The Lighthouse Charity

Name

The Lighthouse Charity

Legal name

Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity

Website

https://lighthousecharity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Industry Wellbeing Support

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Construction worker wellbeing
• Mental health support services
• Employee assistance programmes
• Construction industry charity
• Wellbeing training courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Ipswich

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, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Donations (Company Supporter Programme): Annual pledges from construction companies with benefits including free MHFA training, logo placement, marketing materials, and access to exclusive resources. Minimum £/€1,000 for logo on website.
2. Individual Donations: One-time or recurring donations from individuals, including those connected to the industry or who have benefited from services
3. Fundraising Events: Regional committees organize golf days, dinners, challenges, and other events. Major events include The Big Pitch In football tournament, Christmas Lunches, and annual dinners
4. Merchandise Sales: Shop selling awareness items (posters, cards, wristbands, pins), clothing (vests, t-shirts), and fundraising materials
5. Wall of Fame Recognition: Companies donating £/€10,000 or more are honored on the Wall of Fame, providing recognition-based value exchange

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The Lighthouse Charity provides free, confidential 24/7 emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing support services to the UK and Ireland construction community through multiple access channels (telephone helpline, live web chat, SMS text, mobile app, Lighthouse Beacons peer groups), complemented by the Wellbeing Academy (eLearning and MHFA-accredited training), Critical Incident Support, the #MakeItVisible on-site outreach programme, and corporate engagement via the Company Supporter Programme. The charity receives no government funding and is sustained entirely by industry donations, corporate pledges, and fundraising.

Product overview

The Lighthouse Charity operates a multi-channel wellbeing support platform for the construction industry in the UK and Ireland, comprising interconnected services rather than a single unified product. The core offering includes a 24/7 Helpline (telephone support), Live Web Chat (real-time messaging), Text HARDHAT Support Service (SMS), a Self Support App (iOS/Android mobile application), and Lighthouse Beacons (regional support groups). These support services are complemented by the Wellbeing Academy (training platform with self-paced eLearning, tutor-led courses, and MHFA-accredited qualifications), Critical Incident Support (trauma response), and the #MakeItVisible On-site Program (site visits with lived experience talks). Additional offerings include a Shop for awareness merchandise, a Company Supporter Program for corporate partnerships, a Fundraising Hub for community events, and the Building Mental Health Charter for organisational commitment. The charity was established in 1956 and celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 24/7 Helpline Free, confidential telephone support available 24/7 providing emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing assistance to construction workers and their families in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
• Live Web Chat 24/7 real-time web chat with helpline advisors providing private wellbeing support in over 100 languages, for those who prefer not to use the telephone.
• Text HARDHAT Support Service SMS-based confidential wellbeing support where construction workers text HARDHAT to 85258 (UK) or 50808 (ROI) to receive one-to-one support on emotional wellbeing issues from a trained advisor.
• Self Support App Free mobile application for iOS and Android offering self-help tools, self-assessment, coping strategies, advice on conditions, and signposting to expert support services for construction workers and their families.
• Lighthouse Beacons Network of safe spaces across the UK and Ireland offering construction workers confidential, non-judgemental peer support groups, face-to-face or virtual meetings, often centred on activities such as sport.
• Critical Incident Support Specialist trauma-response service coordinating appropriate support following a suicide or serious accident on a construction site, delivered either on-site or remotely to workers and employers.
• Wellbeing Academy Training platform offering self-paced eLearning courses, online tutor-led Wellbeing Exclusives, and MHFA England accredited Mental Health First Aid courses for the construction industry. Most courses are free for Company Supporters.
• #MakeItVisible On-site Programme On-site outreach programme where the #MakeItVisible team visits construction companies, sites, builder's merchants and hire centres across the UK and Ireland, delivering lived-experience talks, one-to-one conversations, and free resources to raise awareness of support services.
• Company Supporter Programme Annual corporate partnership programme for construction companies and employers, providing free MHFA training, Company Supporters Hub access with monthly campaigns and social media assets, helpline cards and posters, and tiered recognition (logo placement, Wall of Fame).
• Lighthouse Shop Online store selling awareness merchandise including helpline posters, cards, fundraising banners, clothing (exercise vests, t-shirts), wristbands, pins, and on-site signage to raise funds and awareness for the charity.
• Building Mental Health Charter Charter programme in which construction employers sign up to demonstrate commitment to providing a safe and positive working environment that prioritises employee mental health and wellbeing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 construction workers take their own life every working day in UK and Ireland
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• Ripple Suicide PreventioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with charity pioneering online safety through crisis intervention technology. Launched via live webinar to drive positive change across the construction industry in suicide prevention and mental health support.
• AmazonflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame company supporter with significant annual pledge and visibility on company supporter page.
• Balfour Beatty VinciflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor construction joint venture and Wall of Fame company supporter.
• BAM NuttallflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame company supporter from BAM Group.
• BouyguesflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational construction company and Wall of Fame company supporter.
• Laing O'RourkeflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor UK construction company and Wall of Fame company supporter.
• Willmott DixonflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor construction and interiors company, Wall of Fame supporter and partner in #MakeItVisible mural initiative.
• ArcadiscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal design and consultancy company supporting the charity.
• CostaincoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading UK engineering company company supporter.
• Galliford TrycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUK construction group company supporter.
• Hochtief UKcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGerman-owned construction company operating in UK.
• Kier GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading construction group company supporter.
• LendleasecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational property and infrastructure company supporter.
• MultiplexcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational construction company hosting Walk for Wellbeing events.
• WatescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading UK construction and housing company supporter.
• Bellway HomesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHousebuilding company supporter.
• Keltbray GroupminorGTM or Marketing Partnerspecialist engineering and regeneration company supporter.
• McLarenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConstruction and facilities management company supporter.
• AinscoughflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame crane hire company supporter.
• AmcoGiffenflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame specialist rail and infrastructure company.
• AWE (Nuclear Security Technologies)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame defence and security company.
• Babcock International GroupflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWall of Fame aerospace and defence company.
• Berkeley GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor housebuilder and company supporter.
• Breedon GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading building materials group supporter.
• Graham ConstructioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEngineering and construction company supporter.
• Mott MacDonaldcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal engineering consultancy supporter.
• StanteccoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal design and engineering consultancy supporter.
• Travis PerkinscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor builders merchant group supporter.
• StocksignsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOn-site signage partner for Lighthouse Charity branded safety signage products.
• Ark Fire ProtectionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFire protection company co-delivering site-wide mental health stand downs with Bowmer + Kirkland.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind: One of the UK's largest mental health charities providing information, support, and helpline services to the general public. Broad incumbent covering the same mental health problem space as Lighthouse but serving all demographics; overlaps on emotional wellbeing support and policy advocacy.
• Samaritans: UK-based charity providing 24/7 emotional support via a national helpline, email, and in-person services. Comparable as a 24/7 confidential emotional support provider that construction workers may also turn to, but not industry-specialized.
• Help for Heroes: UK charity providing welfare, mental health, and recovery support to armed forces personnel and veterans. Functionally similar model: sector-specific (military vs construction), in-house helpline, regional presence, employer/corporate fundraising, and training. Useful as a comparable for organizational scale and donor model.
• CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably): UK charity leading a movement against suicide, operating a helpline and webchat targeted primarily at men. Compares to Lighthouse as a suicide-prevention operator with phone/digital channels, but without the construction vertical focus.

Others

• HR Professionals / Construction Industry Training Board (CITB): UK industry training board for construction. Adjacent ecosystem participant: not a direct mental health peer but a major funder, standards-setter, and training-route enabler across the same construction audience Lighthouse serves.

Direct peers

• Building Mental Health: UK charity delivering mental health support, training, and resources to the construction and built environment sector. Directly comparable as a construction-specific mental health charity with overlapping employer audience, training offering, and charter/sign-up model (akin to the Lighthouse Building Mental Health Charter).
• Mates in Mind: UK charitable programme focused specifically on mental health and wellbeing in the construction and related industries. Directly comparable as a sector-specialist mental health charity serving the same employer and worker base across the UK, though it operates more as an employer-enablement programme than a direct helpline provider.

Emerging players

• Shout (Mental Health Innovations): UK-based 24/7 text-message mental health support service. Directly comparable as a digital-first (SMS) crisis support channel functional equivalent to Lighthouse's HARDHAT text service but operating as a general-population service rather than construction-focused.

Regional players

• Spark (Construction Industry Research and Innovation): UK sector-skills body supporting construction industry wellbeing and workforce initiatives. Comparable to Lighthouse as a sector-research and standards-setter in construction wellbeing, with overlapping employer audience but less direct service delivery.
• Rio (formerly RHP) Construction Workforce Support: Smaller construction-industry workforce wellbeing support organisations operating in specific UK regions. Regional peers offering construction-specific wellbeing support; sized and structured similarly but lacking Lighthouse's national 24/7 helpline and training academy infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@WeAreLighthouseCharity
• Facebookacebook.com/WeAreLighthouseCharity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wearelhcharity
• Instagraminstagram.com/wearelighthousecharity
• TikToktiktok.com/@wearelighthouse

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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