KINGSTON WOMEN'S CENTRE

Name

KINGSTON WOMEN'S CENTRE

Legal name

Kingston Women's Centre

Website

https://kingstonwomenscentre.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Counselling Session Fees: Sliding-scale session fees based on income brackets ranging from £20 to £35+ per 50-minute weekly counselling session. Introductory sessions priced at £30-£40 depending on employment status.
2. Room Hire: Rental income from counselling rooms hired to female Counsellors. Priced at £15/hour with minimum 4-week contract, or £20 for one-off bookings.
3. Donations and Grants: Charitable funding from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, and individual donors. Grant funding sometimes available for women unable to afford subsidised rates under a hardship scheme.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kingston Women's Centre (KWC) is a registered charity that delivers low-cost, long-term, in-person counselling services exclusively for women aged 18 and over. Its core service is weekly 50-minute counselling sessions available up to two years, priced on a sliding income-based scale (£20–£35+ per session). The centre also offers a 45-minute introductory session via Zoom, room hire to external female counsellors, and grant-funded hardship sessions for women unable to afford subsidised rates.

Product overview

Kingston Women's Centre operates a single-service counselling organisation offering low-cost, in-person, long-term counselling exclusively for women. The core offering is weekly counselling sessions (50 minutes each) priced on a sliding scale (£20–£35 per session based on income). Services include an introductory video session via Zoom (first step before matching), room rental for external female counselling professionals, and grant-funded hardship sessions for those unable to afford subsidised rates. The centre is a BACP Organisational member with placement counsellors in training supported by an experienced supervisory team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekly Low-Cost, Long-Term Counselling In-person weekly 50-minute counselling sessions available 9am–9pm on the same day and time each week for women 18+. Priced on a sliding scale from £20 to £35+ per session based on income, with sessions able to continue for up to two years to provide long-term support for mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Introductory Session A 45-minute Zoom video session serving as the first step in the counselling journey. Prospective clients share what brought them to counselling, ask questions, and experience what counselling feels like before being matched with an in-person counsellor.
• Counselling Rooms for Private Hire Room rental service for female counselling professionals to conduct one-to-one counselling with their own female clients. Rooms have natural daylight and comfortable chairs, available Fridays all day with limited availability other days.
• Funded Hardship Sessions Grant-funded counselling places for women who cannot afford even subsidised rates. Applications are means-tested and subject to specific criteria set by funding organisations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of women completing counselling report feeling more confident and better able to manage life's challenges and emotions
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PabaucoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party online booking platform used by KWC for scheduling introductory sessions and discovery calls. Enables online self-service booking for clients.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Samaritans: National UK charity offering round-the-clock emotional support. Broad incumbent in the mental health/emotional support space, complementary rather than directly competitive with KWC's long-term counselling model.
• Place2Be: UK charity providing mental health support, primarily in schools. Comparable as a BACP-aligned counselling charity using a placement counsellor model, though serving a different demographic (children/young people).
• Relate: UK-wide counselling charity offering relationship, family, and individual counselling. Comparable as a large established BACP-aligned counselling charity but with much broader national footprint and scope.
• Mind (National Association for Mental Health): England and Wales' largest mental health charity providing information, support, and local counselling services. Broad incumbent in the same mental health support space, with local Mind affiliates offering low-cost counselling similar to KWC.
• Rethink Mental Illness: National UK mental health charity supporting people affected by mental illness with advice, services, and groups. Broad incumbent in mental health support, including local counselling and peer support.

Regional players

• Off the Record (Twickenham): South West London-based charity providing free, confidential counselling and mental health support for young people aged 11-24. Regional peer in the same catchment, though serving a younger demographic.

Direct peers

• Women's Therapy Centre: London-based charity providing low-cost, long-term psychotherapy specifically for women. Closest comparable service in terms of target demographic (women), fee model (sliding scale), and long-duration therapy approach.
• The Awareness Centre: South London charity offering low-cost counselling and psychotherapy on a sliding scale, with a placement counsellor model supervised by experienced clinicians. Directly comparable low-cost, supervised counselling operation.
• WomenCentre (Halifax): UK women's centre providing counselling, wellbeing, and support services for women. Direct peer as a women's-only community organisation offering counselling with charitable funding model.

Emerging players

• Together Women: UK charity supporting women affected by the criminal justice system and facing multiple disadvantage, offering one-to-one support. Comparable as a women-only, grant-funded, community-based support provider with overlap in client profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kingstonwomenscentre1982
• Instagraminstagram.com/kingston.womens.centre
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kingston-women's-centre

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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