SOPER HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

What SOPER HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD does

Soper Hall Community Centre Ltd is a UK registered charity (Charity no: 1147266) and private limited company (Company no: 07452019) operating a single multi-space venue hire business in Caterham, Surrey, located on Harestone Valley Road. The venue is housed in a historic 1911 building originally constructed as Council Offices for the Caterham Urban District Council and named after William Garland Soper (1837–1908), "The Father of Modern Caterham." The building transitioned to community ownership in 2012 when the Board of Trustees took it over; it is now run entirely by a volunteer board of trustees/directors and dedicated local volunteers, with no paid headcount disclosed beyond a 1–10 employee band.

The core offering is hourly rental of four distinct spaces: Memorial Hall (capacity 100 seated / 130 standing), Conference Hall (50 seated / 80 standing), Garland Hall (40 capacity), and the Lavender Room (basement meeting room, weekdays only). Multi-room bundles and a whole-venue weekend package are also offered, alongside wedding ceremonies (Memorial Hall and Conference Hall are licensed for civil marriages), corporate events, party hire, a regular program of clubs and classes (fitness, dance, theatre), ticketed entertainment (monthly comedy via House of Standup, monthly live music via Surrey Rhythm and Blues), and a recently added first-floor office rental (160 sq ft, 2–3 desks). Pricing is pay-as-you-go, ranging from £15/hour (Lavender Room, weekday) to £85/hour (whole venue, weekend). The technical platform is a standard website with an integrated booking system, event calendar, and contact forms — no proprietary technology, integrations, or AI/ML components.

Soper Hall serves a horizontal mix of customer segments: wedding couples, party organizers, local community groups and clubs, corporate and business hirers, and entertainment seekers. Discovery is driven primarily by the website, a mailing list, TripAdvisor, and word-of-mouth within the local volunteer network; ticketed events are also sold via buytickets.at. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with self-serve online booking supplemented by phone (01883 340678) and email ([email protected]) inquiry. Revenue streams comprise hall hire, donations, and a small recurring office rental; the organization is self-funding with no institutional investors, parent company, or external funding rounds on record. Geographic scope is single-country, focused on Caterham and the surrounding Surrey/Greater London catchment within easy reach of the M25 Junction 6 and Caterham station.

Name

SOPER HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

Legal name

SOPER HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

Website

https://soperhall.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SOPER HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD operates a historic, volunteer-run community venue in Caterham, Surrey, hiring out four halls (Memorial, Conference, Garland, Lavender) plus a small office for weddings, parties, corporate events, classes, and ticketed entertainment serving local community groups and the wider Surrey/South London catchment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Venue Hire

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHAAAI

Multi-Purpose Event Halls & Community Centers

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Conference & Convention Venues (Convention Centers, Civic Centers)

Keywords

• Community venue hire
• Event space rental
• Wedding venue services
• Meeting room hire
• Charitable venue operations

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Venue Hire: Hourly rental of hall spaces including Memorial Hall, Conference Hall, Garland Hall, and Lavender Room for various events including weddings, parties, corporate meetings, and community activities. Weekend and weekday rates apply with multi-room discounts available.
2. Donations: Soper Hall is a registered charity accepting donations from the public to help keep the venue alive and thriving at the centre of Caterham's community.
3. Office Space Rental: First floor office space available for rent at approximately 160 sq ft, accommodating 2-3 people desks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Soper Hall Community Centre operates as a multi-space community venue hire business offering four distinct rentable halls (Memorial Hall, Conference Hall, Garland Hall, Lavender Room) for events including weddings, parties, corporate functions, classes, and community activities. The registered charity supplements venue hire with office space rental and a regular events programme of live music, comedy nights, markets, and fairs.

Product overview

Soper Hall Community Centre operates as a multi-space venue hire platform offering four distinct rentable spaces: Memorial Hall (largest, for parties/performances), Conference Hall (medium-sized for parties/events), Garland Hall (intimate space for meetings/workshops), and Lavender Room (basement meeting room for small gatherings). The venue provides ancillary services including wedding ceremonies (licensed for civil marriages), corporate event hosting, party hire, clubs and classes programming, regular entertainment events (live music, comedy nights), and office space rental. The offering is unified around community venue hire rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Venue Hire

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 years of continuous community service
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• House of StandupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHouse of Standup brings regular comedy nights to Soper Hall on the first Friday of each month, featuring both established headliners and up-and-coming talent. This partnership provides regular entertainment programming for the venue.
• Surrey Rhythm and BluescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSurrey Rhythm and Blues manages monthly live music events at Soper Hall featuring blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, and Latin acts. They sell tickets through buytickets.at/surreyrhythmandblues.
• East Surrey MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEast Surrey Museum participates in Heritage Open Day events at Soper Hall, displaying wartime memorabilia alongside Soper Hall's historical exhibits including access to the Cold War Bunker.
• St John's ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt John's Church participates in Heritage Open Day events alongside Soper Hall and East Surrey Museum.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Battersea Arts Centre: A landmark community arts venue in South London offering multiple halls for weddings, corporate events, performances, and community classes. Closely comparable operating model to Soper Hall: heritage building, multi-space hire, charity/community ethos, broad use-case mix.
• Bishopsgate Institute: A heritage independent cultural venue in the City of London offering hall and room hire for events, classes, lectures, and community programmes. Shares Soper Hall's charity-led, multi-use hire model with strong community-roots positioning.
• Bush Theatre: A West London theatre in Shepherd's Bush with venue and room hire for performances, weddings, and community events. Charity-governed and operates a similar venue-hire-plus-programming model to Soper Hall, though more focused on theatrical programming.
• The Albany: A community arts centre in Deptford, South-East London, offering venue hire for events, classes, performances, and community programmes. Charitably governed with a strong reliance on volunteer and community engagement, mirroring Soper Hall's operating DNA.
• The Tabernacle: A Grade II*-listed community arts venue in Notting Hill with multiple hire spaces for performances, weddings, conferences, and community classes. Comparable heritage-building venue-hire model with strong local community programming.
• Conway Hall: A community-owned arts and events venue in Holborn, London, run by the Conway Hall Ethical Society as a charity. Hall hire for weddings, concerts, meetings, and classes closely mirrors Soper Hall's venue-hire model, with comparable capacity and price positioning.
• Cecil Sharp House: Home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society in Camden, with hall hire for weddings, concerts, classes, and community events. Directly comparable as a purpose-built heritage cultural venue operating a charity-led multi-use hire model.
• Wilton's Music Hall: The world's oldest surviving music hall in Whitechapel, London, with venue hire for weddings, performances, and corporate events. Highly comparable historic-venue, charity-managed model with multi-use programming.
• Round Chapel: A Grade II* former church in Hackney now operating as a community arts and events venue, offering hall hire for weddings, concerts, classes, and community events. Closely comparable heritage-building, charity-run, multi-use venue model.

Broad incumbents

• Southbank Centre: The UK's largest arts centre, operating multiple performance halls, function rooms, and event spaces in London. While much larger and more programmed than Soper Hall, it competes for the same broad pool of weddings, corporate events, and community programming in the London/Surrey catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soper-hall-community-centre-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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