St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

What St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace does

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace is a UK registered charity (No. 1121983) and private company (No. 06408424) operating from a Grade II* listed medieval church site at 78 Bishopsgate, London. Founded as a peacebuilding centre in 2002 after the building was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993, the organisation delivers a multi-programme portfolio spanning conflict coaching and facilitation training, faith-leader leadership development (Journey of Hope), ecological action through hedgerow planting across 40+ UK farms (Lifelines), refugee integration programmes (People of the Earth, Listen to the World, At Home in Nature), depolarisation training, and contemplative practice events. It also operates an annual Spiritual Ecology Festival and runs a tiered venue hire business from the historic Nave (capacity up to 150) and Bedouin Tent (capacity up to 30), alongside a small merchandise and hedge pledge store.

The business model is a hybrid non-profit revenue structure with no proprietary technology platform. Income derives from transaction-based venue hire (£250-£1,070 per booking depending on space and time slot), training course fees, festival ticket sales (£40-£255 across concession tiers), donations processed through Donorbox including a recurring Guardian Angel programme, merchandise sales, and grant funding (Arts Council England and Tides Foundation support Listen to the World). Distribution combines direct sales via venue bookings and training enrolment, partner referrals through a network of refugee, faith, and community organisations, and content marketing through newsletters and published articles. The GTM motion is primarily community-led and event-driven, with a supplementary direct sales layer through venue and training bookings.

Operationally, the centre runs with 11-50 staff led by two Co-Directors (Clare Martin and Tarot Couzyn) and a Centre Manager, supported by programme managers across People of the Earth, Community Reconciliation, and Lifelines, plus events and communications coordinators. Governance is provided by a Trustee board chaired by Professor Joy Carter (Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester), with patrons including former Archbishops of Canterbury Justin Welby and Rowan Williams, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, and Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner. Technology integration is limited to commodity SaaS tools (Donorbox, Ticket Tailor, reCAPTCHA) with no disclosed AI/ML capability or proprietary software product.

Name

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

Legal name

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

Website

https://stethelburgas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace is a London-based UK charity operating from a medieval Bishopsgate church site, delivering conflict coaching, faith-leader training, refugee integration programmes, ecological hedgerow planting, and venue hire services to faith communities, organisations, educators, and the general public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Conflict Recovery, Reconciliation & Social Cohesion Programs (BPADAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interfaith & Ecumenical Councils and Dialogue Organizations (BPAGAJAJ), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG)

Keywords

• Peacebuilding training
• Reconciliation services
• Multi-faith dialogue
• Conflict facilitation
• Community mediation

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, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Venue Hire: Hire of historic Nave (14th-century arches) and Bedouin Tent spaces for weddings, conferences, meetings, workshops, parties, product launches, training events, exhibitions, film screenings, and concerts. Tiered pricing based on organisation size (individual/small charity, small business/large charity, large business/corporate) and time slots.
2. Donations and Supporters: Single donations and recurring 'Guardian Angel' supporter programme through DonorBox platform with gift aid handling.
3. Training and Programmes: Fees from conflict coaching, facilitation training, listening processes, youth workshops, and bespoke corporate training programmes.
4. Festival Tickets: Spiritual Ecology Festival tickets at various price points with concession rates and bursary places available.
5. Merchandise Store: Sale of branded merchandise including socks, greeting cards, notebooks, tote bags, and the 'Hope from the Ashes' history booklet.
6. Lifelines Hedgerow Pledges: Sale of hedgerow metres for wildlife corridor planting projects at £15 per metre, with certificate of planting provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace operates from a historic 14th-century church site in London offering peacebuilding training, facilitation programmes, community reconciliation projects, venue hire of its medieval Nave and Bedouin Tent, the annual Spiritual Ecology Festival, and multimedia content. Its programmes equip individuals, faith communities, organisations and schools with tools for conflict transformation, dialogue across difference, refugee integration, and ecological action.

Product overview

St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace operates as a multi-programme nonprofit offering venue hire, training, and community projects. The core venue product comprises The Nave (historic 14th-century space for up to 150) and the Bedouin Tent & Garden (intimate space for up to 30). Training programmes include Conflict Coaching, Dialogue & Facilitation Training, Facilitated Listening Processes, Youth Peace Workshops, Depolarisation Training, Non-Violent Communication, and the 12-month Journey of Hope pilgrimage. Project work includes Lifelines (ecological hedgerow planting), Listen to the World (cross-cultural music events), People of the Earth (refugee hospitality with At Home in Nature), Faith & Moral Courage, and Contemplative Practice. The annual Spiritual Ecology Festival brings these themes together. The organization also operates a merchandise store and hedge pledge programme supporting its mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Venue Hire - The Nave
• Venue Hire - Bedouin Tent & Garden
• Conflict Coaching
• Dialogue & Group Facilitation Training
• Facilitated Listening Process
• Youth & Young Adult Peace Workshop
• Depolarisation Training
• Non-Violent Communication & Conflict Transformation Training
• Embodied Peace: The Somatics of Grief
• Journey of Hope
• Lifelines
• Listen to the World
• People of the Earth
• At Home in Nature
• Faith & Moral Courage
• Contemplative Practice
• Spiritual Ecology Festival
• Soul Space
• Pledge a Hedge
• Merchandise Store

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ UK farms engaged in biodiversity and carbon sequestration through hedgerow planting
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Freedom from TorturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation in People of the Earth programme, bringing together people with lived experience of torture and displacement with local communities for cultural exchange and mutual understanding.
• Paiwand Afghan AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation supporting Afghan refugees through People of the Earth programmes that create spaces for cultural expression and community integration.
• City of SanctuarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partner working to create welcoming spaces for people seeking sanctuary, aligned with People of the Earth mission of practising hospitality.
• MigratefulcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation connecting migrants with communities through food traditions, supporting integration through cultural exchange in Listen to the World and other programmes.
• Islington Centre for Refugees and MigrantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing support services to refugees and migrants, collaborating on programmes that build connection between newcomers and local communities.
• North London Recovery CollegesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner offering recovery-focused courses that complement People of the Earth integration programmes.
• Camden Community EngagementsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal authority partner supporting community engagement initiatives that bring together diverse community members.
• Solutions Not SidescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsrael-Palestine educators collaborating on depolarisation work, providing training and perspectives for bridging divides in polarised contexts.
• Reconcilers Together PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership managing the Journey of Hope programme for faith leaders, bringing together leading faith-based peace centres across the UK.
• More in Common UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch and strategy organisation founded after Jo Cox MP's murder, working on social cohesion and polarisation. Collaborates on depolarisation framework development and event content.
• University of WinchestercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner, particularly through the Centre of Religions for Reconciliation and Peace (WCRRP), co-developing depolarisation framework and hosting Journey of Hope modules.
• TheossecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerReligion and society think tank, represented by Chine McDonald as festival speaker, working at intersection of faith and public life.
• The Summer Berry CompanysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainable farming partner hosting Lifelines hedgerow planting weekends at their Colworth, West Sussex farm.
• Sadeh FarmsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK's only Jewish community farm, partner in Lifelines project, hosting planting events that connect faith communities with land stewardship.
• Willowbrook FarmsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst halal and tayyib farm in UK, Lifelines partner hosting hedgerow planting that brings together diverse faith communities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Quaker Peace & Social Witness: UK faith-based peace and social justice programme of the Religious Society of Friends. Direct peer: comparable in offering peacebuilding training, interfaith engagement, and youth peace education from a values-led faith tradition, and likely a peer in Reconcilers Together-style faith-leader cohorts.
• Karuna Center for Peacebuilding: US-based peacebuilding organisation offering conflict transformation training, dialogue facilitation and spiritual ecology-adjacent peace work. Direct peer: comparable training portfolio (conflict coaching, facilitation, embodied practice) and similar mission blend of contemplative practice and peacebuilding.
• Faiths Forum for London: London interfaith organisation bringing religious leaders and communities together. Direct peer: comparable mission of interfaith dialogue, social cohesion and convening faith communities across difference in the same London operating environment as St Ethelburga's People of the Earth and Journey of Hope programmes.
• Solutions Not Sides: UK charity educating young people on Israel-Palestine through dialogue rather than partisanship. Direct peer: listed as a Strategic/Co-development Partner on Depolarisation work, and serves a similar youth and education segment with conflict transformation pedagogy.
• Conciliation Resources: UK-registered international peacebuilding charity working on conflict transformation and inter-community dialogue. Direct peer: shares St Ethelburga's core focus on building relationships across division, training practitioners, and operating from London with global programme reach.
• More in Common UK: London-based social cohesion and depolarisation organisation founded after the murder of Jo Cox MP. Direct peer: St Ethelburga's is an explicit strategic partner on Depolarisation framework development and event content, and both organisations target polarised public, organisations and communities with similar dialogue and bridging programmes.
• Mediation UK: UK membership organisation for mediation and conflict resolution practitioners. Direct peer: St Ethelburga's Conflict Coaching, Facilitated Listening Process and Dialogue & Group Facilitation Training overlap with Mediation UK's practitioner development and community mediation services.

Broad incumbents

• Religions for Peace: Global multi-religious coalition advancing peace through interfaith cooperation. Broad incumbent: comparable interfaith peacebuilding mandate and serves as the parent network of which trustee Professor Mark Owen is Secretary General of the European Council.
• Pax Christi: International Catholic peace movement with a UK section working on reconciliation, nonviolence and interfaith peace. Broad incumbent: shares St Ethelburga's faith-rooted peacebuilding orientation and patron relationship to Cardinal Vincent Nichols.

Others

• Theos: UK religion-and-society think tank. OTHERS (adjacent ecosystem participant): St Ethelburga's listed Theos as a secondary strategic partner with Director Chine McDonald speaking at the Spiritual Ecology Festival; both operate at the intersection of faith and public life but Theos is research/advocacy rather than direct service delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-ethelburgas

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace