The Maggie O’Neill Business and Training Centre

What The Maggie O’Neill Business and Training Centre does

The Maggie O'Neill Business and Training Centre is a registered UK charity (Charity Number 1102507) operating a social-enterprise venue at 433 Liverpool Road, Huyton, Liverpool. It provides four commercial service lines: meeting and training room hire (from £20/hour or £120/day) equipped with AV, flipcharts, unlimited hot drinks, free WiFi and on-site parking; virtual office plans that deliver a registered business address and digital mail handling via a mobile app; furnished private offices on six-month-plus all-inclusive leases with four free monthly meeting room hours; and a 100-seat event auditorium with six breakout rooms. Customers book through the Officernd online portal, by phone, email or WhatsApp, or walk in directly.

The centre serves a diversified base of more than 100 organisations across social care, housing, local government, healthcare, education, chambers of commerce, and small businesses — including Livv Housing Group, Accomplish Group, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Primary Care Knowsley, Knowsley Chamber of Commerce, Alternative Futures Group, and Adoption in Merseyside. Its go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer self-serve booking with a CSR-led community narrative: the venue explicitly markets that using its commercial services 'directly supports a charity,' targeting corporate and public-sector buyers with social-value mandates. The underlying technology stack is light — an Officernd booking platform, a virtual-office mobile app, and a WordPress marketing site — reflecting that competitive advantage rests on real estate, location (50 free parking spaces, M57 access), and community goodwill rather than proprietary software.

Commercially generated profits are reinvested into the wider Maggie O'Neill organisation, which co-locates a church auditorium, a day nursery, and the 'Maggie's Meals' social supermarket (members pay £5 and receive approximately £25 of food) on a single property. Pastor John Hemus and Sherri Hemus oversee the three-prong organisation, with Patrick directing the business and training centre since 2017. The operating geography is Knowsley and the wider Merseyside/Liverpool region, with no disclosed expansion beyond a single site and no external investors or venture backing.

Name

The Maggie O’Neill Business and Training Centre

Legal name

The Maggie O'Neill Business and Training Centre

Website

https://mobtc.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Maggie O'Neill Business and Training Centre is a UK registered charity running a social-enterprise venue in Huyton, Liverpool, offering meeting/training room hire, virtual offices, private offices, and event space to businesses, training providers, and community organisations across the Merseyside region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexible Workspace and Event Venue Services

NAICS

Business Service Centers (56143), Office Administrative Services (5611)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Meeting & Events Support Services (Room Setup, AV Coordination, Hospitality) (IMAIALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Workplace Technology & Smart Office Support (Room Booking Systems, IT/AV Liaison) (IMAIALAK)

Keywords

• Meeting room hire
• Training room rental
• Virtual office services
• Private office leasing
• Event space venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Meeting & Training Room Hire: Hourly (£20/hour) or daily (£120/day) rental of equipped meeting and training rooms. Revenue is usage-based with flexible booking and lenient cancellation policy.
2. Private Office Leases: Short-term private office leases (starting at 6 months) with all-inclusive pricing covering bills, WiFi, and parking. Tenants also receive monthly meeting room hours and access to coworking facilities.
3. Virtual Office Plans: Subscription service providing a prestigious registered business address and digital mail handling through a user-friendly app. May include discounted meeting room hours.
4. Event Space Hire: Rental of auditorium (up to 100 seats) and breakout rooms for business and community events. Catering services provided through local partner.
5. Hot Desking / Coworking Access: Flexible workspace access included with private office tenants or available separately. Provides open plan coworking environment with kitchen access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Maggie O'Neill Business and Training Centre rents meeting and training rooms, virtual office services, private offices, and event spaces from a multi-use facility in Huyton, Liverpool. The centre serves businesses, training providers, community groups, and freelancers needing flexible professional space, with all commercial revenues reinvested into charity-run community initiatives including the Maggie's Meals social supermarket.

Product overview

The Maggie O'Neill Business and Training Centre is a social impact venue offering four core services: Meeting & Training Rooms (hourly/daily hire with AV equipment and refreshments), Virtual Offices (business address and mail management without physical office commitment), Private Offices (furnished dedicated workspace with short-term leases), and Private Events (large event venue with auditorium and breakout spaces). The centre operates as a charity where commercial service revenues fund community initiatives including Maggie's Meals social supermarket.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maggie's Meals: A discounted grocery co-op programme where members pay £5 and receive approximately £25 worth of food. A community initiative run by volunteers.

Products and services

• Meeting & Training Rooms

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 companies actively booking the venue
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: WeWork is the global coworking leader offering flexible offices, meeting rooms, and event space on a usage/subscription basis. It competes for the same corporate and SMB flexible-workspace demand as MOBTC, but at national/global scale and without a community/charity positioning.
• IWG (Regus): IWG operates Regus, HQ, and Spaces — the world's largest serviced-office and coworking network. It is the most direct large-scale competitor to MOBTC's private offices and meeting room offerings, with established presence across the UK including the Merseyside region.

Emerging players

• TOWNSQUARED / Runway East: Runway East is a UK flexible-workspace operator offering coworking, private offices, meeting rooms, and event space with a community focus. It targets a similar SME and startup customer base as MOBTC and competes for the same flexible-occupancy demand.
• Maker Heights / Town Hall Hotels: Town Hall Hotels operate hybrid venue/hotel/event space concepts offering meeting rooms, private events, and community-oriented programming. They share MOBTC's mix of event hire, meeting space, and social/community positioning, although at a hospitality-led scale.
• Patchwork (by Impact Hub): Patchwork operates a network of community-led coworking and event spaces in the UK with a strong social-impact orientation, similar to MOBTC's charity positioning. It competes for impact-minded corporate, freelancer, and community customers seeking flexible workspace.

Others

• Officernd: Officernd is the SaaS booking platform MOBTC uses for its online reservation system (maggieoneill.officernd.com). It is an enabling technology partner rather than a competitor, but shapes the operational model of small flexible-space operators like MOBTC.
• Eventbrite / local venue competitors (e.g., The Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower): Hotel and dedicated event venues (such as hotel conference centres in Liverpool) compete for corporate training and away-day bookings. They are adjacent competitors for the same private-events revenue stream MOBTC serves with its 100-seat auditorium.

Direct peers

• Landmark Space: Landmark Space provides serviced offices, meeting rooms, and virtual offices in regional UK cities. Its offering, pricing structure (all-inclusive monthly fees), and target customer (SMEs and remote professionals) directly overlap MOBTC's private office and virtual office products.
• The Office Group (TOG): TOG is a UK-focused flexible office and coworking operator offering meeting rooms, private offices, and event space on subscription terms. Its product mix and pricing model closely mirror MOBTC's private offices + meeting rooms + virtual offices bundle.

Regional players

• TOWNSQUARED / Town Square Spaces: Town Square-style serviced office and coworking providers operate in regional UK cities outside London, offering meeting rooms, virtual offices, and private offices. They are direct competitors for the same regional SME and enterprise flexible-workspace demand MOBTC targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MaggieONeillBiz
• Facebookfacebook.com/maggieoneillbusinessandtraining
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maggie-oneill-btc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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