Supporting People In Need

What Supporting People In Need does

Supporting People In Need (SPIN) is a registered charity (Reg Charity No: 1179268) based in Manchester, United Kingdom, founded in 2015 by a group of friends as a grassroots response to local homelessness. The organisation operates a 20-bed hostel in Ardwick, Manchester, providing emergency single-occupancy accommodation, food, clothing, and comprehensive wraparound support services to homeless men, with a particular focus on residents with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) status. Support services span mental health, drug and alcohol recovery, healthcare, banking and money management, probation, immigration, identification, housing guidance, employment and training, and emergency food parcels. Typical residency durations range from 2 to 8 months, with needs categorised as low, medium, or high.

The business model is a non-profit charity structure. SPIN generates no revenue from service fees because all services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries. Income is sourced from public donations (via PayPal and credit/debit card on the charity website) and grants, with periodic fundraising campaigns for capital projects such as the £100,000-plus COVID-19 renovation and the current £33,000 minimum roof replacement campaign running December 2024 to June 2025. The organisation is staffed by 1-10 employees plus volunteers, and partners with local charities and service providers for specialist support functions. There is no proprietary technology platform; the service is delivered through a single physical hostel facility with a digital donation channel and volunteer application portal as supporting infrastructure.

Name

Supporting People In Need

Legal name

Supporting People In Need

Website

https://supportingpeopleinneed.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Supporting People In Need is a Manchester-based registered charity operating a 20-bed hostel that provides emergency accommodation, food, and wraparound support services for homeless men, particularly those with No Recourse to Public Funds status, funded by donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homeless Shelter and Support Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG)

Keywords

• Homeless shelter services
• Emergency accommodation
• Rehabilitation support
• Community charity services
• Homelessness outreach programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The charity relies on donations from the public, processed via PayPal and credit/debit card through its website. Donations support shelter maintenance, food distribution, and support services for homeless men in Manchester.
2. Grants: Supporting People in Need receives grant funding to support operations. The organisation references depleting reserves during the COVID-19 pandemic renovation (£100,000+ for building modifications) and is running a fundraising campaign (December 2024 - June 2025) targeting a minimum of £33,000 for roof replacement.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Supporting People In Need operates a 20-bed hostel in Ardwick, Manchester, providing emergency accommodation, food, and wraparound support services for homeless men with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) status. Services include rehabilitation (mental health, drug and alcohol recovery), healthcare, banking/money management, immigration assistance, probation support, housing guidance, and employment training, delivered free of charge 24/7, 365 days per year.

Product overview

Supporting People In Need (SPIN) is a charitable not-for-profit organisation based in Manchester that operates as a single integrated service addressing homelessness. The organisation operates a 20-bed hostel facility in Ardwick providing emergency accommodation for homeless men, particularly those with NRPF status, alongside comprehensive support services spanning rehabilitation, mental health, drug and alcohol recovery, healthcare, immigration, employment training, and emergency food provision. The charity also develops a Skills Development Workshop program and coordinates volunteer opportunities including IT support, English language classes, and cooking workshops. Services range from 2 to 8 months for residents with varying support needs levels, and donations are accepted via PayPal and card payments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hostel Accommodation (Emergency Accommodation)

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 men housed (reduced from 36 due to COVID-19 single-occupancy requirements)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Mustard Tree: Manchester-based charity fighting poverty and homelessness through food, clothing, training, and housing pathways. Direct regional peer given the shared Greater Manchester focus and combined emergency-relief plus skills-development service model SPIN is building toward.
• Caritas Salford: Greater Manchester-based Catholic social action charity providing support for homeless and vulnerable people, including accommodation and resettlement services. Strong regional comparability with SPIN given shared geography and faith-rooted origins.

Direct peers

• Emmaus UK: UK federation of communities supporting formerly homeless people through accommodation, training, and work in social enterprises. Comparable in providing residential, skills-building, and reintegration services, though structured around companion-based communities rather than hostel accommodation.
• Depaul UK: UK charity supporting people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, or in insecure accommodation through accommodation, education, and training. Direct peer in operating small-to-mid scale hostels with embedded support services.
• The Passage: London-based charity providing homelessness services including hostels, day centres, and resettlement support. Closely mirrors SPIN's wraparound hostel model but at a larger London scale; useful for benchmarking SPIN's growth trajectory.
• Barnabus (Manchester): Manchester-based homeless charity providing shelter, food, and support services directly to people experiencing homelessness. Closest direct peer to SPIN — same city, same immediate-relief-plus-support service mix, and a comparable scale of operations.

Broad incumbents

• Crisis UK: National UK charity dedicated to ending homelessness through housing, education, and advocacy. SPIN shares the same holistic rehousing-plus-support approach but Crisis operates at a far larger national scale and focuses more on year-round housing rather than emergency hostel models.
• Centrepoint: UK's leading youth homelessness charity providing accommodation, health support, and skills training. Comparable to SPIN in mission and service model, but operates nationally and focuses specifically on 16-25 year-olds rather than adult men with NRPF status.
• St Mungo's: Large UK charity providing shelter, housing, and recovery services for people experiencing homelessness. Operates in multiple cities with a similar recovery-focused model, but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach than SPIN.
• Shelter (UK): Major UK housing and homelessness charity providing advice, legal support, and campaigning. Comparable mission area and policy-advocacy angle, though Shelter is primarily an advice/advocacy body rather than a direct hostel operator like SPIN.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/spinmcr
• Facebookfacebook.com/SupportingPeopleInNeedManchester
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spin-mcr

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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