Nourish Hub

What Nourish Hub does

Nourish Hub is a community food hub operated by UKHarvest (Registered Charity No. 1171916) and located in Shepherd's Bush, West London, approximately five minutes from Shepherd's Bush station and Westfield. It opened in 2022 to address social isolation, food insecurity, and food waste in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, combining a daily café, external catering, a Community Pantry, food rescue collection, space hire, and a structured education programme under the NOURISHed sub-brand. The operating model is built on surplus food sourced through UKHarvest's redistribution network and supplemented by in-house hydroponic growing towers; UKHarvest reports having rescued 4,008 tonnes of surplus edible food (equivalent to 9.5 million meals) since 2017 and runs 15 additional Community Food Hubs across West Sussex.

The Hub's product surface spans roughly ten lines: the NOURISHed Cookery School (Introduction to Cooking courses, Chop and Chat sessions, bespoke SEND provision such as the Jack Tizard School course, and corporate workshops); a daily community lunch service; external catering (vegetarian buffets from £12 per head, pre-packaged salads at £14.40, baked goods from £3.60); Space Hire of a meeting room (£40/hr), main space (£100/hr, 56 seated / 110 standing), and training kitchen (£120/hr); the Community Pantry (£5 donation for ~£25 / ~10kg of rescued food, no referral required); Cooking For a Cause corporate team building; Food Donation collection; a Volunteer Programme; the Winter Warm Hub; and donations (including Gift Aid). Pricing is uniformly pay-as-you-go or pay-what-you-can, with no enterprise SaaS or subscription layer.

The business model is a hybrid social enterprise: trading revenue (catering, café, space hire) is reinvested into charitable services, while donations, Gift Aid, corporate partnerships (notably a new 2026 partnership with The Hoxton Shepherd's Bush and an operational partnership with Grosvenor Services from April 2025), local-authority support (Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council), and grants from trusts (A2Dominion, Boltini Trust, Ferry Farm, Selsey's Beacon Church, Ludlow Trust, Basil Shippam and Alsford Trust, H&F Green Investment) cover the funding gap. Distribution is community-led through the Shepherd's Bush site, Eventbrite, partner referrals, social media, and email; customer segments span local residents (primary), corporates, schools, food donors, and Family Hubs / debt-advice partners. The team comprises approximately six paid staff plus six regular volunteers, and in May 2026 founder Yvonne Goodman stepped down as CEO with Lauren Stoner appointed interim COO.

Name

Nourish Hub

Legal name

UKHarvest LTD

Website

https://nourishhub.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nourish Hub is a London-based community food charity (operated by UKHarvest) in Shepherd's Bush that combines a daily café, rescued-food catering, Community Pantry, space hire, and NOURISHed cookery education to tackle food insecurity and waste for Hammersmith and Fulham residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food Services (624210), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Emergency Services (BPAGAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Waste Reduction & Diversion Services (Donation, Animal Feed, Source Reduction Programs) (EUAIAEAH), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Food rescue charity
• Community meals service
• Cooking education programs
• Surplus food redistribution
• Community kitchen space

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Food Sales (Café and Catering): Revenue from café meals and external catering services. All money spent goes back into community projects and mission to eliminate food waste and hunger.
2. Space Hire: Hire of meeting rooms, main space, and training kitchen to individuals and organisations. Revenue reinvested into charitable services.
3. Donations and Grants: Monetary donations from individuals and corporate partners, Gift Aid scheme participation, and grant funding from local government and foundations.
4. Education Programs: Free cookery courses and nutrition education for local residents, funded through donations and partnerships.
5. Corporate Partnerships: Partnership revenue through donations, optional add-ons (e.g., £1 on bill at Chet restaurant at The Hoxton), and volunteer program contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Nourish Hub operates a community kitchen and food rescue redistribution centre in Shepherd's Bush that serves affordable meals made from surplus food, delivers free cookery and nutrition education through its NOURISHed programme, operates a fortnightly Community Pantry for low-cost food access, provides external catering, and hires out its meeting rooms, main event space, and training kitchen. All revenue is reinvested into charitable community services that tackle food insecurity and food waste in the Hammersmith & Fulham area.

Product overview

Nourish Hub is a community centre operated by UKHarvest (Registered Charity Number 1171916) offering a multi-faceted portfolio of food-related services. The core offerings include: NOURISHed Cookery School providing food education and cooking courses; Community Meals serving rescued food to residents; Community Pantry offering affordable food access; Catering as a social enterprise; Space Hire of meeting and training kitchen facilities; and Cooking For a Cause corporate team building experiences. The organisation also accepts food donations and runs a volunteer programme. All revenue-generating activities (café, catering, space hire) fund the charitable community services, creating a symbiotic model that combines food rescue, community support, and education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NOURISHed: UKHarvest and Nourish Hub's cookery school where people learn to cook simple yet delicious healthy meals that are budget-friendly whilst learning how to fight food waste.

Products and services

• NOURISHed Cookery School A cookery school teaching local residents, schools, and businesses to cook healthy, affordable, and delicious food while supporting reduction of food waste. Includes Introduction to Cooking courses, Chop and Chat sessions, nutrition workshops, and bespoke SEND projects.
• Community Meals Daily in-person lunch service serving wholesome meals made from rescued food to the local community, with revenue reinvested into community projects.
• Catering External catering service providing homemade baked goods (from £3.60 per item), vegetarian buffets (from £12 per person, min 20, max 80), and pre-packaged salad boxes (£14.40 per box) made from rescued and seasonal produce for corporate clients and events.
• Space Hire Venue hire of accessible meeting room (from £40 per hour, up to 16 people), main event space (from £100 per hour, 56 seated / 110 standing), and state-of-the-art training kitchen (from £120 per hour, suitable for 12 people with 5 hobs and 6 ovens). Includes WIFI, TV screen, private entrance, and optional catering add-ons.
• Cooking For a Cause Corporate team building experience where teams work alongside in-house chefs and nutritionists to prepare meals for vulnerable community members, combining CSR engagement with food waste education.
• Community Pantry Fortnightly food pantry where visitors receive approximately £25 worth of rescued food (~10kg, including fresh produce, protein, and store-cupboard staples) for a £5 suggested donation. No referral required.
• Winter Warm Hub Seasonal extension of opening hours under the Warm Welcome campaign providing free refreshments, Sip and Stitch workshops, Boardgames Club, and Shared Reading sessions during winter months.

Quantifiable outcome

• 642 people engaged with face-to-face food education in last financial year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Hoxton (Shepherd's Bush)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2026Chosen charity partnership where guests can donate through optional £1 on bill at Chet restaurant. Hotel staff will volunteer at the Hub and help raise awareness about Nourish Hub's work with visitors, customers, and staff.
• Hammersmith Community Garden Association (HCGA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Long-standing collaboration for garden projects. HCGA conducted the forecourt garden build at Nourish Hub, planting edible, sensory, and pollinator-friendly plants.
• Grosvenor ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Operational support partner providing staff and volunteer uniforms, deep cleans, facilities work, and donated a van for the Community Food Hub. Grosvenor Services has contributed operational support equivalent to thousands of pounds in services and equipment, directly strengthening programmes that tackle food insecurity and reduce waste locally.
• Hammersmith & Fulham Borough CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong partnership supporting Nourish Hub operations. Supported the opening of Nourish Hub in Shepherd's Bush in 2022 as part of recognition of social isolation and the need to enable communities to build capacity.
• UKHarvestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent charity that operates Nourish Hub. UKHarvest is a registered charity (Number 1171916) founded in 2017 by Yvonne. Provides rescued food supply chain, education framework (NOURISHed), and organisational support.
• LendleaseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner that continues to support Nourish Hub's mission, mentioned as part of network of partners that expand UKHarvest's reach from food donors to local government.
• Family HubsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily support organisation partnering to provide information and services at Nourish Hub events.
• Step ChangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDebt advice charity providing information at Nourish Hub community events.
• OVO EnergyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy company national community roadshow providing energy advice and practical support including light bulbs, electric blankets, and solar panel batteries.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• OzHarvest: Australia's leading food-rescue charity, explicitly cited as the inspiration for UKHarvest and Nourish Hub. Operates rescued-food redistribution plus education (Think.Eat.Save) at national scale, serving as the conceptual and operational benchmark.
• The Trussell Trust: UK-wide network of food banks providing emergency food parcels to people in crisis. Different delivery model (parcel vs. communal meal) but addresses overlapping food-insecurity beneficiaries and competes for similar donor and council funding.
• FareShare: UK's largest food-redistribution charity, redistributing surplus food to a nationwide network of charities and community groups. Directly comparable to UKHarvest/Nourish Hub's food-rescue mission but operating at significantly larger national scale.

Direct peers

• The Felix Project: London-based food redistribution charity that rescues surplus food and delivers it to charities and schools. Same London geography and food-rescue model as Nourish Hub, with overlapping partners and beneficiaries.
• The Bread and Butter Thing: UK charity providing low-cost surplus food through community membership hubs. Operates a low-cost membership-pantry model similar to Nourish Hub's Community Pantry, with comparable dignity-based, no-required-referral access.
• City Harvest London: London food-rescue charity collecting surplus food from suppliers and delivering it free to charities serving people in need. Closely mirrors Nourish Hub's surplus-to-community-meals model within the same city.
• FoodCycle: UK charity that combines surplus food with community volunteers to cook free meals for people facing food poverty. Comparable model of rescued-food community meals plus volunteer-driven kitchen operations across multiple UK locations.

Others

• WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme): UK charity working on food waste reduction, sustainability, and circular-economy initiatives. Not a direct food-redistributor but a key ecosystem actor and funder/partner for food-waste reduction programmes like Nourish Hub's rescued-meals model.
• Sustainable Restaurant Association: UK membership organisation helping restaurants reduce waste and source sustainably. Relevant adjacent peer given Nourish Hub's rescued-produce catering offering targeting corporate and event clients with sustainability mandates.
• Hubbub Foundation: UK environmental charity running food-waste and community projects including community fridges and surplus-food initiatives. Operates adjacent food-rescue and behaviour-change programmes that overlap with Nourish Hub's education and waste-reduction work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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