Just Bee Productions (SC046945)

What Just Bee Productions (SC046945) does

Just Bee Productions (SC046945) is a Dundee-based registered charity founded in 2016 that operates a community hub model addressing poverty and social crisis in a single Scottish city. The organisation functions as a de facto crisis centre, open six days per week and reachable by phone seven days, serving approximately 120 adults per week with intersecting issues including food poverty, mental ill-health, addiction, and domestic abuse. Its core delivery combines full-time support workers and part-time therapists with freelance community-arts practitioners, using arts-based activities as a soft-engagement mechanism for individuals described as 'difficult to reach'.

The service mix is holistic and includes one-to-one support, free community lunches three times weekly, a food larder offering eight items for £3, free shower and laundry facilities, arts workshops, and physical fitness activities. The organisation also runs volunteer and short-term sessional employment pathways and is launching a free community counselling service in partnership with Abertay University designed to shorten mental health assessment waiting times. Training services aligned with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS Tayside frameworks (Mental Health First Aid, Ask Tell Workshops, SIPP, Suicide Safety Plans) are delivered via Eventbrite, and the organisation convenes the Say Something Dundee bereavement-awareness partnership alongside Marie Curie, Funeral Link, Dundee VVA, and the University of Dundee.

Commercially, Just Bee Productions is a not-for-profit with no disclosed revenue, funded through charitable grants and donations from a diversified base of partners including The Robertson Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund, Corra, Arnold Clark Community Fund, Northwood Funder, and Dundee Partnership. Pricing is effectively free or near-free at the point of service. Go-to-market is community-led via word-of-mouth, walk-in open-door policy, and partner referrals from on-site health practitioners; marketing relies primarily on Facebook and direct partner networks. The technology base is minimal — a Wix-hosted website plus standard social media — with no proprietary digital platform, app, or AI capability.

Name

Just Bee Productions (SC046945)

Legal name

Just Bee Productions

Website

https://justbeeproductions.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Just Bee Productions is a Dundee-based registered charity operating a community hub that supports 120 adults weekly facing poverty, addiction, mental ill-health, and domestic abuse through free meals, counselling, arts workshops, and crisis services funded by charitable grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dundee, Scotland

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable funding and grants: Funded through charitable grants and donations. Funding partners include The Robertson Trust, Northwood Funder, The National Lottery, Arnold Clark Community Fund, Corra, and Dundee Partnership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Just Bee Productions is a registered charity operating as a de facto crisis centre in Dundee. It provides free or low-cost community support services including a food larder (8 items for £3), free community lunches, free shower and laundry facilities, one-to-one support, arts workshops, physical fitness activities, referrals to partner services, and training programmes, using arts as a soft-engagement tool to reach vulnerable adults described as 'difficult to reach'.

Product overview

Just Bee Productions is a community charity organization offering a range of support services including one-to-one support, free community lunches, a food larder, free shower and laundry services, arts workshops, physical fitness activities, and training services. The organization operates as a de facto crisis center with an open door policy, providing mental health support, addiction assistance, and community engagement programs for individuals and families in Dundee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Larder
• Free Community Lunches
• Free Shower and Laundry Service
• One-to-One Support Service
• Arts Workshops and Creative Activities
• Community Counselling Service
• Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training
• Volunteer and Pathways Employment Programme
• DRYve Live Music Events

Quantifiable outcome

• 120 adults served per week across wide-ranging social issues
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Abertay UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunching a free-to-access community counselling service in partnership with Abertay University which will cut waiting times for initial mental health assessment and assist individuals in making psychologically informed decisions about treatment options.
• NHS Education for ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining frameworks aligned with NHS Education for Scotland's Mental Health Improvement and Prevention of Self-Harm & Suicide guidance. Using Ask Tell Facilitated Workshops and Supporting People in Distress and Crisis training developed by NHS Education for Scotland & Public Health Scotland.
• NHS TaysidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffering Suicide Intervention & Prevention Programme (SIPP) & Suicide Safety Plan Training developed by NHS Tayside as part of their training offer.
• Funeral LinkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Say Something Dundee steering group - a partnership project to make conversations around death, dying, loss and care easier through campaigns, workshops, and discussions.
• Marie CurieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Say Something Dundee steering group alongside Funeral Link, Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action and University of Dundee.
• Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Say Something Dundee steering group alongside Funeral Link, Marie Curie and University of Dundee.
• University of DundeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Say Something Dundee steering group alongside Funeral Link, Marie Curie and Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Crisis UK: UK-wide homelessness charity providing housing, education, and wellbeing services for people in crisis. Comparable on crisis support and recovery pathways, but operates at national scale rather than Dundee-only community hub.
• YMCA Scotland: Federation of community-based YMCAs across Scotland delivering youth work, housing support, and wellbeing programmes. Overlaps with Just Bee's community hub, food support, and pathways activities, but at multi-site scale.
• Shelter Scotland: National housing and homelessness charity with significant Scottish operations. Overlaps with Just Bee on poverty, domestic abuse, and crisis intervention, but operates at scale and policy level rather than single-city hub delivery.

Direct peers

• Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH): Scotland's largest mental health charity delivering community-based support, advocacy, and training. Comparable to Just Bee's mental health focus and its NHS-aligned training programmes (e.g. Mental Health First Aid).
• Impact Arts: Scottish charity using arts and creativity to engage vulnerable young people and adults, including those facing poverty, mental health, and addiction challenges. Closest direct comparable to Just Bee's arts-based soft-engagement hub model in Scotland.
• Cyrenians: Scottish charity tackling homelessness, addiction, and social exclusion through integrated frontline services. Comparable operational model combining practical support, food programmes, and one-to-one engagement for crisis-affected adults.
• Penumbra: Scotland-wide mental health and wellbeing charity delivering person-led support and community-based services. Directly comparable in addressing mental ill-health and recovery through community engagement rather than purely clinical settings.
• The Pyramid at Anderston: Glasgow-based arts and community charity providing a welcoming space and creative programmes for people affected by addiction, homelessness, and social exclusion. Highly comparable hub-and-arts model serving overlapping client cohorts.
• Turning Point Scotland: Major Scottish social care provider offering recovery-focused mental health, addiction, and homelessness services. Comparable in target population (addiction, mental ill-health, crisis) and integrated support model.

Others

• Help Musicians UK: UK charity supporting musicians' mental health, finances, and recovery. Listed as an existing strategic funding partner for Just Bee's DRYve programme, making it a thematic peer and ecosystem collaborator rather than a direct service competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/justbeeproductions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/just-bee-productions-dundee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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