What Switch Up does

Switch Up is a registered charitable nonprofit organisation based in Nottinghamshire, England, delivering community-based social support services through two physical hubs: the Nottingham School of Boxing and the Mansfield School of Boxing. The organisation serves individuals facing life challenges — including people at risk of criminal involvement, those struggling with mental or physical health, individuals disengaged from mainstream education, and those needing employment pathways — within local Nottinghamshire communities.

Its service model is organised around a "Five Pillars" framework comprising Mentoring, Physical Activity, Counselling, Education, and Employment, delivered one-to-one or in small groups and supplemented by additional service lines such as Crime Prevention, Schools partnerships, Alternative Education, Consultancy, and Speaking Events. The underlying "technology" is operational rather than digital: in-person programmes delivered by staff with lived experience, physical training facilities, and referral pathways coordinated through schools, local businesses, and a website-based referral form.

Switch Up generates revenue through individual donations collected via the Donorbox platform, corporate partnerships (Henry Brothers is publicly named), high-profile patron advocacy (Vicky McClure, Torvill & Dean, Darren Fletcher, Des Walker, Leigh Wood), and likely charitable grants. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries. The organisation has no disclosed financial figures, headcount, funding rounds, or audited accounts, and operates as an independent entity with no parent company.

Name

Switch Up

Legal name

Switch Up

Website

https://marcellusbaz.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Switch Up is a Nottinghamshire-based UK charity that delivers free mentoring, physical activity, counselling, education, and employment support through community hubs in Nottingham and Mansfield for individuals facing life challenges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Interagency Coordination & Case Management (VR, DD, Medicaid Waivers) (EDAKANAM)

Keywords

• Community support services
• Youth mentoring programs
• Mental health counselling
• Alternative education services
• Boxing training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: Switch Up generates revenue through individual donations (facilitated via Donorbox platform), corporate partnerships, and likely grant funding from government and charitable foundations. The organization operates as a registered charity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Switch Up is a charitable nonprofit organization providing free community-based support services to individuals facing life challenges in Nottinghamshire, England. Its core offering is the "Five Pillars" approach — Mentoring, Physical Activity, Counselling, Education, and Employment — delivered through two community hubs (the Nottingham School of Boxing and the Mansfield School of Boxing) and via partnerships with schools and local businesses. Services are provided at no cost to beneficiaries and funded by donations, grants, and partner contributions.

Product overview

Switch Up is a charitable organization offering a portfolio of interconnected social services built around its Five Pillars approach: Mentoring, Physical Activity, Counselling, Education, and Employment. The organization operates two community hubs—the Nottingham School Of Boxing and Mansfield School Of Boxing—which serve as physical locations for delivering boxing programs and broader support services. Additional service areas include Crime Prevention, Schools partnerships, Alternative Education, Consultancy, and Speaking Events. Services are delivered through one-to-one mentoring, group programs, and partnerships with local businesses to create pathways into employment. This is not a technology product platform but a community-based support organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nottingham School Of Boxing: Boxing school operated by Switch Up in Nottingham, part of the organization's physical activity and mentoring programs.
• Mansfield School Of Boxing

Products and services

• Mentoring One-to-one, consistent mentoring built on trust, providing beneficiaries a long-term relationship with someone who listens and helps them challenge what is holding them back. Delivered as part of the Five Pillars approach at Switch Up's Nottingham and Mansfield community hubs.

Segments1 record

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.

• Henry BrothersminorOthersCorporate partner displayed in the partners section of the website. Henry Brothers is shown as a supporting partner of Switch Up's mission to help people overcome life's challenges.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Forward Trust: UK charity supporting people in recovery from addiction and those in the criminal justice system through housing, employment, and wellbeing services. Comparable to Switch Up's combined counselling, education, and employment pathway model for disadvantaged populations.
• Catch22: UK social-services charity working with young people and vulnerable adults across education, employment, justice, and wellbeing. Closely comparable to Switch Up's crime-prevention and Five Pillars integration, though Catch22 operates at significantly greater national scale.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless and disadvantaged young people with housing, education, training, and employment support. Comparable beneficiary segment and integrated support approach, though focused specifically on housing-insecure youth.
• Chance UK: UK charity delivering long-term one-to-one mentoring to children and families facing disadvantage in London. Closely comparable to Switch Up's mentoring pillar and lived-experience framing, though smaller and regionally focused on London.
• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth charity delivering mentoring, education, training, and employment support to disadvantaged 11–30 year-olds. Highly comparable to Switch Up's target population, geographic focus on the UK, and integrated youth-support model, but operates at national scale.
• St Giles Trust: UK charity supporting ex-offenders and disadvantaged individuals through advice, training, and employment pathways. Directly comparable to Switch Up's crime-prevention pillar, lived-experience peer-led approach, and focus on moving beneficiaries into work.
• Redthread: UK charity embedding youth workers in hospitals and schools to support young people affected by violence and exploitation. Comparable to Switch Up's crime-prevention and schools-partnership service areas, with overlapping trauma-informed methodology.
• Spark Inside: UK charity using coaching and peer-led support to help prison leavers and at-risk young people transition into education and employment. Comparable to Switch Up's employment pillar, crime-prevention positioning, and lived-experience peer workforce.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA England & Wales: Large established UK community organization providing youth work, housing, health, and wellbeing services nationally. Comparable to Switch Up's community-hub model and Five Pillars-style integration, but as a much broader incumbent spanning many social-service categories.
• Mind: Major UK mental health charity providing advice, support, and counselling services nationally. Comparable to Switch Up's counselling pillar and mental-health beneficiary need, though Mind operates as a national advocacy and service incumbent rather than a community-embedded provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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