RAF Cosford

What RAF Cosford does

RAF Cosford is a community information microportal operated under the 2day Microportal platform (forcescosford.2day.uk), serving RAF Cosford military personnel, their families, and residents of the Albrighton area in Staffordshire, UK. The site aggregates hyperlocal content including a business directory (shops, restaurants, accommodation, services, trades), schools, churches, sports clubs, events calendars, local news, emergency contacts, and RAF-specific resources (2497 Sqn ATC, 633 VGS, RAF Museum Cosford, DCAE Cosford). The platform is built on 2day's web-based microportal technology and functions as a directory-plus-community-news site rather than a software product.

The business model is advertising-led, offering self-serve subscription ad placements priced by impression volume. Ten pricing tiers range from £38/year for up to 10,000 impressions to £1,150/year for 30 million+ impressions, with optional add-ons for logos (+15%), priority page position (+15%), double-size adverts (+60%), and monthly reports (+5%). A UK-wide advertising tier (£650/year, 9.5M+ impressions) allows advertisers to extend reach beyond the local WV7 postcodes. The site lists no enterprise customers, no partnerships, and no disclosed financial metrics.

The entity is privately held and operated by 2day ([email protected]), with no disclosed parent company, funding history, or management team. The website carries a 'Would you like to own this Microportal website?' prompt, signaling that the operator is actively seeking to divest the asset. Operating scope is limited to the Albrighton and surrounding Staffordshire geography, with no global footprint, no API or SDK offering, no mobile app, and no disclosed AI, data, or technology differentiation beyond the 2day platform template.

Name

RAF Cosford

Website

https://forcescosford.2day.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RAF Cosford is a 2day Microportal community information portal serving RAF Cosford military personnel, families, and Albrighton/Staffordshire residents with local news, events, business directory listings, and subscription-based local advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RAF Cosford is a community information portal website (a 2day Microportal) that aggregates local news, events, business directory listings, schools, accommodation, restaurants, churches, sports clubs, and RAF Cosford base information for the Albrighton and Staffordshire area. The portal monetizes through tiered annual advertising subscriptions sold to local businesses, with postcode-based targeting across WV7 postcodes and the wider Staffordshire region.

Product overview

RAF Cosford operates as a community information portal website powered by the 2day Microportal platform. The site provides local news, events, services, and information for the RAF Cosford military base area, specifically serving the Albrighton community in Staffordshire and the WV7 postcode area. The portal aggregates local resources including accommodation, restaurants, schools, businesses, RAF-related content, welfare services, sports information, and local directory services. The platform is monetized through local advertising and sponsored listings rather than a software product offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 2day Microportal: Community information portal platform serving local areas including RAF Cosford and Albrighton
• Forces RAF Cosford Community Information Portal

Products and services

• Forces RAF Cosford Community Information Portal
• Tiered Local Advertising Subscriptions

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Yelp: Global local business directory and review platform monetised through advertising and promoted listings to local SMBs. Similar directory + paid local advertising model, though operating at city/category scale rather than at hyperlocal micro-catchments like the WV7 area.
• Yell: UK's leading local business directory, monetised through paid advertising placements and digital marketing services to SMBs. Comparable business model (directory of local services + tiered SMB advertising), but operates across the entire UK rather than a single catchment area.

Regional players

• Shropshire Star: Regional newspaper covering Shropshire (which includes Albrighton and WV7), providing local news, listings, and advertising for the same geographic market. Competes for the same local SMB advertising wallet and local reader attention, though distributed via print + general regional news rather than base-specific curation.

Direct peers

• Nextdoor: Hyperlocal community platform connecting neighbours and local businesses within defined geographic boundaries. Conceptually the closest analog to RAF Cosford's portal, operating the same model of curated local information and SMB advertising at a postcode level — though at vastly greater scale and across general residential catchments rather than a military base.

Others

• Forces.net: British Forces Broadcasting Service online platform providing news, entertainment, and community content for UK military personnel and families. Targets a closely overlapping audience (UK armed forces community) but delivers editorial/broadcast content rather than local directory and SMB advertising.
• Defence Gateway: Official MOD digital platform providing service personnel and families with welfare, employment, housing, and community information. Targets the same military family audience with similar content categories (housing, schools, services), though operated as a government service rather than an advertising-supported commercial portal.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raf-cosford

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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