Gillingham Street angels

What Gillingham Street angels does

Gillingham Street Angels (GSA) is a volunteer-driven, grassroots registered charity (No. 1184311) founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chatham, Kent, UK. The organization delivers a portfolio of charitable services to individuals in the Medway area experiencing homelessness, financial hardship, and food poverty. Its service portfolio comprises food parcel distribution via the Gillingham Hub, a volunteer-run cafe, warehouse and sorting operations for donated household goods, a health and wellbeing support programme addressing physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, pet support services, and a social activities programme. GSA explicitly positions itself as a one-stop-shop, offering holistic and integrated support across multiple vulnerabilities rather than single-issue intervention.

The charity operates without any disclosed proprietary technology; its digital footprint is limited to a WordPress-based website, online donation portals (GoFundMe, PayPal, Charity Aid Foundation), and SMS-based text donations via shortcode 70085 with £1–£10 price points and Gift Aid eligibility. Its revenue model is entirely donation-based, drawing on individual giving (one-time and recurring), corporate charitable giving (marketed as a tax-offset mechanism), and small-ticket text donations. There are no products, services, or paid offerings sold to beneficiaries; the customer base consists of beneficiaries receiving free support, not paying customers.

GSA's operational reach is anchored by physical infrastructure — a head office, a foodbank distribution hub, a warehouse, a cafe, and refrigerated vans for surplus food collection — supported by a network of volunteers and partnerships with Medway Council, Print On ANYTHING, and L&P Commercials. Geographic scope is single-country and single-region: services are concentrated in Medway, Kent, with no evidence of multi-region UK or international operations. The organization employs 9 staff and is dependent on volunteer labor for service delivery at scale.

Name

Gillingham Street angels

Legal name

Gillingham Street Angels

Website

https://thestreet-angels.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gillingham Street Angels is a volunteer-driven UK charity (founded 2018) operating in Medway, Kent, that delivers food parcels, wellbeing support, household goods, pet support, and social activities to people experiencing homelessness, financial hardship, and food poverty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Community Support Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

Keywords

• Homeless support services
• Food bank assistance
• Community charity support
• Poverty relief services
• Welfare outreach programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Gillingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and regular donations from individuals via multiple channels including text messaging, GoFundMe, PayPal, and Charity Aid Foundation. Gift Aid eligible donations can increase value by 25%.
2. Corporate Charitable Giving: Businesses can offset tax through charitable giving by supporting the charity.
3. Text Donations: SMS-based donations at £1, £2, £5, or £10 per text message.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gillingham Street Angels is a grassroots charity providing direct, volunteer-led support services to vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness, financial hardship, and food poverty in the Medway area of Kent, UK. Core offerings include food parcel distribution, household goods provision, a volunteer-run café, warehouse and donation sorting, pet support services, social activities, and a holistic health and wellbeing programme addressing physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.

Product overview

Gillingham Street Angels is a grassroots charity offering a portfolio of community support services focused on addressing homelessness, financial hardship, and food poverty in Medway. The organization operates as a unified charitable service with multiple interconnected programmes: food parcel distribution through the Gillingham Hub, a volunteer-run cafe, warehouse and sorting operations for donated goods, pet support services, health and wellbeing support, and social activities programmes. These services are delivered holistically through volunteer engagement, functioning as a one-stop-shop for community members facing multiple vulnerabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Parcel Distribution
• Health and Wellbeing Support Programme
• Gillingham Hub Cafe
• Warehouse and Sorting Operations
• Pet Support Services
• Social Activities Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of homeless people helped each week

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Medway CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedway Council is a key partner that provides great support to Gillingham Street Angels, including support for the charity's operations and initiatives in the Medway area.
• Print On ANYTHINGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner who received favour from L&P Commercials to obtain a refrigerated van for surplus food collections. Print On ANYTHING facilitated the acquisition of a commercial vehicle for evening food collection operations.
• L&P CommercialsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommercial vehicle supplier in Rochester who gave a generous reduction to enable Print On ANYTHING to afford a refrigerated van for GSA's food collection operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Trussell Trust: National UK food bank network operating hundreds of foodbanks; directly comparable to GSA's food parcel distribution service, though at vastly greater scale and with a more centralized operating model.
• Crisis: National UK charity dedicated to ending homelessness; comparable as it targets the same vulnerable population as GSA but offers services across education, housing, and campaigning rather than direct local welfare provision.
• Citizens Advice: National UK advice network helping people with welfare benefits, debt, and hardship; comparable as GSA offers navigation of healthcare systems—Citizens Advice operates a far broader, advice-only service model.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless young people with housing, health, and learning services; comparable through its focus on homelessness and holistic support but specialized to youth rather than GSA's all-age, all-vulnerability approach.
• Shelter: Leading UK homelessness charity providing advice, support, and advocacy; comparable as it serves overlapping beneficiary populations (people experiencing homelessness and housing hardship) but operates nationally with broader scope than GSA's grassroots model.

Direct peers

• Emmaus UK: Federation of UK communities supporting people out of homelessness through companionship, accommodation, and work; comparable grassroots, community-led charity model that combines direct service with social enterprise elements.
• FoodCycle: UK charity combining surplus food with community volunteers to serve nutritious meals to those facing food poverty; comparable model of community-led food redistribution serving people experiencing hardship.
• Feeding Britain: UK alliance tackling hunger and food poverty through local partnerships; comparable focus on community-led, hyperlocal responses to food insecurity and hardship.
• The Bread and Butter Thing: UK charity redistributing surplus food via community hubs at low cost to members; comparable model combining surplus food collection with community-level distribution for people experiencing financial hardship.

Others

• Charity Aid Foundation (CAF): UK charity providing donation and grant-making infrastructure; not a peer competitor but a donor channel GSA uses, relevant as a comparable operating environment for charity fundraising services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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