Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse

What Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse does

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse is a registered charity (No. 1077564) and company limited by guarantee (Company House No. 03802430) operating from 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4SL. Founded in 2000 and employing approximately 11 staff, the organisation functions as a Multi-Service Youth Hub for central Manchester, primarily serving children and young people aged 7 to 25+. It delivers a free-at-point-of-use portfolio including youth clubs, sports, arts, drama, music, a dedicated youth library, a community wardrobe, and Neighbourhood Health Champion screenings, while co-locating NHS EMERGE's 16-17 Community Mental Health Team, Career Connect, KYSO, ODD Arts, FBB, and the Bahá'í Institute to deliver specialist mental health, careers, creative, and sports programmes under one roof.

The business model is a hybrid of charitable funding and ancillary facility hire. Income is derived from sponsorship, donations, grants, and social value contributions from local businesses (with a Crowdfunding channel now active), supplemented by competitive-rate rental of the sports hall, dance studio, meeting rooms, music studio, art room, outdoor pitch, and courtyard to community groups and organisations. Pricing is not publicly listed but is available via a downloadable pricelist. The go-to-market motion is community-led and walk-in/referral-based, with no digital acquisition engine beyond a basic website and a Twitter account (@MSMPH).

Leadership is led by CEO Lisa Samuels, supported by an Operations Manager, Business & Finance Manager, Youth Work Manager, Neighbourhood Health Coordinator, and a seven-person Board of Trustees chaired by Prof. Erinma Bell, which includes senior cross-sector figures from NHS, MSV Housing Group, ANS, and the child protection sector. The organisation does not own proprietary technology, has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and is governed by a Charity Commission-regulated structure with no parent company or institutional investor.

Name

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse

Legal name

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd

Website

https://msmpowerhouse.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse is a registered charity operating a multi-service youth hub in Moss Side, Manchester, serving children and young people aged 7-25+ with co-located mental health, careers, sports, arts, and library services alongside partner organisations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Community Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

Keywords

• Youth community services
• Multi-service youth hub
• Mental health support
• Careers guidance
• Facility hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

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. Facility Hire: The Powerhouse rents out its sports hall, dance studio, meeting rooms, music studio, art room, outdoor pitch, and courtyard to community groups, organizations, and individuals at competitive rates. This generates recurring rental income. A facilities hire pricelist is available as a downloadable PDF.
2. Charitable Funding (Sponsorship, Donations, Grants, Social Value): As a registered charity (No. 1077564), the organization relies on sponsorship, donations, grant funding, and social value contributions from local businesses. Businesses can sponsor panels, rooms, or events; provide services-in-kind (IT, maintenance, decoration, marketing); or direct sponsorship funds to the charity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse is a registered charity operating a Multi-Service Youth Hub in Moss Side, Manchester. It co-locates its own free programmes (youth activities, community wardrobe, health checks, youth library) and partner-delivered services (NHS mental health, careers advice, arts, music, sports) for young people aged 7-25+. It also generates rental income by hiring out its sports hall, dance studio, meeting rooms, music studio, art room, outdoor pitch, and courtyard.

Product overview

Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse is a Multi-Service Youth Hub offering a comprehensive range of integrated services for young people aged 7-24 in Manchester. The organization operates as a single unified centre combining its own core services (youth activities, community wardrobe, health checks, library, and facilities hire) with partner-delivered programmes (mental health services, career guidance, creative arts, music, and sports). The hub model brings multiple service providers under one roof, including NHS EMERGE, Career Connect, KYSO, ODD Arts, and others, to provide mental health support, careers advice, educational programmes, arts activities, and sports facilities to empower young people to achieve their potential.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Activities Free youth activities for ages 7-18 including drama classes, football, basketball, and junior/senior youth clubs delivered at the Moss Side hub.
• Community Wardrobe
• Neighbourhood Health Champions
• Facilities For Hire
• Powerhouse Library
• NHS EMERGE Mental Health Services
• Career Connect Education and Employment Support
• KYSO Music and Performing Arts
• ODD Arts Creative Programmes
• Youthy Youth Club

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Manchester City Council (MCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManchester City Council is one of the core institutional partners of the Powerhouse, with its logo prominently displayed in the partners section of the website. MCC provides funding, legitimacy, and alignment with local government youth and community strategy for the Moss Side area.
• NHS EMERGE (16–17 CMHT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS EMERGE's 16–17 Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is based at the Powerhouse, providing young person-centred holistic mental health assessments and a range of therapeutic individual and group work interventions from the hub's premises. This co-location is a core element of the Powerhouse's service offering, covering anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating distress, ADHD, ASD, trauma, and identity concerns.
• Career ConnectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCareer Connect operates from the Powerhouse to support young people aged 15–18 into education, employment, and training. They specifically target young carers, SEND individuals, care leavers, youth justice-supervised young people, teenage parents, and those at risk of becoming long-term NEET. The service can be contacted via [email protected] or 0800 0126 606.
• KYSOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKYSO is a Music and Performing Art Agency based in Moss Side, Manchester, with young members aged 13–21 including singers, music artists, contemporary dancers, and DJs. KYSO runs activities at the Powerhouse including Friday night 'Youthy' sessions and events such as Manchester Carnival performances, serving as a key creative partner.
• Bahá'í Institute for Community BuildingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bahá'í Institute offers youth empowerment sessions and educational programmes for people of all backgrounds and ages in Manchester at the Powerhouse. These programmes develop vibrant communities and enhance the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of individuals.
• ODD ARTSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerODD ARTS provides creative activities including Drama, Music Creation, Art, Poetry, and the Spoken Word at the Powerhouse. All projects encourage young people to be expressive, learn new skills, build confidence, and showcase their creations.
• FBB (Football Beyond Borders)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFootball Beyond Borders works with schools and children at risk of exclusion using unique sports programmes, providing multi-sport sessions for ages 8–19 at the Powerhouse alongside the DMSF (D魔S) multi-sport offer.
• TAD360minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTAD360 is the website design and digital services partner for the Powerhouse, credited as the company that designed and powered the organisation's website (msmpowerhouse.org.uk). They are listed as a partner in the website footer.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• The Mix: Digital charity providing information and support for under-25s on mental health, relationships and life issues. Complementary rather than directly competitive, but overlapping beneficiary group and mental health focus.
• StreetGames: UK charity using sport to engage disadvantaged young people aged 14-25. FBB (Football Beyond Borders) operates a similar model from the Powerhouse itself; StreetGames is the broader sector equivalent.

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: National social-services charity running programmes for vulnerable young people including NEET prevention, mental health and youth justice. Comparable target population and outcomes framework.
• UK Youth: National infrastructure body for the youth sector, supporting a network of youth organisations across the UK. Operates in the same youth-work and personal-development mission space as the Powerhouse.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting young people aged 16-25 facing homelessness and unemployment. Overlapping beneficiary profile (vulnerable young people needing mental health, careers and life-skills support) and similar funder base.
• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth-development charity supporting 11-30 year olds into education, employment and training. Comparable NEET-prevention and personal-development mission, though delivered nationally rather than from a single community hub.
• OnSide Youth Zones: National charity that has built and operates a network of 14+ youth zones including HideOut Manchester. Operates the same multi-service youth hub model at scale across the UK; comparable mission and partner model.

Direct peers

• HideOut Youth Zone Manchester (formerly The Factory Youth Zone): Manchester-based youth hub providing co-located sports, arts, music and personal-development activities for young people aged 8-19 (up to 25 with additional needs). Directly comparable operating model and geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/msmpowerhouse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moss-side-millennium-powerhouse

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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