What Catch Leeds does

Catch Leeds is a UK registered charity (charity number 1183914) headquartered in Harehills, Leeds, founded in 2010 and previously known as Community Action To Create Hope. The organisation operates a community hub that delivers youth programs to over 1,000 children, alongside community services for local residents. Its activities span youth engagement, community outreach, and educational support, with a royal visit from Prince William indicating high local and national profile.

Revenue is generated through a mix of charitable income (donations and grants) and trading activities. Trading arms include commercial venue hire from the Harehills facility, accredited first aid training courses, hosting of partner programmes (e.g., ARK), and an Immersion Experience offering that trains third-party organisations in charity management. The Food Bus extends service delivery beyond the fixed site into surrounding neighbourhoods. Operational headcount sits in the 51-100 range, consistent with a medium-sized community charity.

The business model is mission-driven rather than profit-driven: trading income is structured to cross-subsidise charitable youth and community programmes. The partner ecosystem — including Leeds Learning Alliance — supports educational delivery and referral pipelines, while the physical venue functions as both a community anchor and a commercial hire asset. There is no disclosed technology platform or proprietary product; the organisation's value proposition rests on physical infrastructure, trusted relationships, and programme delivery capacity.

Name

Catch Leeds

Legal name

CATCH Leeds

Website

https://catchleeds.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Catch Leeds is a UK registered charity in Harehills, Leeds, delivering youth programs to over 1,000 children, community services, venue hire, and accredited first aid training to cross-subsidise its charitable mission.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

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. Donations and Sponsorship: Charitable donations from individuals, corporate sponsors, and supporters through JustGiving platform and direct contributions. The organization relies on generous donations to fund operations and community programmes.
2. Venue Hire: Rental income from hiring out various spaces including function rooms, conference rooms, meeting rooms, boardrooms, and games rooms for corporate events, team away days, and social gatherings.
3. First Aid Training Courses: Revenue from providing accredited first aid training courses including FAW, EFAW, Paediatric First Aid, and outdoor/forestry specialized courses to individuals and organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CATCH Leeds is a registered charity (Community Action To Create Hope) based in Harehills, Leeds, providing a Youth Programme for over 1,000 children that delivers sport, creativity, learning, volunteering and social-action opportunities, alongside community facilities including an Educational Farm, Catch Up Cafe, Food Bus, Peace Garden, Sport Field and Growing Zone. The charity also generates revenue through Venue Hire of function, conference, meeting, boardroom and games rooms, Corporate/Team Away Day packages with catering, and accredited First Aid Training Courses covering workplace, paediatric, outdoor, forestry and bespoke qualifications.

Product overview

CATCH Leeds is a registered charity (Community Action To Create Hope) based in Harehills, Leeds, offering a diverse portfolio of community services rather than a technology product. The organisation operates as a unified platform of interconnected services centred on youth development and community support. Core offerings include a Youth Programme serving over 1000 children with sport, creativity, and learning activities; physical community spaces (Educational Farm, Peace Garden, Sport Field, Growing Zone, Catch Up Cafe, Food Bus, Restore); and First Aid Training Courses covering workplace, paediatric, outdoor, and forestry qualifications. Additional revenue-generating services include Venue Hire (Function Rooms, Conference Rooms, Meeting Rooms, Boardrooms, Games Rooms, Corporate Away Days) and Charity Management Training (Immersion Experience). The portfolio is complemented by donation and sponsorship programmes (Volunteering, Sponsor A Goat, Super Stars).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Programme A free-to-access youth programme for children and young people in the Harehills and wider Leeds community delivering sport, creativity, learning, volunteering and social action opportunities, plus mentorship, support, advice and aspiration-raising.
• Venue Hire & Flexible Working Spaces Rental of community spaces at the ARK headquarters including function rooms, conference rooms, meeting rooms, boardrooms and games rooms for events, corporate gatherings and flexible working.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Leeds Learning AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on educational initiatives and learning opportunities for young people in Leeds. CATCH Leeds participates in collaborative educational programmes through this alliance.
• ARKcoreOthersARK is the host location and landlord for CATCH Leeds headquarters at Hovingham Avenue, Harehills. The partnership provides the physical infrastructure and community space for CATCH operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth charity supporting young people aged 11–30 through mentorship, training and enterprise programmes. Directly comparable mission and beneficiary demographic to CATCH Leeds' youth programme, though operating at national scale rather than community-anchored.
• Groundwork UK: Federation of community-based charities working on practical environmental and social regeneration at the neighbourhood level. Closely comparable to CATCH Leeds' model of place-based community hub offering, Growing Zone and farm assets, and volunteer-led delivery.
• Farms for City Children: UK charity providing residential farm experiences for disadvantaged children. Closely comparable to CATCH Leeds' Educational Farm as a hands-on learning environment for young people from urban, often disadvantaged, backgrounds.
• The Conservation Volunteers: UK charity connecting people with the environment through community volunteering and outdoor activity. Comparable to CATCH Leeds' volunteer-driven, place-based delivery model and Growing Zone/outdoor assets.
• St John Ambulance: UK charity providing accredited first aid training (FAW, EFAW, Paediatric, Outdoor) and community health services. Direct competitor for CATCH Leeds' first aid training revenue stream and the most relevant comparable for that commercial line.
• The Outward Bound Trust: UK outdoor education charity delivering character and outdoor learning programmes for young people. Comparable to CATCH Leeds' combination of outdoor learning (Educational Farm, Sport Field, Growing Zone) with youth development outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Action for Children: National UK charity supporting vulnerable children and families through direct services, advocacy and residential care. Operates at much greater scale but addresses a similar beneficiary demographic and youth-and-family support mission.
• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities, supporting vulnerable children and young people through services, advocacy and direct programmes. Operates at national scale with a much broader portfolio than CATCH Leeds but overlapping beneficiary group.
• YMCA England & Wales: National federation of community-based youth and family organisations with a long history of youth work, accommodation, and community programmes. Broader scale and remit than CATCH Leeds but overlapping youth and community-services mission.

Emerging players

• Catch22: UK social business and charity working with young people and families on education, employability and justice outcomes. Comparable name and overlapping youth-services mission to CATCH Leeds, though operating as a national social enterprise rather than a local community charity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CATCHLeeds

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Investors

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M&A

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