Stubbylee Community Greenhouses

What Stubbylee Community Greenhouses does

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses is a UK registered charity (The Bacup Consortium Trust, Charity No. 1107532, Company No. 05097958) operating a community hub on Stubbylee Lane, Bacup, Lancashire. The organization delivers community horticulture using organic and permaculture methods, a bicycle upcycling and repair project (Bicycle Revival Project), a community cafe (The Stables Cafe, a registered Warm Space), site-maintenance volunteering, and free therapeutic activities and courses. It serves adults facing personal, emotional, social, and economic adversity in Lancashire, with NHS-referred patients (via Rossendale Primary Care Network and Irwell Medical Practice) and adult learners (via Lancashire Adult Learning) as secondary channels into the same service set.

The underlying operating model is asset-and-volunteer based: a fixed physical site combining greenhouses, cafe, bicycle workshop, and event space; volunteer labor (recognized with the 2024 King's Award for Voluntary Service); and accredited training partnerships that layer formal credentials onto free activity. Distribution is location-bound, with monthly public tours, walk-in cafe traffic, and partner referrals functioning as the primary acquisition channels.

Revenue is diversified across a small number of micro-streams: Stables Cafe food sales, retail of perennials, herbs, fruit bushes, and upcycled bicycles, bicycle repair fees, public donations (including recurring donations via Localgiving), and grant funding (including LCC Access Funding). Therapeutic activities and courses are free to participants; the charity has stated an explicit objective of reducing grant reliance by growing donation income.

Name

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses

Legal name

The Bacup Consortium Trust

Website

https://thegreenhouses.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses is a UK charity in Bacup, Lancashire operating a community hub that delivers free therapeutic horticulture, a bicycle upcycling project, a community cafe, and accredited courses to adults facing adversity and NHS-referred patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Horticulture Services

NAICS

Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114), Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141), Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAGAKAD

Organic Greenhouse & Protected Crop Farming (High Tunnels, Greenhouses)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Organic Crop Farming

SECONDARYEDAOAOAB

Horticulture, Nursery & Greenhouse Operations

Education/Vocational, Technical & Trade Education/Agriculture, Horticulture & Skilled Trades

Keywords

• Community horticulture services
• Therapeutic gardening programs
• Bicycle refurbishment services
• Community cafe operations
• Volunteer adult learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Bacup

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Stables Cafe Sales: The Stables Cafe serves homecooked food using organic produce from community gardens, generating revenue from cafe customers
2. Donations and Fundraising: Regular donations from supporters through Localgiving platform to strengthen financial sustainability and reduce reliance on grant funding
3. Grant Funding: Grant funding from organizations including LCC Access Funding for specific projects like the bicycle upcycling project
4. Retail Sales: Sale of perennials, herbs, fruit bushes, and upcycled bicycles to the general public
5. Bicycle Repair Services: Bike repair and maintenance service offered to the general public for all aspects of bike maintenance

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses is a registered charity (operated by The Bacup Consortium Trust) that provides community horticulture using organic and permaculture methods, free therapeutic wellbeing activities, training courses, retail of plants and upcycled bicycles, and a community cafe (The Stables Cafe). It serves as an integrated community hub offering gardening, social connection, skills training, and bike revival services in Bacup, Lancashire.

Product overview

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses operates as a multi-service community hub offering The Stables Cafe (a community cafe using organic produce), a Bicycle Revival Project (bike upcycling and repair), horticulture activities with an organic/permaculture model, and site maintenance services. The organization provides volunteering opportunities, monthly tours, and educational courses in partnership with Lancashire Adult Learning. All therapeutic activities and courses are free to participants, supporting health and wellbeing for adults in the Lancashire area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Stables Cafe: A community hub offering homecooked food using organic produce from the community gardens. Provides volunteering opportunities for kitchen and front of house roles. Registered as a Warm Space.
• Bicycle Revival Project

Products and services

• The Stables Cafe A community cafe serving homecooked food using organic produce from the community gardens. Offers volunteering opportunities for kitchen and front of house roles. Operates as a registered Warm Space for the local community in Bacup, Lancashire.
• Bicycle Revival Project A bicycle upcycling project that accepts donated bikes, refurbishes them, and sells them to the general public. Provides bike repair services for all aspects of bike maintenance and partners with Go Velo for adult bike skills courses.
• Horticulture Activities Organic and permaculture-based horticulture activities including growing crops for the cafe, perennials, herbs, and fruit bushes for retail. Offers a horticulture course in partnership with Lancashire Adult Learning progressing from entry level to certificate.
• Monthly Tours Monthly guided tours offered on the last Thursday of each month from January to November, providing visitors an opportunity to explore the greenhouse facilities and learn about community programs.
• Therapeutic Wellbeing Activities Free therapeutic activities and courses for all participants to help increase well-being and resilience, supporting adults facing personal, emotional, social and economic adversity.
• Site Maintenance Services Volunteer-based site maintenance services including woodwork, site landscaping, building repairs, and maintaining horticultural beds and borders at the Stubbylee site.

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped hundreds of people overcome personal, emotional, social and economic adversity
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lancashire Adult LearningcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024LAL provides a range of free courses at Stubbylee Community Greenhouses for Lancashire residents in receipt of state benefits. They are recognized as one of the best adult learning providers in the country. A popular Horticulture course progresses from entry level to certificate.
• Go VelominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Long-standing partner that works with Stubbylee to provide Adult Bike skills and bike maintenance courses, all of which take place within the workshops and wider park. This partnership supports the bicycle upcycling project.
• Advocacy FocuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvocacy Focus provides a voice for the voiceless, offering help and advice on a wide range of issues and working with people from the local community to help with socio-economic needs. They align with the charity's mission to support vulnerable adults.
• Rossendale Primary Care NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS partnership supporting people with long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, or mental health issues. The PCN connects healthcare services with the community hub's therapeutic activities.
• Irwell Medical PracticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term unfunded partnership where the practice provides an assistant psychological practitioner and co-delivered psycho-educational course, which is an award-winning initiative approach to health wellbeing. Stubbylee also provides placements for their trainee GPs.
• Royal Horticultural SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe UK's gardening charity, helping people and plants to grow. Founded over 200 years ago, RHS is a diverse community of gardeners, supporters, volunteers, visitors, students and scientists passionate about spreading the joy of gardening. RHS provides recognition and support for the organization's horticulture work.
• LocalgivingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOnline donations platform used by the charity for receiving regular donations from supporters, helping to strengthen financial sustainability.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind: Major UK mental health charity. Comparable only at the wellbeing/therapeutic-outcome layer; Mind operates at national scale with very different funding model but addresses a similar beneficiary cohort.
• Royal Horticultural Society (RHS): The UK's national gardening charity. Operates a much broader portfolio (gardens, shows, science, education) but is the awarding body for Stubbylee's RHS accolades and a strategic partner in its horticulture work.

Direct peers

• Thrive: UK charity using gardening and horticulture as therapeutic intervention for people with disabilities and mental health needs. Closest direct analogue to Stubbylee's social-prescribing horticulture model, with similar referral-driven intake.
• Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens: UK membership body supporting community farms and gardens. Represents the same operating category as Stubbylee and is the natural sector/network peer for community greenhouse organisations.
• Groundwork: UK environmental charity running community greening, training and wellbeing programmes in disadvantaged areas. Highly comparable multi-service community-hub model reliant on local-authority and grant funding.
• The Bike Project: UK charity refurbishing donated bikes and selling them at low cost, often alongside training programmes. Direct peer for Stubbylee's Bicycle Revival Project on model and beneficiary profile.
• The Conservation Volunteers (TCV): UK volunteering charity delivering environmental and wellbeing outcomes through hands-on outdoor activity. Comparable volunteer-led, community-focused delivery model with similar grant/donation funding mix.
• Blackthorn Trust: Kent-based charity combining gardening, art and therapy for people experiencing mental health challenges. Closely comparable small-scale therapeutic-horticulture community model with similar NHS referral touchpoints.
• Incredible Edible Network: UK community-food movement supporting local groups to grow food collectively for public spaces. Comparable grassroots, volunteer-led, food-growing community model.

Regional players

• Lancashire Wildlife Trust: Regional environmental charity operating in Lancashire on conservation and community engagement. Overlaps with Stubbylee's geographic catchment and beneficiary base but focuses on wildlife rather than therapeutic horticulture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stubbylee-community-greenhouses

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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