What StreetDoctors does

StreetDoctors is a UK-registered charity (StreetDoctors Ltd., charity numbers 1150925 and SC046981) founded in 2008 by medical students in Liverpool, headquartered in London. It delivers emergency first-aid education and violence-prevention training to young people aged 11-25 affected by or at risk of street violence, through peer-to-peer sessions led by 200+ young healthcare volunteers (medical students, nurses, paramedics) organised into 26 teams across 20 UK cities. Core programmes include the Reducing Violence Programme (in-person emergency first aid on bleeding control and unconscious casualty management), the StepWise Programme (an 8-10 session engagement and peer-education model), the Save Lives E-Learning App (interactive digital training distributed via Anspear at £10 per person), and the Multipliers Programme (enabling external professionals to deliver training using the app). Delivery revenue is generated through tiered session fees (£100-£300 per session plus a £600 full-day bundle) supplemented by donations, grants from foundations such as Paul Hamlyn, John Lyon's Charity, The Rayne Foundation, Nick Maughan Foundation, and Islamic Relief, and corporate partnerships including Hiscox and Saatchi & Saatchi. Strategic delivery partners include Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership, Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit, and the UK Health Security Agency, with whom StreetDoctors has expanded internationally to Anguilla (2024, 2025) and announced a British Virgin Islands project for 2026. The organisation trained a record 20,364 young people in 2025 under CEO Martin Tilbury MBE and has accumulated 14 sector awards including the GSK IMPACT Award 2023.

Name

StreetDoctors

Legal name

StreetDoctors Ltd.

Website

https://streetdoctors.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

StreetDoctors is a UK charity that trains 11-25 year-olds affected by street violence in emergency first aid and the consequences of violence, delivered through 200+ young healthcare volunteers and 26 teams across 20 cities, with programme fees, donations, and foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Violence Prevention & First Aid Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117), Educational Services (61), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Education (CPR/First Aid/Disaster Readiness) (EDAAAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service (EDALAHAG), Disaster Preparedness, Risk Reduction & Early Warning (DRR) (BPAGAAAB), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Volunteering (EDAIAGAF)

Keywords

• Youth first aid training
• Violence prevention education
• Emergency life support
• Youth health training
• Community first aid

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from supporters, facilitated through JustGiving platform
2. Programme Delivery Fees: Session-based training fees charged to organisations based on their size and type, with subsidised rates for charities and youth services
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsors supporting through charity partnerships, fundraising events, matched giving, and hackathon/pro-bono development contributions
4. Funder Grants: Support from foundations and organisations including Islamic Relief, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, John Lyon's Charity, The Rayne Foundation, Nick Maughan Foundation and others

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

StreetDoctors is a UK-based non-profit charity that delivers emergency first aid training and violence-related health education to young people affected by street violence. Trained volunteer healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, paramedics) teach young people how to act in medical emergencies and become peer multipliers in their communities. The charity also distributes a Save Lives e-learning application to extend the reach of its training beyond in-person sessions.

Product overview

StreetDoctors is a national charity offering a portfolio of youth violence prevention and first-aid training programmes. The core offerings include the Reducing Violence Programme (emergency first-aid sessions on bleeding control and unconscious casualty response), the StepWise Programme (8-10 session youth engagement programme with peer education model), the Save Lives E-Learning App (digital app-based training complementing face-to-face delivery), and the Multipliers Programme (enabling professionals to deliver training using the e-learning app). The Fatal Question is a separate national awareness campaign focused on dispelling knife crime myths. The organisation also runs international projects in Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. All programmes are delivered by young healthcare volunteers (doctors, nurses, paramedics) through partnerships with criminal justice services, schools, pupil referral units, and youth organisations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reducing Violence Training

Quantifiable outcome

• 82.7% of young people had increased confidence to act in emergency situations using learnt First Aid skills
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• Books With A ConscienceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMonthly book subscription service chose StreetDoctors as charity partner, donating per delivery and raising charity profile.
• Saatchi & SaatchiflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor marketing agency partnered with StreetDoctors to create The Fatal Question campaign challenging myths about knife violence. Created powerful campaign video and interactive sculpture.
• UK Health Security AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership under UK Commonwealth and Foreign Office enabling international expansion to Anguilla 2024 project.
• Merseyside Violence Reduction PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed Save Lives E-Learning App and partnered on North West Lifesavers initiative.
• Manchester Violence Reduction UnitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed Save Lives E-Learning App with Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and partnered on North West Lifesavers.
• Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported e-learning app launch and Greater Manchester VRU initiatives.
• KhulisaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth charity partnership in London violence reduction project with Better Communities Business Network.
• RedThreadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth charity partnership in London violence reduction project with Better Communities Business Network.
• North West Ambulance ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in North West Lifesavers initiative delivering training alongside StreetDoctors.
• AnspearcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for Save Lives E-Learning App sales via anspear.com.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• British Red Cross: UK arm of the international humanitarian network delivering first-aid training, emergency response, and humanitarian support. Overlaps with StreetDoctors on first-aid education and emergency preparedness messaging, though at a vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• The Prince's Trust: Major UK youth-development charity supporting 11-30 year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds. Comparable beneficiary age range and outcomes focus, though delivers via employability and enterprise rather than emergency health education.
• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities, running services for vulnerable children including those affected by violence and exploitation. Comparable safeguarding and trauma-informed practice with young people at risk.
• Catch22: Large UK social justice charity running youth justice, education, and violence-reduction programmes. Overlaps on criminal-justice-system delivery to young offenders and the same commissioning customers (VRUs, youth offending teams).
• St John Ambulance: The UK's leading first-aid training and voluntary ambulance organisation. Comparable because both deliver emergency first-aid education in the UK, though St John operates a much broader public-training portfolio including workplace and adult learners.

Direct peers

• RedThread: Youth charity providing violence intervention services in hospitals and communities across the UK. Co-partner with StreetDoctors and Khulisa on London violence-reduction work, serving a closely overlapping beneficiary group.
• Fight for Peace: International non-profit using boxing and martial arts combined with education to support young people affected by violence. Comparable target population (at-risk youth), trauma-informed approach, and youth-development methodology.
• Khulisa: London-based youth charity delivering violence prevention and intervention programmes to young people at risk of offending. StreetDoctors is named alongside Khulisa as a co-partner in the Better Communities Business Network London violence-reduction project.
• Medics Against Violence: Scotland-based charity founded by clinicians to tackle violence through education in schools and communities. Near-identical mission and delivery model — healthcare professionals teaching violence-affected young people emergency response — though currently Scotland-focused.

Emerging players

• Centre for Justice Innovation: UK charity working with criminal justice partners to develop and test new approaches to reducing reoffending and improving practice. Comparable in operating alongside criminal-justice services and VRUs, and as a thought partner for violence-reduction commissioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/StreetDoctors
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8y2F-gcujhwEDv80zfjJhA
• Facebookfacebook.com/streetdoctors.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/streetdoctors
• Instagraminstagram.com/streetdoctors
• TikToktiktok.com/@streetdoctors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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