardy Fund

Products and services

• Flipside Holistic intervention project, co-delivered with The Warren, providing 1-1 support, trauma-informed care, and positive activities to children and young people aged 11-19 to prevent first-time entrants to the criminal justice system.
• Reach Out Outreach project delivered with The Warren, engaging young people with low engagement in local youth provision or involved in low-level anti-social behaviour. Four outreach workers cover 10 shifts weekly across Hull.
• LGBT+ Services Comprehensive support for LGBT+ young people including a dedicated LGBTQ+ youth worker for 1-1 support, the Step Out weekly youth group for ages 11-17, monthly Trans Youth Hull sessions, and referrals to external LGBT+ support groups.
• The Parents Project Support service for parents and caregivers of children and young people at risk of or affected by child exploitation, providing a non-judgemental space for sharing experiences, emotional support, advice, guidance, and education about exploitation.
• Rainbow Flag Award National quality assurance framework focused on positive LGBT+ inclusion and visibility, supported locally by Cornerhouse for primary, secondary and SEND schools, FE colleges, youth services, and uniformed organisations.
• Schools RSE Training

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The WarrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Warren is a key partner in multiple Cornerhouse projects including Reach Out (outreach to disengaged youth), Flipside (preventing first-time entrants to criminal justice), and Step Out youth group for LGBT+ young people. The organizations co-deliver services and share resources.
• The Proud TrustcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Proud Trust centrally manages the Rainbow Flag Award, a national quality assurance framework for positive LGBT+ inclusion. Cornerhouse supports local delivery of the award in Hull and East Yorkshire area.
• HEY MindcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHEY Mind manages the organization and booking of Trauma Informed Care Programme training sessions, a free training program for anyone working with children and young people affected by trauma.
• Child DynamixminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChild Dynamix hosts monthly parent drop-in sessions at their location, providing a venue for Cornerhouse's parent support services.
• Priory Family HubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPriory Family Hub at Priory Primary School hosts monthly drop-in sessions for parents and caregivers, part of Cornerhouse's parent support network.
• Various Family HubsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple family hubs across Hull (Parks Family Hub, Marfleet Family Hub, Fenchurch Family Hubs, Acorns Family Hub) host Cornerhouse parent drop-in sessions, expanding access to parent support services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mermaids: UK charity supporting gender-diverse children, young people, and their families; directly comparable to Cornerhouse's Trans Youth Hull sessions and broader LGBT+ youth services, including parent support for affected families.
• Brook: UK charity specializing in sexual health and wellbeing for young people, including RSE delivery in schools and clinical services; directly comparable to Cornerhouse's RSE workshops and sexual health support lines.
• Kidscape: UK charity focused on preventing bullying and child exploitation, including parent programmes and professional training; comparable to Cornerhouse's The Parents Project and exploitation-prevention training for professionals and schools.
• The Proud Trust: Manchester-based LGBT+ youth charity that centrally manages the Rainbow Flag Award; directly comparable as Cornerhouse's national accreditation partner and a fellow provider of LGBT+ youth support, training, and inclusion programmes.
• The Warren: Hull-based youth charity delivering outreach, LGBT+ support, and youth justice interventions; directly comparable as Cornerhouse's co-delivery partner on Flipside and Reach Out, serving the same young people in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Broad incumbents

• Childline: NSPCC-run free helpline and online counselling service for children and young people; comparable as a broad incumbent providing confidential support that overlaps with Cornerhouse's drop-in and one-to-one youth services.
• Family Planning Association (FPA): UK sexual health charity providing RSE training, resources, and advocacy; comparable as a national RSE and sexual health training provider competing for the same school and local-authority contracts Cornerhouse serves.
• Stonewall: UK LGBT+ rights organization operating across policy, workplace, and education programmes; comparable as a broad incumbent in LGBT+ inclusion — overlapping with Cornerhouse's Rainbow Flag Award and LGBT+ youth work, though operating at national advocacy scale.
• Barnardo's: The UK's largest children's charity, delivering youth support, exploitation prevention, and family services nationally; comparable as a broad incumbent operating across many of the same issue areas as Cornerhouse (child exploitation, mental health, sexual health) but at national scale.
• NSPCC: UK-wide child welfare charity running Childline and child protection services; comparable as a broad incumbent focused on safeguarding, exploitation prevention, and support for vulnerable children and families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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