Cosmic

What Cosmic does

Cosmic is a UK-registered charity (Charity number 1180494) founded in 1992 to support the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and subsequently the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith. The charity exists to bridge the gap between NHS funding and the comprehensive care required by critically ill babies and children, purchasing state-of-the-art medical equipment (Dräger Babylog ventilators, Babyleo incubators, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilators, Bililux phototherapy lights, Calesca Milk Warmers, monitoring systems), funding medical research at Imperial College London (Kawasaki Disease, tuberculosis, meningococcal disease, allergies, sleep and respiratory research), training healthcare professionals via the IMPaCTS simulation centre, and delivering family support services including counselling, financial hardship awards, and onsite accommodation.

The organisation operates a diversified fundraising model across four primary revenue streams: individual donations (via the Enthuse online portal, regular direct debit giving, payroll giving, cheques, and Gift Aid), event-based fundraising (annual Cosmic Walk celebrating 30 years, Rubber Duck Race at £4 per duck, Dragon Boat Race at £500 per team with £2,200 fundraising target, Royal Parks Half Marathon at £30 entry, and challenge events including London to Paris cycle, Sahara trek, skydiving, and Three Peaks Challenge), corporate partnerships (Zendesk as multi-year strategic partner, Visa, Merchant Square, BCD Meetings and Events as Charity Partner of the Year, plus BCI Group, Bows & Baby, Sainsbury's, Virgin), and major donor events (the Cosmic Fundraising Ball, which raised over £230,000 in 2024). Distribution is regionally concentrated across London, Greater London, South East England, the Home Counties, and the UK, with the Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) pioneered by Cosmic now adopted throughout the UK.

Cosmic's product surface comprises family support services (family liaison nurses with 20+ years tenure, counselling, financial assistance, welcome packs, multilingual information leaflets in 11+ languages), COSMIC House (12-bedroom onsite family accommodation opened 2019), 15 neonatal parent bedrooms plus a bereavement room across the two hospitals, the IMPaCTS simulation centre for staff training, the IFDC mobile app for parents of premature babies, and the pioneering Post-PICU programme launched 2026 with West London Children's Healthcare to address post-discharge PTSD in families. The charity is led by Chief Executive Susannah Forland and Co-Founder Professor Parvis Habibi, who led the PICU from its opening as a one-bed unit in 1992 through expansion to 15 beds; the PICU now reports a 95%+ survival rate and treats 1,500 babies and children annually, while COSMIC House supports over 400 families per year.

Name

Cosmic

Legal name

Cosmic

Website

https://cosmiccharity.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cosmic is a UK-registered charity founded in 1992 that funds medical equipment, research, staff training, and family support services for the neonatal and paediatric intensive care units at St Mary's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital in London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Health Charity Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

Keywords

• Neonatal intensive care
• Paediatric intensive care
• Family support services
• Medical equipment funding
• Clinical research funding

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute through online portal (Enthuse), phone donations, cheques, direct debit regular giving, payroll giving, and Gift Aid scheme where the charity claims back basic rate tax on donations.
2. Fundraising Events: Revenue from challenge events including Rubber Duck Race (£4 per duck sponsorship), Dragon Boat Race (£500 team registration), Royal Parks Half Marathon (£30 entry), cycling treks (£150 entry), skydiving (£70 entry), and more. Each event has minimum fundraising targets.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with companies like Merchant Square, Zendesk, Visa, BCD Meetings and Events, and others for sponsorship, Charity of the Year schemes, employee fundraising, and cause marketing.
4. Major Donor Events: High-profile fundraising events like the annual Cosmic Fundraising Ball, which raised over £230,000 in 2024.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Cosmic is a UK-registered charity (Charity number 1180494) that supports the children's and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary's Hospital (Paddington) and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital (Hammersmith). It funds state-of-the-art medical equipment, clinical training, and medical research, and provides direct services to families including onsite accommodation at COSMIC House, parent bedrooms, family liaison nurses, counselling, multilingual information resources, and a post-PICU psychological support programme. The charity sustains these services through individual donations, community and challenge fundraising events, the annual Cosmic Fundraising Ball, the Sponsor a Nurse programme, and corporate partnerships.

Product overview

Cosmic is a UK-based charity supporting babies and children in intensive care at St Mary's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital. The organisation provides a comprehensive suite of services including family support (counselling, liaison nurses, accommodation), medical equipment procurement, staff training, and medical research funding. Their core offerings span direct patient care support through COSMIC House and parent accommodation; medical equipment including ventilators, incubators and monitoring systems; clinical training via the IMPaCTS simulation centre; and research programmes in Kawasaki Disease, tuberculosis, and allergies. Additionally, they offer the Integrated Family Delivered Neonatal Care (IFDC) mobile application for parents to track their baby's progress, multilingual information resources, and the Post PICU programme providing psychological support after discharge. Fundraising initiatives include community events, challenge events, corporate partnerships, and schools programmes featuring mascot Cosmo the Superstar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Support Services Comprehensive family liaison and psychosocial support for families with a baby or child in the NICU at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital or the PICU at St Mary's Hospital, including family liaison nurses, counselling, financial assistance with travel and specialised equipment, hardship awards, and welcome packs.
• COSMIC House Accommodation Onsite accommodation facility with 12 bedrooms, kitchen and dining area, lounges, play area and laundry facilities for families whose children are receiving life-saving treatment on the PICU at St Mary's Hospital. Supports over 400 families per year.
• Neonatal Parent Accommodation 15 parent bedrooms plus one bereavement room across St Mary's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, enabling parents to stay close to their baby during neonatal intensive care.
• Medical Equipment Provision Funding and provision of state-of-the-art medical equipment to the PICU and NICU including patient monitoring systems, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilators, Babyleo Incubators, Bililux phototherapy lights, Dräger Babylog ventilators, Calesca Milk Warmers, and sensory play stations.
• Clinical Staff Training Programme Annual funding of clinical training for PICU and NICU staff, including PICU courses, the IMPaCTS simulation centre with Junior Sim mannequins, ARNI and NLS courses, and the Band 5 education programme for neonatal nursing staff.
• Medical Research Programme Funding of groundbreaking medical research covering Kawasaki Disease, Tuberculosis, Meningococcal Disease, emotional support for parents, sleep and respiratory research, and allergy research, in partnership with Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
• Information Leaflets and Welcome Packs Multilingual information leaflets covering NICU and PICU topics in 11+ languages including Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu, plus welcome tote bags and expressing packs for NICU families.
• Post PICU Support Programme Post-discharge psychological support service for families after children leave the PICU, including information booklets, follow-up phone calls at six weeks, and counselling referrals designed to prevent PTSD. Research shows it significantly reduces PTSD symptoms six months after discharge.
• Integrated Family Delivered Neonatal Care (IFDC) App Mobile application helping parents of premature babies actively participate in their newborn's treatment, with diary tracking for skin-to-skin contact, expressing, feeding, growth and memories, plus a medical glossary and development timeline.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95%+ PICU survival rate supported by state-of-the-art equipment and specialized care
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Merchant SquarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey supporter of Cosmic, running in partnership a number of events for the local community including the annual Cosmic Duck & Dragon boat race. They have an amazing team of staff, tenants and residents who make a huge difference to the charity and the people they support every year.
• ZendeskcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosmic's key corporate partner who have over a number of years strategically supported the charity to develop and grow its services. Zendesk has provided hundreds of hours of volunteering support, improved communications, designed and translated promotional materials, and raised significant funds including for ventilators and accommodation facilities.
• VisaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported Cosmic for a number of years with Christmas present donations, volunteering, and working strategically to develop payment processes to help generate more funds.
• BCD Meetings and EventscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCosmic's charity partner of the year. They have an amazing team fundraising for Cosmic - most recently organised a Bingo Event raising an incredible £3,000.
• Imperial College Healthcare TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for Post-PICU support programme. Research funded by Cosmic and Imperial College Healthcare Trust shows children and families are at significant risk of developing PTSD after discharge.
• Imperial College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partnership led by Professor Michael Levin for Kawasaki Disease research, tuberculosis research, and other medical research programmes. The team at Imperial College discovered the first human gene that causes susceptibility to tuberculosis.
• Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobile intensive care transport service that Cosmic pioneered and developed, which has subsequently been adopted throughout the UK for transferring critically ill children to specialist PICUs.
• West London Children's HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Post-PICU support programme rollout at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea hospitals. Managing Director Nicola Grinstead expressed gratitude for the innovative support service.
• BCI GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner appearing in logo section alongside other supporters.
• Bows & BabyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner appearing in logo section.
• Sainsbury'sminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner appearing in logo section.
• VirginminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner appearing in logo section.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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