Peckham Platform

What Peckham Platform does

Peckham Platform is a UK registered charity (Charity Number 1154301) founded in 2006 by Emily Druiff, operating in Peckham, south London. The organization runs a community-led co-commissioning model that brings local residents together with socially engaged artists to co-produce exhibitions, events, workshops, and multi-year heritage projects. Its core programmes comprise free exhibitions, public events, the Youth Platform for young creatives aged 15-22, school partnerships delivering Arts Awards, and community-led projects such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund-backed 'Memories for the Future' programme (June 2024–March 2026). The organization reaches an audience of 180,000+ annually and collaborates with 448 local co-developers, 72+ artists, and partner institutions including Tate, Horniman Museum, and Frieze London.

Peckham Platform generates no commercial revenue directly; all exhibitions, events, workshops, and programmes are free to attend. The financial model relies on grants from Arts Council England (National Portfolio status held since 2015), the National Lottery Heritage Fund, London Borough of Southwark, United St Saviours, and charitable donations. A £380,000 Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme award (May 2022) is funding a new permanent home on Peckham Square, expected to open in 2027, for which Peckham Platform won the public tender in 2016. The organization currently operates without a permanent venue, delivering activities from The Hub (42 Bonar Road, London SE15 5FB) and across partner sites throughout Peckham.

The leadership team is led by Head of Learning and Community Engagement (Levi Naidu-Mitchell), Head of Creative Programmes (Lucy Atkinson), and a Transformation Lead (Sophie Gregg), supported by a Youth Co-ordinator, Arts Award Advisor, NLHF Project Manager, and a board of trustees including senior figures from Christie's, Tate, the Financial Times, and Hayward Gallery Touring. From a PE/VC/M&A perspective, Peckham Platform is not an investable enterprise in the conventional sense — it is a grant-dependent, mission-driven charity with no equity, no for-profit pivots, and founder-led governance via a board of trustees rather than a shareholder structure.

Name

Peckham Platform

Legal name

Peckham Platform Ltd

Website

https://peckhamplatform.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Peckham Platform is a UK registered charity founded in 2006 that runs a community-led co-commissioning model, producing free exhibitions, events, and youth programmes with socially engaged artists for local Peckham and Southwark residents, schools, and disadvantaged young people aged 15-22.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: As a registered charity (Number 1154301), Peckham Platform relies on donations and funding from Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Southwark Council, and other charitable foundations. All donations go towards running their programme of activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Peckham Platform is a socially engaged art charity that delivers free exhibitions, events, and community-led artistic projects in Peckham, South London. It operates the Youth Platform for young creatives aged 15-22, Learning and Schools Programmes including Arts Awards, and produces downloadable digital resources. Activities are delivered in public spaces, partner venues, and online, all free at the point of access and funded by charitable grants and donations.

Product overview

Peckham Platform is a creative and educational charity operating as a single unified offering focused on social art. The organization brings local communities together with leading artists to co-produce creative projects through a programme consisting of exhibitions, events, community projects, Youth Platform for young people aged 16-22, and learning programmes with schools. Key products include free exhibitions showcasing commissioned artworks, events and workshops, multi-year community-led projects (such as Memories for the Future), the Youth Platform providing progression pathways for young creatives, Arts Awards for schools, and downloadable resources. The organization also maintains a Social Art Map and offers donation opportunities to support its charitable mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Exhibitions Free exhibitions showcasing socially engaged art, featuring commissioned works by artists collaborating with local Peckham communities. Includes outdoor billboard artworks, gallery installations, and public art displayed throughout Peckham.
• Events

Quantifiable outcome

• 448 local people collaborated with to co-develop commissions and programmes in the past year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Integration2 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal founding partner from 2005 that began planning the creation of an accessible cultural space on Peckham Square with London Borough of Southwark.
• Tate ExchangemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham Platform was one of the founding associates of Tate Exchange, collaborating on cultural learning programmes.
• Horniman MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership developed during 2018-2019 off-site programming period.
• Flat-Time HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership developed during 2018-2019 off-site programming period. Supported Youth Platform at GALA Festival 2022.
• Frieze LondonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership developed during 2018-2019 off-site programming period.
• MaximusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Maximus for Memories for the Future project and The Pride of Peckham Mega Banner exhibition. Maximus is a construction and property services company involved in the Peckham Square redevelopment.
• Harris Academy @ PeckhamcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal school partner for Youth Platform and learning programmes, including student involvement in exhibitions like Peckham Promenade.
• Leaders of TomorrowcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerYouth group partner for multiple projects including South London Black Music Archive (2012), Futurama (2010), and Memories for the Future.
• Golden OldiescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommunity partner for Memories for the Future project, working with elders on heritage and oral history programmes.
• Black Heroes FoundationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommunity partner organisation working with Peckham Platform on cultural programmes.
• ArtWork AllianceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNetwork partner organisation in the social art sector.
• Social Art NetworkminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNetwork partner organisation for social art practice and research.
• Southwark Youth Justice ServicecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Youth Platform, delivering creative workshops with young people in the youth justice system. Commissioned Koby Martin mural project.
• South London Refugee AssociationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Youth Platform workshops with young refugees, including Tyreis Holder therapeutic textile workshops and Tyreis Holder Supported Love Reaches All exhibition.
• Inspire WalworthcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for Youth Platform workshops including Meera Shakti Osborne workshops on neighbourhood significance through writing, image-making, and discussion.
• Highshore SEND SchoolcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSEND school partner for Arts Award programmes and creative workshops supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Harris Girls AcademycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSchool partner for Youth Platform and Arts Award programmes.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Create London: A community-focused arts charity working across east London on place-based projects, public art commissions, and creative placemaking. Directly comparable socially engaged art model with strong local community emphasis.
• Battersea Arts Centre: A south London community arts venue hosting co-created productions, scratch performances, and youth programmes. Closely comparable as a south London community arts institution with a strong youth development focus.
• South London Gallery: A public gallery in Camberwell/Peckham offering contemporary art exhibitions and free community engagement programmes. Directly comparable as a south London gallery with strong community programming and education focus.
• Bow Arts: A London-based arts charity providing affordable studio space, learning programmes, and community engagement. Shares the community arts charity model with schools partnerships and youth work.
• Flat-Time House: A south London artist-led space and former Peckham partner. Comparable as a small, place-based socially engaged art organization with a strong community programming model.
• Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts): A London-based visual arts organization focused on artists from culturally diverse backgrounds, with exhibition and learning programmes. Comparable socially engaged art mission with cultural equity focus.

Broad incumbents

• Whitechapel Gallery: A major London public gallery with longstanding free community programmes and education work. Broader scale and historical focus, but with a comparable public-facing community engagement model.
• Serpentine Galleries: A major London public gallery with extensive community, learning, and public art programmes. Broader incumbent scale, but with overlapping commitment to free public access and community co-creation.
• Tate (Tate Exchange): A major national public gallery network that Peckham Platform has partnered with as a founding associate of Tate Exchange. A broader incumbent with overlapping community engagement and learning priorities.

Others

• a-n (Artists' Network): The UK visual arts sector support organization providing resources, advocacy, and networking for artists and arts organizations. Adjacent ecosystem participant supporting the wider socially engaged art field in which Peckham Platform operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/peckhamplatform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peckham-platform-limited

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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