No Limits

What No Limits does

No Limits is a registered charity (Charity No. 1088835) and company limited by guarantee (Company No. 04183173) operating in southern England since 1993, delivering free, confidential advice, counselling, and crisis support to children and young people under the age of 26 across Southampton, Hampshire, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. The organisation runs an integrated service portfolio addressing interconnected issues including mental health (therapeutic support, Safe Haven crisis spaces in Southampton and North East Hampshire, Space 4U on the Isle of Wight, 16-25 Mental Health Transitions), housing and homelessness, sexual health, drug and alcohol misuse (DASH), money, education and employment (Work Club, Individual Placement Support), relationships, family support (Bright Beginnings), special educational needs, and community safety (Detached Team, Mentoring).

The charity's delivery model combines two physical drop-in hubs (an Advice Centre on Southampton High Street open six days a week for over 40 hours, and the Avenue Hub for ages 11-17) with school and college outreach, detached youth work teams operating in community settings, and digital channels including phone (02380 224 224), web chat, and email. The underlying technology stack comprises a secure case management database for service user records, Parker Software's online chat platform (with 180-day data retention and anonymised usage analytics), and Stripe-powered e-commerce for merchandise. The Head Office at 35 The Avenue, Southampton is currently being renovated. Auxiliary products include an online shop, paid-for Alternative Provision for schools, and Facilities Hire at The Avenue.

No Limits is funded through a blend of individual donations via the Limitless Giving regular-giver programme, corporate fundraising, grants from government and commissioning bodies, merchandise sales, and limited revenue from paid-for services. All direct services to young people are provided free of charge, and the organisation is not VAT registered. The charity employs 143 staff, has an active Youth Ambassadors participation programme, and runs Trainee Counsellor and Volunteer Counsellor placement pipelines. Reported impact for FY2024-2025 includes 6,863 young people supported directly or via families/professionals and 9,857 further reached through outreach.

Name

No Limits

Legal name

No Limits (South)

Website

https://nolimitshelp.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Support and Counselling Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Housing Services (62422), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Homeless, Foster Care & Highly Mobile Youth Education Services (EDAJAEAG), Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Youth support services
• Mental health counselling
• Housing homelessness advice
• Charity youth services
• Substance use support

Headquarters

HQ city

Southampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Charity relies on donations from individuals and organisations. Limitless Giving regular giver programme provides recurring donations. Corporate fundraising and general fundraising activities support operations.
2. Government and Commissioned Services: Services are commissioned and funded by grant funding from government and other commissioning bodies. The organisation administers and monitors grant funding for service delivery.
3. Shop Sales: Online shop selling merchandise and products to supporters. Bulk purchases ordered from suppliers on demand.
4. Paid-For Services: Alternative provision services and facilities hire generate some revenue from local authorities and organisations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

No Limits is a registered charity that delivers free, confidential information, advice, counselling and crisis support to children and young people under 26 across Southampton, Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Core services include a six-day drop-in Advice Centre, mental health and wellbeing services (Therapeutic Support, Safe Havens, Space 4U, 16-25 Transitions), housing and homelessness advice, money and benefits advice, sexual health and relationships support, a Drug and Alcohol Support Hub (DASH), education and employment support (Work Club, IPS), family support, SEN support, and detached/community youth work.

Product overview

No Limits is a young people's support charity operating across Southampton, Hampshire, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight, offering a broad portfolio of free, confidential services to people under 26. The core offering is a network of integrated services under one roof: the Advice Centre (a drop-in hub open six days a week), mental health and wellbeing services (Therapeutic Support, Safe Haven Southampton, Safe Haven NEHF, Space 4U on the Isle of Wight, and 16–25 Mental Health Transitions), Relationships & Sexuality, Money advice, Housing & Homelessness support, a Drug & Alcohol Support Hub (DASH), Education & Employment (including Work Club and Individual Placement Support), Family support (including Bright Beginnings), Sexual Health, Special Educational Needs (SEN), Safer Communities (Detached Team and Mentoring), group activities (Our Groups, Board & Video Games Group, Pizza + Opinions forum), and Self-help Resources. The charity also runs Youth Ambassadors participation programmes and Trainee/Volunteer Counsellor programmes. No Limits operates a small online shop and two paid-for services (Alternative Provision for schools and Facilities Hire at The Avenue), alongside a Limitless Giving regular donor programme. Services are delivered in-person at the Advice Centre and The Avenue hub, as well as by phone, web chat, and email.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advice Centre

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,863 young people supported directly or through families/professionals (April 2024-March 2025)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Maxim Pizza & KebabminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 May 2026Local business providing free pizza for the Pizza + Opinions young people's forum sessions, supporting youth engagement activities.
• Rona Sailing ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the DASH (Drug and Alcohol Support Hub) sailing programme. Young people from DASH participated in a five-day sailing trip from Hamble Marina through Yarmouth, Poole, Weymouth to Cowes, with Rona volunteers joining staff.
• Board in the CityminorOthersVenue provider for the new board and video games group for young people in Southampton. Sessions held at Board in the City, Onslow Road.
• Parker SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides the online chat service for No Limits. Data is stored for up to 180 days in their hosting. No Limits records anonymised statistics for chat usage and performance tracking.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing provider for the online shop. Stripe's Consumer Terms of Service apply to all consumers making purchases on the No Limits shop.
• Youth AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmbrella body for organisations like No Limits. No Limits refers young people to Youth Access network when they cannot help due to geography.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Action for Children: National UK children's charity running fostering, family support and mental-health services. Direct peer on family support (Bright Beginnings analogue), SEND work and child/youth social services.
• YoungMinds: UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health. Direct peer on therapeutic support, mental-health crisis response and youth wellbeing advocacy.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless and vulnerable young people aged 16-25 with housing, health and education services. Direct peer on housing & homelessness, multi-issue youth support and drop-in delivery.
• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth charity focused on education, training and employment for disadvantaged 11-30 year olds. Direct peer on Work Club, IPS-style employment programmes and youth transitions support.
• YMCA England & Wales: Large UK charity delivering housing, health and wellbeing, training and family support across communities. Direct peer on youth housing, community-based drop-in support and integrated social services.
• St Giles Trust: UK charity helping disadvantaged people including young people into employment, training and away from the criminal justice system. Direct peer on mentoring, safer-communities work and employment support.
• Catch22: UK social business running education, employability and justice/children's services for vulnerable young people. Direct peer on alternative provision, employment support (IPS analogue) and young-person case management.

Broad incumbents

• Mind: England and Wales mental-health charity. Broad incumbent in mental-health advice and crisis support — overlapping with No Limits' therapeutic support and Safe Havens but serving all adults, not just under-26s.
• NSPCC: UK's leading children's protection charity. Broad incumbent with overlapping child-protection and safeguarding work, but operates at national scale across wider safeguarding and Childline services.
• Shelter: National UK housing and homelessness charity. Broad incumbent in housing advice and homelessness prevention — overlapping with No Limits' housing & homelessness service but serving all ages nationwide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nolimitshelp

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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