Little House of Science

What Little House of Science does

Little House of Science is a London-based STEM enrichment education provider founded in 2014 by three co-founders (Veronika, Elisabeth, Liliana) serving children aged 3-14. It operates an integrated product portfolio across nine lines: Holiday Camps, Weekend STEM Clubs, Live Online Classes, After School Clubs, one-to-one Tutoring, a Schools Programme delivered into nurseries and primary schools, a Home Schooling Programme, Birthday Parties, and a series of published children's science books. Annual reach exceeds 5,000 children, supported by 26 staff across five physical venues in Chelsea, Notting Hill, Hampstead, South Kensington, and Hammersmith, plus a live-online channel delivered over Zoom that enables national reach.

The business model is multi-channel and consumer-led. Holiday camps and birthday parties generate one-off transactional revenue; weekend clubs, after-school clubs, online classes, and home schooling generate term-time subscription-style revenue; tutoring is sold on a quote basis; the schools programme is a B2B professional services line into nurseries and primary schools; and the children's science books represent a small but scalable hardware/royalty stream via Amazon. Curriculum is developed in-house with an interdisciplinary STEM framing and refreshed each term, and delivery is entirely human-tutor led — all teaching staff hold MSc or PhD qualifications in scientific disciplines from UK universities, with enhanced DBS checks, safeguarding, and first-aid certifications. There is no proprietary technology platform; the online channel runs on Zoom.

Operationally the company is bootstrapped with no disclosed funding rounds, relies on reputational and word-of-mouth demand, and uses institutional collaborations (e.g. UCL for a Neuroscience and Genetics Day) and brand partnerships (e.g. Raindance Film Festival, 2025-06) to extend credibility and reach. Ofsted registration provides regulatory standing relevant to parents and schools. The principal growth levers visible in the data are venue density within London, the online/home-schooling channels for non-London parents, B2B school contracts, and the book line.

Name

Little House of Science

Legal name

Little House of Science Limited

Website

https://littlehouseofscience.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Little House of Science is a London-based STEM enrichment education provider founded in 2014, offering holiday camps, weekend clubs, online classes, tutoring, school programmes, and children's science books for ages 3-14 across five London venues and a national online channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's STEM Enrichment Education

NAICS

Educational Services (61), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM & Science Camps (Biology, Chemistry, Space, Lab Science) (EDAMALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hands-on Science Exploration & Experiments (Lab Kits, Science Clubs) (EDAMABAA), Science Tutoring (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth/Environmental) (EDANAAAB), Science & STEM Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAH)

Keywords

• Children's science education
• STEM enrichment programs
• Holiday science camps
• After-school STEM clubs
• School science workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Holiday Science Camps: Week-long and daily science camps offered during school holidays (Easter, Summer, Half-Terms, Christmas). Parents can book full weeks or individual days. Primary revenue driver and most visible offering.
2. Term-Time Classes (Weekend STEM Clubs, After-School Clubs): Weekly recurring science clubs running during school terms. Weekend STEM clubs meet face-to-face; after-school clubs serve schools directly. Recurring revenue from enrolled families across a 12-week term.
3. Live Online Video Classes: Live interactive science classes delivered via Zoom webinars. Parents receive materials lists in advance. Accessible nationally. Can serve as both a standalone product and gateway to in-person camps.
4. School Programmes (Workshops, Assemblies, Science Weeks, In-School Clubs): Little House of Science educators deliver hands-on science sessions within partner schools and nurseries. Revenue generated from school institution contracts, targeting children from age 3 upwards.
5. Science Tutoring: Personalised one-to-one or small group STEM tutoring covering chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. Includes assessment, tailored tutoring plans, and regular progress updates. Positioned as a premium add-on to camps and classes.
6. Science Books for Children: Published science books for children sold through Amazon. Titles include 'This Book is Full of Brains' and 'Brilliant Bodies Inside and Out'. Extends brand reach to retail book buyers and reinforces educational content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Little House of Science delivers hands-on, interdisciplinary STEM enrichment programmes for children aged 3–14, including school-holiday science camps, weekly weekend STEM clubs, after-school clubs, live online video classes via Zoom, one-to-one science tutoring, and an in-school programme of workshops, assemblies, science weeks and outreach. Curriculum is developed in-house and taught by educators with science Master's and PhD qualifications. The company also publishes children's science books sold on Amazon.

Product overview

Little House of Science is a London-based science education company founded in 2014 offering a portfolio of enrichment programmes for children aged 3–14. The core offering comprises Holiday Science Camps (Easter, Summer, Half-Terms, Christmas) with rotating weekly themes; Weekend STEM Clubs; Live Video Classes delivered online via Zoom; After School Clubs; Science Tutoring (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Maths); a Schools Programme (workshops, assemblies, Science Weeks, Outreach); a Home Schooling Programme; and two published science books for children ('This Book is Full of Brains' and 'Brilliant Bodies'). The company also offers Science Birthday Parties as a supplementary offering. All programmes emphasise interdisciplinary, hands-on, project-based learning integrating physics, biology, chemistry, geology, history of science, and art. The company teaches over 5,000 children annually across multiple London locations (Chelsea, Notting Hill, Hampstead) and online.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Holiday Science Camps Hands-on STEM camps offered during school holidays (Easter, Summer, Half-Terms, Christmas) at multiple London locations (Chelsea, Notting Hill, Hampstead) with weekly rotating themes such as Astrophysics, Chemistry, Oceanography, and Junior Medical Explorers. Children aged 5–14 are grouped by age and engage in daily experiments, group projects, and real scientific thinking under a 1:6 teacher-to-child ratio.
• Weekend STEM Clubs Weekly face-to-face science and engineering clubs held on weekends during term time, offering hands-on experiments and project-based learning for children aged 5–14 at locations in Chelsea, Notting Hill and Hampstead.
• Live Video Classes (Online) Interactive live online science classes delivered via Zoom webinars, covering topics in chemistry, physics, biology and more, with materials lists provided in advance. Staff receive extensive Child Safeguarding training and all sessions are cloud-recorded for internal quality purposes, providing nationwide UK access.
• After School Clubs After-school STEM clubs where students work on collaborative projects involving robots, rockets and other scientific concepts, developing essential life skills through hands-on experimentation. Camps operate on a 1:6 presenter-to-child ratio.
• Science Tutoring Personalised one-on-one and small-group STEM tutoring covering Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics, delivered by experienced qualified tutors with assessment, tailored tutoring plans and regular progress updates. Quote-based pricing with a free consultation offered before booking.
• Schools Programme In-school science workshops, assemblies, after-school sessions, Science Weeks and Science Outreach programmes tailored to educational institutions, delivered by well-trained instructors using interactive experiments and demonstrations. Revenue generated from school institution contracts, targeting children from age 3 upwards.
• Home Schooling Programme Science enrichment programmes designed for home-schooled children, providing structured curriculum-aligned and enrichment science education.
• Science Books for Kids Children's science books authored by the Little House of Science founders, including 'This Book is Full of Brains: All Kinds of Brains and How They Work' and 'Brilliant Bodies: Inside and Out — Explore How Every Body Works', sold through Amazon.co.uk to extend the brand to retail book buyers.
• Science Birthday Parties Science-themed birthday party entertainment featuring interactive experiments led by trained science communicators, with a variety of hands-on demonstrations and volunteer participation opportunities for children.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% increase in children's confidence in science abilities (per Science is Elementary research cited by the company)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Raindance Film FestivalminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2025Little House of Science partnered with the Raindance Film Festival (UK's largest independent film festival) to promote environmental documentaries to the parent and family community. The partnership featured three environmental films (The Last of the Whale Shark, Turtle Walker, The Red List) and offered a 15% discount code (RDFF25) to the Little House of Science community. The collaboration targets parents with scientific content through film, creating a community touchpoint rather than a commercial revenue partnership.
• UCL (University College London)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLittle House of Science collaborated with UCL for a Neuroscience and Genetics Day event, featuring UCL experts as guest speakers at their Oceanography Camp. This partnership enhances programme credibility by bringing university-level expertise and real scientists into the classroom environment, differentiating the offering from standard holiday camps.
• Lycée International de Londres Winston ChurchillminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLittle House of Science collaborated with Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill on a science video project with student Lorenzo (Global Kid Lorenzo). The collaboration produced science adventure videos combining creative storytelling with scientific experiments, expanding reach to the school's parent community.
• Turtle FoundationminorOthersLittle House of Science featured the award-winning documentary Turtle Walker and its film crew (Taira Malaney, director; Adith Swaminathan from Turtle Foundation) as guest speakers at their Oceanography Camp. Adith Swaminathan works for Turtle Foundation on sea turtle conservation in Indonesia. The documentary and conservationists were used as educational content to inspire children about oceanography and marine conservation.
• Dakshin FoundationminorOthersAdith Swaminathan, one of the guest speakers at the Oceanography Camp, previously worked for Dakshin Foundation on leatherback turtle research in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2010-2024). While not a formal partnership, his prior work with Dakshin Foundation contributed expertise to the guest speaker session at Little House of Science's camp.
• Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN)minorOthersAdith Swaminathan, guest speaker at the Oceanography Camp, participated in SSTCN conservation efforts in Chennai from the age of 10. While not a formal organisational partnership, this connection illustrates the depth of expertise brought to Little House of Science's programmes.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Engineering for Kids: International STEM enrichment franchise offering after-school clubs, camps, and classes for children aged 4-14. Comparable curriculum structure and target customer segment to LHOS.
• Sublime Science: UK-based provider of science workshops, birthday parties, and school visits targeting primary-age children. Directly comparable service offering, geographic focus, and customer base to Little House of Science.
• Club Scientific: UK STEM enrichment provider delivering after-school science clubs, holiday workshops, and in-school programmes. Directly comparable B2B and B2C model serving primary-aged children across the UK.
• Mad Science: Global STEM enrichment franchise offering in-school workshops, after-school clubs, and holiday camps for children. Most direct competitor in the children's STEM enrichment space, with UK franchise operations overlapping LHOS's product mix and target families.

Regional players

• Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh): Edinburgh-based science discovery centre offering family workshops, school programmes, and Earth science exhibitions. Comparable enrichment offering but focused on Scotland rather than London.
• Science Oxford: Oxfordshire-based science discovery and learning centre running family workshops, school visits, and holiday programmes. Comparable enrichment mission but serves a different UK region than LHOS's London focus.
• Catalyst Science Discovery Centre: Cheshire-based science discovery centre with family workshops, holiday programmes, and school visits. Comparable children's science enrichment mission, but regional UK focus different from LHOS's London base.

Broad incumbents

• Natural History Museum (London): Major London institution offering family sleepovers, school workshops, and holiday activities centred on natural sciences. Overlaps with LHOS biology and geology curriculum content and shared family audience.
• Royal Institution: Historic London science institution offering the famous Christmas Lectures, family workshops, and school programmes. Established incumbent in UK science education with comparable audience and credibility.
• Science Museum (London): Major London science institution running holiday family programming, school workshops, and learning events. Larger incumbent with overlapping audience of science-curious families and schools but broader portfolio beyond children's enrichment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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