Brandon Centre - Here for Young People

What Brandon Centre - Here for Young People does

Brandon Centre - Here for Young People is a UK registered charity (Charity Number: 290118) and company limited by guarantee operating from a single site at 26 Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, London, with approximately 43 employees and a history dating to 1968. Its purpose is to deliver accessible, free mental health and wellbeing services to young people under 25 and to the adults around them (parents, carers, teachers and youth workers), drawing on a psychoanalytic framework of adolescent development combined with specialist treatment and preventative provision.

The organisation runs a structured portfolio organised into four buckets: direct services for young people (Counselling & Psychotherapy, Social Prescribing, Brandon Connect, Therapeutic Yoga, C-Card), services for families (Systemic Integrative Treatment, ADHD Parent Programme, Love & Limits, Families Food & Feelings, Return to Learn), services for professionals (GroundUp, Supervision and Coaching to Teachers, Training Offers), and outreach programmes delivered at third-party venues including Arsenal In The Community, homeless outreach, youth hubs and She Is Supported (SIS). Service delivery combines centre-based provision, self-referral via the website, and outreach into community settings, supported by Young Ambassadors and Parent Ambassadors who feed into service design.

Brandon Centre has no proprietary technology platform or software product; the technology layer is limited to a website, social channels, email newsletter and a digital/virtual touchpoint (Brandon Connect). All services are provided free of charge to end users, and the organisation is funded through donations, grants, fundraising, and corporate giving rather than user fees. There is no disclosed revenue, no parent company, no external equity, and no pricing structure, with the operating model characteristic of a mission-driven, donor-supported charity operating in a single UK region.

Name

Brandon Centre - Here for Young People

Legal name

Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for young people

Website

https://brandoncentre.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brandon Centre is a UK registered charity founded in 1968 that delivers free mental health, wellbeing and family support services to young people under 25 in London, combining centre-based counselling with outreach via partners including Arsenal In The Community, youth hubs and homeless services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mental Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK), Wraparound Student Support & Case Management Services (At-Risk K–12) (EDAJAEAJ), Transition & School-Readiness Support for Special Needs Children (HSAAAIAO)

Keywords

• Youth mental health
• Counselling services
• Family therapy programs
• Adolescent psychotherapy
• Community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: As a registered charity (Charity Number: 290118), Brandon Centre relies on donations, fundraising, corporate giving, and likely government/commissioned funding to sustain operations. All donations support the organization's work providing mental health and wellbeing support to young people.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brandon Centre is a registered charity providing accessible mental health and wellbeing services for young people under 25 years old and their families. Services include individual counselling and psychotherapy, social prescribing, therapeutic yoga, family therapy programs (systemic integrative treatment, ADHD parent programme, love and limits, families food and feelings, return to learn), professional training and supervision, and community-based outreach delivered through youth hubs, homeless services, and partner organizations. All services are provided free of charge and funded through donations, grants, and charitable funding.

Product overview

Brandon Centre is a registered charity providing accessible mental health and wellbeing services for young people under 25 and their families. The organization operates as a unified service portfolio organized into four main categories: Services for Young People (including Counselling & Psychotherapy, Social Prescribing, Brandon Connect, Therapeutic Yoga, and C-Card), Services for Families (including Systemic Integrative Treatment, ADHD Parent Programme, Love & Limits Programme, Families Food & Feelings Programme, and Return to Learn), Services for Professionals (including GroundUp, Supervision and Coaching to Teachers, and Training Offers), and Outreach programs (including Arsenal In The Community, Homeless Outreach, Youth Hubs, and She Is Supported). Services are delivered both at the centre and through community outreach, based on a psychoanalytic understanding of adolescent development, with a focus on preventative provision and specialist treatment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Counselling & Psychotherapy

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Arsenal In The CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrandon Centre partners with Arsenal In The Community to deliver mental health and wellbeing outreach services at Arsenal community locations, making support more accessible to young people in the community.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Mix: UK charity providing multi-channel support (web, phone, text) for under-25s on mental health, relationships, and wellbeing. Comparable in target demographic and self-referral access model, but primarily digital rather than community-hub based.
• YoungMinds: UK charity dedicated to children and young people's mental health, providing support, advice, and advocacy. Directly comparable in target population (under-25s) and mission to improve youth mental health outcomes, though operates more at policy/advocacy level than direct service delivery.
• Place2Be: UK children's mental health charity providing counselling and emotional support in schools. Closely comparable in service model (counselling, parent/family engagement) and youth-focused mental health delivery, though predominantly school-based rather than community-hub based.
• Anna Freud Centre: UK charity combining direct mental health services for children and young people with research, training, and policy work. Comparable in evidence-based psychoanalytic/psychotherapeutic approach and youth mental health specialism, with a stronger research and training footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Mind: Large UK mental health charity serving all ages with information, local services, and advocacy. Overlaps in mental health support delivery but operates at much greater scale and breadth, with local Minds delivering community services similar in structure to Brandon Centre.
• Barnardo's: Large UK children's charity running services across mental health, counselling, sexual health, and family support. Comparable in multi-stream youth and family services portfolio, but operates at substantially greater scale and national footprint.

Emerging players

• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting young people experiencing homelessness, with mental health and wellbeing as part of its offering. Comparable through its homeless outreach service stream, but the primary mission is housing rather than mental health.
• Relate: UK charity providing relationship support, counselling, and family therapy including for parents and young people. Comparable through family-focused therapeutic services and parent programmes, but with a broader relationship-counselling remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brandoncentre
• Facebookfacebook.com/BrandonCentreforYoungPeople
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brandon-centre-for-counselling-and-psychotherapy-for-young-people
• Instagraminstagram.com/brandoncentre

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