Hollings Youth

What Hollings Youth does

Hollings Youth Association is a Community Interest Company (CIC) headquartered in Manningham, Bradford, UK. It was founded in March 2009 and converted to CIC status in June 2019. Its stated mission is the youth development of racially minoritised and economically disadvantaged communities in the local area. There is no proprietary technology product; the organisation's offering is a portfolio of in-person, human-delivered youth services.

The core programme set includes the HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Playscheme, an Employability Programme run in partnership with Inspiring Futures, Youth Focus 2.0, Exploding Health, and structured sports and holiday activities. The organisation is developing a permanent community hub called Palm Cove to consolidate and expand service delivery. Delivery is led by a team of approximately 13 people under Founder/Director Arshad Shah and Director Tausif Mohammed.

The business model is non-commercial. Hollings Youth Association does not sell services to fee-paying customers; it is funded through grants from a defined panel of UK public and charitable funders, including the National Lottery Community Fund, People's Health Trust, Bradford City Council, Manningham Housing, GiveBradford and Join Us Move Play. There is no disclosed revenue, no published pricing, and no commercial go-to-market motion. All growth is gated by grant cycles and funder priorities rather than by customer acquisition.

Name

Hollings Youth

Legal name

Hollings Youth Association CIC

Website

https://hollingsyouth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hollings Youth Association is a Bradford-based Community Interest Company delivering in-person youth development programmes, including playschemes, employability support and health activities, to racially minoritised and economically disadvantaged young people in Manningham.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development Community Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD), Substance Use Prevention & Student Assistance Programs (School-Based) (EDAKAMAJ)

Keywords

• Youth development programs
• Community youth services
• Employability training
• Holiday activities
• Youth organising

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Hollings Youth Association operates as a Community Interest Company (CIC) non-profit organization funded primarily through grants, government funding, and community support. The organization does not generate commercial revenue from its services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hollings Youth Association CIC delivers free community-based youth development programs to young people aged up to 30 from racially minoritised and economically disadvantaged communities in Manningham, Bradford. Core offerings include holiday playschemes with meals, employability training with accredited qualifications, sports and physical activity programs, educational workshops, health and wellbeing interventions, community events, and food parcel support. The organization operates a youth organising methodology in which young people lead identification of issues and collective action.

Product overview

Hollings Youth Association CIC operates as a unified suite of youth services rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization provides community-based programs centered on youth development, including current offerings such as the HAF Playscheme (holiday activities with meals), Employability Program (skills training and qualifications), Youth Focus 2.0 (nitrous oxide awareness), Exploding Health (health interventions), Sports Activities, Holiday Activities, Educational Workshops, Community Events, Food Parcels, and the planned Palm Cove community hub. Past programs include Rise Up (mental health social action), Let's Grow in Covid, TRAILBLAZER, Summer Playscheme, and Sports Works 4 All. All programs share the core mission of supporting personal, social, and civic development of young people in Manningham, Bradford.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HAF Playscheme

Quantifiable outcome

• 176 young people benefited from Rise Up social action project
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Inspiring FuturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor partnership where HYA serves as a delivery partner. Young people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds collectively analyse employment barriers and engage with systems that shape access to good work. This approach informs HYA's youth organising methodology.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• StreetGames: UK charity delivering sport-based youth development in disadvantaged communities. Closest direct comparable to HYA's sports-led youth work model — both use sport and recreation as the delivery mechanism for personal/social outcomes in underserved UK neighbourhoods.
• Youth Sport Trust: National charity using PE and sport to improve young people's wellbeing and attainment. Comparable on the sport-for-youth-development axis that underpins HYA's TRAILBLAZER and Sports Activities programmes.

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: UK social business delivering services for young people including employability and alternative education. Shares HYA's employability-training and disadvantaged-youth focus, with overlapping commissioner relationships.
• The Mix: UK charity providing support and information for under-25s on mental health, money and life issues. Overlaps with HYA's mental health (Rise Up) and life-skills programmes, though delivered digitally/nationally rather than place-based.
• Barnardo's: Major UK children's charity running services across safeguarding, health and youth support. Comparable thematic overlap (children/youth services, community programmes, advocacy) but operates as a national incumbent rather than a hyper-local CIC.
• UK Youth: National membership body for the youth sector in England, supporting a network of youth organisations. Relevant comparator for HYA's youth-organising approach and grant-funded operating model.
• The Prince's Trust: Large UK youth charity focused on employability, education and personal development for disadvantaged 11-30 year olds. Overlaps with HYA's Employability Program and youth development mission, though at materially greater scale and national reach.

Others

• Locality: UK membership organisation supporting community-led organisations including community anchors. Relevant given HYA's CIC structure, community-hub ambitions (Palm Cove) and grant-funded local delivery model.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hollings-youth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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