Village Club

Name

Village Club

Legal name

Village Club

Website

https://villageclub-widnes.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Social Club and Event Venue Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC), Venue & Banquet Hall Catering (THAFAIAC)

Keywords

• Private members club
• Function room hire
• Wedding venue services
• Outside catering services
• Pool and snooker lounge

Headquarters

HQ city

Widnes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Sale of food and drinks including the club's 'famous' potato & meat pie, competitive beer prices, and drinks promotions.
2. Event Venue Hire: Function room hire for private events including weddings, birthdays, christenings, and funerals. Free room hire when using club's catering services.
3. Outside Catering Services: Catering services provided to external events outside the venue.
4. Membership: Private members lounge operation with snooker and pool tables.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Village Club operates a single-location private members lounge and event venue in Widnes, Cheshire, selling bar service with snooker, pool, and live sport alongside a 150-seat function room used for weddings, birthdays, christenings, and funerals. It packages venue hire with in-house catering (including its signature potato and meat pie) and outside catering services for off-site events, with wedding all-day packages starting at £1,590. Membership, walk-in bar trade, and event bookings are the three principal ways customers access the offering.

Product overview

Village Club is a family-run hospitality venue operating since 1997, offering a private members bar and a large function room for events. The Private Members Bar provides drinks service with entertainment including competition-standard pool tables and live sport on multiple screens. The Function Room serves as a versatile event venue accommodating up to 150 guests, equipped with a stage, dance floor, and resident DJ for parties and celebrations. Catering Services complement the function room offerings, providing food for weddings, parties, and memorial events, with customizable menu options and the venue's signature potato and meat pie.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Members Bar

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Revolution Bars Group: UK operator of cocktail bars and event-led venues for birthdays, weddings, and group bookings. Directly comparable to Village Club's private function room and event hire offering, though at the premium-nightclub end of the same market.
• Brunning & Price: UK pub dining operator (now part of The Restaurant Group) running community pubs with food-led offers, quiz nights, and event-friendly spaces. Comparable to Village Club's combined pub food, event programming, and community venue positioning.
• Club & Institute Union (CIU) Affiliated Clubs: Umbrella organisation for private members clubs, working men's clubs, and social clubs across the UK — the closest operating model to Village Club's private members lounge with sports (pool/snooker), bar, and event hire facilities.
• Rekom UK: Operator of UK late-night bars and nightclubs such as Pryzm and Cameo. Comparable as a UK bar/club operator serving the same walk-in drinks-and-events audience as Village Club's members bar.
• Tokyo Industries: UK hospitality group operating bars, clubs, and event venues including wedding bookings. Comparable directly on the combined bar-plus-event-venue model, although typically in larger urban locations than Village Club's Widnes footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Stonegate Group: UK's largest pub and bar operator with formats spanning community pubs, sports bars, and late-night venues. Overlaps with Village Club's sports-screening and members-bar positioning, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Mitchells & Butlers: Operates UK pub and restaurant brands (e.g., All Bar One, Toby Carvery) focused on food, drink, and event-led occasions. Comparable on the food-and-drink community venue model Village Club operates.
• Marston's: Major UK pub operator with a portfolio of community pubs and family-dining venues offering drinks, food, and event bookings. Overlaps with Village Club's combined bar, food, and private function offer, but at much larger scale.
• Greene King: One of the UK's largest pub operators and brewers, running thousands of managed and tenanted pubs. Comparable as a multi-site UK venue operator whose core offering (drinks, food, live sport, events) overlaps directly with Village Club's bar and function room business.
• JD Wetherspoon: UK's largest pub chain with competitive drink pricing, food menus, and large-format venues. Comparable on the drinks-led, value-driven community pub model that Village Club also pursues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thevillageclubwidnes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/village-club

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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