3antonius / Marlijn Academie

What 3antonius / Marlijn Academie does

3antonius is a Dutch arbeidsmatige dagbesteding (work-based day facility) and care farm founded in 2016 by ir. Marlène Ruigrok - van Houtum and operated from the historic Ceciliahoeve in Langeweg, Noord-Brabant. It serves individuals aged 15-67 — including young people who have dropped out of regular MBO education, long-term home sitters, status holders (refugees), and adults re-integrating into the labor market — through six vocational tracks: Plant & Dier, Horeca, Bouw, Multimedia & ICT, Dienstverlening & Zorg, and Productie. Care services are funded via municipal authorizations under the Dutch WLZ (Long-term Care Act), WMO (Social Support Act), and Jeugdwet (Youth Act), with referral relationships across five mid- and West-Brabant municipalities (Moerdijk, Breda, Drimmelen, Oosterhout, Roosendaal) and partnerships with care providers including Sovak, Amarant, Prisma, Impegno, Zintri, and Zuidwester.

Through its educational sub-brand Marlijn Academie, 3antonius operates as an Erkend Leerbedrijf (recognized training company) for 30-35 MBO programs spanning MBO-1 (Entree) through MBO-4, allowing learners to earn accredited diplomas or MBO practical certificates alongside their work-based learning. The organization also delivers Beschutte Stageplekken and Werkfit-Trajecten in collaboration with UWV for labor-market reintegration.

The business combines government-funded care authorizations with ancillary commercial lines: rental of two on-site meeting rooms (capacity ~40 and ~20 persons) with optional catering, sales of handmade wood products and gemstone jewelry, outsourced assembly/administrative/gardening work for businesses, and participant-led workshops (e.g., bracelet-making, pumpkin workshops). It is registered with KvK (65386582), holds AGB-code 73732641 and PGB 41787081, is SKJ-registered, a member of Stichting Zorgboeren Zuid (SZZ), Federatie Landbouw en Zorg, and completed an ISO 1009:2015 quality audit in 2025 (CIIO Rapport 2025). Operations are entirely on-site at the single Langeweg farm with a small core staff of 8 supplemented by volunteers.

Name

3antonius / Marlijn Academie

Legal name

3Antonius Marlijn Academie

Website

https://3antonius.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

3antonius / Marlijn Academie is a Dutch care farm and recognized MBO training company in Langeweg, Noord-Brabant, providing work-based day care, reintegration trajectories, and accredited vocational education (MBO-1 to MBO-4) to individuals aged 15-67, funded primarily through municipal WLZ/WMO/Jeugdwet authorizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Care Farming and Vocational Education

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK)

Keywords

• Care farming services
• Vocational education programs
• Work reintegration support
• Youth day care
• Sheltered employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Langeweg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Care funding (WLZ/WMO/Jeugdwet): Care within 3antonius is provided based on WLZ (Long-term Care Act), WMO (Social Support Act), or Jeugdwet (Youth Act) indications. These are government-funded care reimbursements for clients with a municipal authorization.
2. Room rental: Two meeting rooms are rented out: a large room suitable for approximately 40 persons and a small room for a maximum of 20 persons. Rooms can be rented standalone or with catering arrangements (coffee/tea/cake or lunch), all prepared and served by learners.
3. Product sales: Handmade products produced by learners are sold, including wood products (insect hotels, bread/tapas boards, birdhouses, bowls, candle holders, hedgehog houses, planters, picnic benches), gemstone jewelry (bracelets, necklaces), and seasonal items for Easter and Christmas markets.
4. Outsourced work: Companies can outsource work to 3antonius learners for educational purposes. Work includes folding/sorting/counting, administrative tasks, gardening, and assembly/disassembly work.
5. Workshops: Workshops offered include bracelet-making workshops and pumpkin workshops, conducted by learners under supervision.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

3antonius provides arbeidsmatige dagbesteding (work-based day care) and MBO vocational education (in partnership with Marlijn Academie) for individuals aged 15-67 who have dropped out of regular education, are long-term home sitters, status holders, or re-integrating into the workforce. The offering combines structured daytime activities across six vocational tracks with personalized trajectory counseling and protected internship placements, funded primarily through Dutch municipal WLZ, WMO, and Jeugdwet care authorizations.

Product overview

3antonius / Marlijn Academie is a unified offering combining an arbeidsmatige dagbesteding (work-based day facility) for (young) adults aged 15–67 with accredited MBO education delivered through Marlijn Academie. The core product is the day facility itself, operating across six vocational tracks — Plant & Dier, Horeca, Bouw, Multimedia & ICT, Dienstverlening & Zorg, and Productie — each functioning as a learning module where participants gain practical work skills. Supporting services include Beschutte Stageplekken & Werkfit-Trajecten for reintegration, Vergaderruimte Verhuur for commercial room rental, and Workshops for external customers. Marlijn Academie serves as the sub-brand through which MBO diplomas (MBO-1 through MBO-4) and practical certifications are awarded, completing the integrated education-to-employment pathway.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Marlijn Academie: Educational partner offering MBO programs from level 1 (Entree) to level 4, in collaboration with 3antonius for practical work-based learning.

Products and services

• Arbeidsmatige Dagbesteding (Work-based Day Care)
• Marlijn Academie MBO Opleidingen
• Beschutte Stageplekken & Werkfit-Trajecten
• Vergaderruimte Verhuur (Meeting Room Rental)
• Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• Learners prepare for a paid traineeship in a regular company, with the goal of obtaining an MBO diploma and/or at least an MBO practical certificate.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Marlijn AcademiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Marlijn Academie is the educational partner that enables 3antonius to offer MBO diplomas and practical certificates. Founded by ir. Marlène Ruigrok – van Houtum, it operates in close integration with the farm operations, allowing learners to earn MBO-1 through MBO-4 qualifications alongside their work-based training at 3antonius.
• Stichting Zorgboeren Zuid (SZZ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20163antonius is a member of Stichting Zorgboeren Zuid (SZZ), an organization representing care farms in the southern Netherlands. SZZ provides quality standards, a complaints procedure, general terms of care provision, and trusted persons. The Antonius hoeve is registered under AGB-code 73732641 and PGB 41787081 through SZZ.
• Gemeente MoerdijkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius collaborates with Gemeente Moerdijk to provide day care and reintegration services to referred clients. The municipality funds care through WLZ, WMO, or Jeugdwet indications.
• Gemeente BredacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius collaborates with Gemeente Breda to provide day care and reintegration services to referred clients.
• Gemeente DrimmelencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius collaborates with Gemeente Drimmelen to provide day care and reintegration services to referred clients.
• Gemeente OosterhoutcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius collaborates with Gemeente Oosterhout to provide day care and reintegration services to referred clients.
• Gemeente RoosendaalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius collaborates with Gemeente Roosendaal to provide day care and reintegration services to referred clients.
• SovakminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSovak is a care provider with whom 3antonius maintains short communication lines to coordinate client care and ensure alignment with housing and ambulatory support.
• AmarantminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAmarant is a care provider collaborating with 3antonius for client coordination and care alignment.
• PrismaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrisma is a care provider collaborating with 3antonius for client coordination.
• ImpegnominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorImpegno is a care provider collaborating with 3antonius for client coordination.
• ZintriminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorZintri is a care provider collaborating with 3antonius for client coordination.
• ZuidwesterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorZuidwester is a care provider collaborating with 3antonius for client coordination.
• UWVcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3antonius's job coaches work closely with UWV (Employee Insurance Agency) to support people at a distance from the labor market toward suitable work. The job coach serves as a link between the learner, 3antonius, and UWV, providing regular contact for clear communication, good alignment, and sustainable placements.
• Surplus WelzijnminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSurplus Welzijn is a social welfare organization with whom 3antonius has collaborated in the past on youth development projects.
• VlasmuseumminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Vlasmuseum (Flax Museum) is a cultural institution with whom 3antonius has collaborated on projects, providing practical experience for learners.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Middin: Middin is a mid-sized care provider in the Randstad that delivers day-activity, supported-employment, and reintegration services. It competes for the same 'werkfit' and sheltered-employment participant pools that 3antonius serves through UWV collaboration, though at a more urban, institutional scale.
• Stichting Philadelphia Zorg: Philadelphia is one of the largest Dutch care providers for people with intellectual disabilities and runs day-activity programs across the Netherlands. 3antonius collaborates with Philadelphia-adjacent providers (Sovak, Amarant, Prisma) and competes for the same WLZ/WMO-funded day-care participants at a smaller, more localized scale.
• 's Heeren Loo: 's Heeren Loo is a major national care organization supporting people with intellectual disabilities and runs day-program and work-activity facilities nationwide. As a nationally scaled competitor, it overlaps with 3antonius's day-care and work-experience tracks but does not operate an integrated MBO-credentialed care farm.
• Koraal Groep: Koraal Groep is a large Limburg-based care organization that combines specialized care, day programs, and education for youth and adults with support needs. It overlaps with 3antonius along the Jeugdwet/WMO day-care axis and on work-experience trajectories, particularly for vulnerable youth.
• Siza: Siza is a Gelderland-based care provider offering day activities, supported employment, and educational pathways for people with disabilities or distance to the labor market. Its dagbesteding and werkfit-trajecten portfolio competes directly with 3antonius's core offering outside the West-Brabant region.

Others

• Federatie Landbouw en Zorg: Federatie Landbouw en Zorg is the Dutch industry association of which 3antonius is a registered member through Stichting Zorgboeren Zuid. It sets quality standards, complaint procedures, and AGB/PGB registrations for care farms nationwide and represents the broader competitive set 3antonius sits within.

Direct peers

• Dichterbij: Dichterbij is a care provider headquartered in Noord-Brabant that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through day programs, work activities, and reintegration support. It is one of the most geographically and operationally comparable peers - both focus on arbeidsmatige dagbesteding in the southern Netherlands and share access points to municipal funding.
• Curio: Curio (formerly ROC West-Brabant) is the primary MBO institution operating in the same West-Brabant geography as 3antonius and offers the same MBO-1 to MBO-4 diploma pathways that Marlijn Academie delivers. Both compete for the same pool of education dropouts and status holders seeking practical credentials, though Curio lacks the integrated farm-based day-care component that anchors 3antonius.
• Helicon MBO: Helicon is a private Dutch MBO institution offering practical vocational diplomas, including tracks in care, agriculture, and hospitality that overlap with Marlijn Academie's recognized training scope. It competes for the same MBO-age learners who might otherwise enroll at 3antonius's farm-based programs.

Regional players

• Summa College: Summa College is a large regional MBO provider based in Eindhoven offering vocational tracks across similar sectors (hospitality, construction, multimedia/ICT). It overlaps with 3antonius/Marlijn Academie in MBO diploma delivery but operates from a campus model rather than an embedded care-farm environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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