IN-VOLVE

What IN-VOLVE does

IN-VOLVE is a community hub development project operated by the UK registered charity Foxhill Forum (Charity Number 1093385, Company Number 4132834), delivering accessible multi-purpose facilities to residents of the Foxhill estate in Sheffield. The project was conceived in 2011 through a local consultation programme, funded by a £338,870 capital grant (including £15,000 of revenue funding) from the Big Lottery Fund's Reaching Communities Buildings Programme awarded in September 2013, and built out between February 2014 and a grand opening on 28 November 2014.

The core 'product' is a refurbished building at 31-33 Wolfe Road, Sheffield S6 1BT, comprising six integrated spaces: a ground-floor Healthy Eating Café (commercial kitchen, 20+ covers, Vegware compostable materials, designed as a healthy-eating learning resource), a Family Wellbeing Room, a flexible Activity Hall with a sliding partition, a relocated ICT Suite for computer skills and job-searching, a new ground-floor Main Reception, and the connecting infrastructure of an 8-person lift and internal staircase that made both floors accessible for the first time. There is no software platform, proprietary technology, or digital product; the asset is a physical community facility with energy-efficient building upgrades and accessibility-led design.

The business model is that of a non-profit charity: capital was raised via a one-off restricted public-sector grant, services are delivered to local residents at minimal or no cost, and ongoing operations are funded by a combination of the original £15K revenue allocation, subsequent grant funding (not disclosed in the dataset), and limited in-house café income. The hub is staffed by a 7-person team led by Chief Executive Mark Wilde and Programme Manager Andrew Flockton, and operates from a single location serving a single defined geographic catchment in South Yorkshire.

Name

IN-VOLVE

Legal name

Foxhill Forum

Website

https://in-volve.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IN-VOLVE is a single-site community hub in Foxhill, Sheffield, operated by the charity Foxhill Forum, delivering accessible healthy eating, family wellbeing, activity, and ICT services to local residents via a 2014-refurbished facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Primary revenue from Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Buildings Programme grant. The in-volve project received £338,870 in capital funding including £15K of revenue funding.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IN-VOLVE operates an accessible community hub facility at 31-33 Wolfe Road, Sheffield, providing local residents with a Healthy Eating Café, Activity Hall, Family Wellbeing Room, ICT Suite for computer skills training, and a main reception area. The facility offers community learning resources, health and wellbeing services, and family support programmes, all connected by an 8-person lift and internal staircase for full accessibility.

Product overview

IN-VOLVE is a community hub refurbishment project delivered by Foxhill Forum, not a technology product or software platform. The project transformed an existing building at 31-33 Wolfe Road into an accessible multi-purpose community facility. The integrated offering includes a Healthy Eating Café with commercial kitchen, a Family Wellbeing Room, a refurbished Activity Hall, a relocated ICT Suite, and a new ground floor reception area — all connected by a new 8-person lift and internal staircase. The hub received £338,870 from the Big Lottery Fund's Reaching Communities Buildings Programme and opened in November 2014.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Volve Community Hub
• Healthy Eating Café
• Family Wellbeing Room
• Activity Hall
• ICT Suite
• New Main Reception Area

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Everyone Active: UK leisure operator (under Sports & Leisure Management Ltd) running council-contracted community leisure and wellbeing centres. Comparable to In-volve as an operator of publicly-funded community activity and wellbeing facilities, though at much larger scale.
• YMCA England & Wales: Large UK charity operating community hubs offering health, family, training and wellbeing programmes from local centres. Comparable to In-volve in mission (community wellbeing and family services from a physical hub) though at a national rather than single-site scale.
• GLL (operating as Better): UK charitable social enterprise that operates leisure, sport and community facilities on behalf of local authorities. Comparable to In-volve as a charitable operator of physical community wellbeing infrastructure, though at far greater scale and with a leisure/sport focus rather than family wellbeing and ICT.

Direct peers

• Places Leisure: Non-profit leisure trust running community health, wellbeing and activity facilities for UK local councils. Similar to In-volve in being a non-profit operating a physical community wellbeing asset and delivering access to local residents, although with multi-site operations.
• Groundwork UK: Federation of charities delivering community regeneration, environmental, and wellbeing programmes from local hubs across the UK. Comparable to In-volve as a community-anchored charitable organisation running place-based wellbeing projects in specific neighbourhoods.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/in-volve

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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