What Emmanuel Centre does

Emmanuel Centre is a community centre and place of worship located at 174 Langworthy Road, Salford (Greater Manchester, UK), operated by Emmanuel Centre Management Company LTD, a private limited company. The facility combines a hireable multi-purpose venue (Community Hall, Sports Hall, Meeting/Training Room, Boardroom, Reception Area, Commercial Kitchen, and Coffee Bar) with an active community activities programme and a place of worship. It serves as the mission and outreach arm of Emmanuel Church, a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) between the Church of England (All Saints Team) and the Methodist Church (Salford Methodist Circuit), and additionally hosts a Tamil-language pentecostal congregation. The site also incorporates 22 affordable apartments on the upper floors, completed prior to the main centre.

The centre's core commercial offering is pay-as-you-go room and facility hire, with prices ranging from £5/session (Coffee Bar) up to £35/hour (Sports Hall), plus birthday party packages from £75. Community activities are delivered by external user groups paying for venue access, including Tinytots Nursery, 53rd Manchester Boys' Brigade & Girls Association, 1st Langworthy Girl Guiding, Slimming World, GKR Karate, St John Ambulance, Salford Food Bank/Food Parcels, and SEN parent/carer support. There is no proprietary technology platform, app, or API; bookings are taken via email ([email protected]), telephone, or a web form, and the site is staffed entirely by community volunteers during opening hours (9:00–20:00 Monday–Friday). The facility was developed following the 2006 formation of the LEP and was completed in phases, with the community centre signed off in 2011 and the worship space officially dedicated on 4 July 2015.

Revenue generation is entirely transaction-based venue hire with no subscription, licensing, or recurring contract model disclosed. Marketing is conducted through the company website (emmanuelcentre.co.uk), community events, and word-of-mouth via church networks. The centre has no external investors, no funding rounds, no patents, and no certifications beyond its legal status as an LTD company. It received a £60,000 Regeneration Grant from Salford City Council in February 2013 to complete external works.

Name

Emmanuel Centre

Legal name

Emmanuel Centre Management Company LTD

Website

https://emmanuelcentre.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Emmanuel Centre is a volunteer-staffed community hub and ecumenical church venue in Salford, UK, offering affordable hourly room hire and hosting local groups including nurseries, youth organisations, fitness classes, food banks, and bilingual worship services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Centre Venue Hire

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Purpose Event Halls & Community Centers (THAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB), Venue & Facility Reservations (Private Rooms, Event Spaces) (HSACALAJ), Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Community centre hire
• Room rental services
• Venue hire
• Community activities
• Church facility hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Salford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Room and Facility Hire: The Emmanuel Centre generates revenue by renting out various rooms and spaces to community groups, organisations, and individuals. Available spaces include the Community Hall, Meeting Rooms, Sports Hall, Board Room, and facilities like the Commercial Kitchen and Coffee Bar. Pricing is based on hourly rates or session rates depending on the space booked.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Emmanuel Centre rents out a range of multi-purpose rooms and sports facilities on an hourly and per-session basis to community groups, organisations, families and individuals in the Salford area. Bookable spaces include a Community Hall, Meeting/Training Room, Boardroom, Sports Hall, Reception Area, Commercial Kitchen, Coffee Bar and Audio/Visual Equipment. The centre also delivers packaged children's birthday parties and operates as the home of Emmanuel Church, a Local Ecumenical Partnership providing Sunday worship services in English and Tamil.

Product overview

Emmanuel Centre is a community center and church facility operating as a unified offering under Emmanuel Centre Management Company LTD. The facility combines room hire services (Community Hall, Boardroom, Meeting Rooms, Sports Hall, and supporting spaces) with a comprehensive community activities program including children's groups, health services, and educational classes. The center also houses Emmanuel Church, a Local Ecumenical Partnership providing bilingual worship services in English and Tamil. The facility is open Monday-Friday 9AM-8PM and serves the Langworthy community in Salford.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Room and Facility Hire Paid hourly or per-session hire of the Emmanuel Centre's Community Hall (£25/hour), Sports Hall (£35/hour), Meeting/Training Room and Boardroom (£20/hour each), Reception Area (£10/hour), Commercial Kitchen and Coffee Bar (£10 and £5 per session respectively, when booked with a meeting space), and Audio/Visual Equipment (£5/session). Available to community groups, organisations and individuals by booking form, email or telephone.
• Children's Birthday Party Packages Packaged children's birthday party hire offered on Saturdays for under 11s, with basic packages starting from £75. Football-themed party options are also available. Held in the Emmanuel Centre's bookable rooms.
• Emmanuel Church Worship Services

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Church of EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmanuel Church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England and Methodist Church. The Church of England is represented through the All Saints Team Ministry, with Emmanuel Church operating as part of this team ministry.
• Methodist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmanuel Church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Methodist Church and Church of England. The centre works as part of the Salford Methodist Circuit. The partnership enables shared mission and worship within the community.
• All Saints TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmanuel Church works as part of the Salford All Saints Team Ministry, which includes multiple churches across Salford. Team Ministers include Revd Daniel Burton as Team Rector.
• Salford Methodist CircuitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmanuel Church operates as part of the Salford Methodist Circuit, which includes multiple Methodist churches in the area. The circuit provides ministerial support including Rev John Palmer as Circuit Minister.
• 1st Langworthy Girl GuidingminorOthers1st Langworthy Girl Guiding is a community partner that uses Emmanuel Centre for their activities on Tuesday evenings (6:30pm to 8:15pm). They co-hosted a fundraising coffee morning with 53rd Manchester Boys' Brigade.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Everyone Active: Manages a large UK portfolio of leisure centres with sports halls, studios and community-programmed space available for hire. Comparable venue mix (sports hall + community rooms) to Emmanuel Centre, but operating on a commercial/municipal contract basis.
• YMCA England & Wales: Operates community hubs combining affordable space hire, youth programmes (including uniformed groups like Boys' Brigade/Girl Guiding equivalents), fitness, childcare and faith-linked activities. Highly comparable in mission, user-group mix and volunteer-driven operating ethos.
• Places Leisure: Charitable leisure operator running community leisure centres with sports halls, meeting rooms and programmed community activity. Closely comparable operating ethos and venue mix to Emmanuel Centre's community-led, multi-use model.
• The Salvation Army UK: Runs faith-based community centres across the UK hosting youth groups, food support, community activities and room hire. Comparable mission-driven operating model and user-group overlap (youth, food bank, community programming) with Emmanuel Centre.
• Church House Westminster: A faith-rooted multi-use venue offering room and event-space hire alongside worship and conference facilities. Comparable to Emmanuel Centre in the church-as-venue-operator model and meeting-room/boardroom hire offerings.
• Better (operated by GLL): Operates public leisure centres across the UK including multi-sport sports halls, community rooms and meeting space hire. Directly comparable to Emmanuel Centre's sports-hall and meeting-room hire model, though at much greater scale and as a paid-membership leisure operator.

Broad incumbents

• Locality: National membership body supporting community-led organisations including community centres. Comparable in mission and operating profile to Emmanuel Centre, but acts as an umbrella/support network rather than running individual venues.
• Serco Leisure: Operates leisure facilities on behalf of local authorities including sports halls and community space. Provides scale-comparable venue operations to Emmanuel Centre's sports-hall hire product, though as a contracted outsourced operator rather than a community-led model.

Regional players

• Greenwood Community Centre (and similar parish/community halls): UK parish and community halls offering hourly room hire (halls, meeting rooms, sports space) run by volunteer committees. Direct local analogue to Emmanuel Centre in pricing structure (£/hour hire), volunteer staffing and church/community-hub operating model, though not in the same Greater Manchester catchment.

Emerging players

• Groundwork UK: Charitable network operating community and green-space venues with educational and youth programming. Adjacent rather than directly overlapping, but comparable in the community-led, mission-funded facility operator space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emmanuel-centre

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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