SPEEK HEALTH LTD

What SPEEK HEALTH LTD does

SPEEK HEALTH LTD is a London-based digital healthcare company founded in 2022 that delivers DBT-A (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents) informed programmes for families managing adolescent self-harm. The company operates a platform-plus-programmes model comprising two core offerings: a 16-week Parent and Child Programme with weekly clinician sessions and monthly parent coaching, and a Parent-Only Programme at £50/month that equips parents with skills and peer support when the young person is not ready to engage directly. Programme delivery is conducted via secure video conferencing (primarily Zoom with Microsoft Teams backup), supported by secure text-based messaging, psycho-educational modules, diary cards, crisis planning tools, and a parent peer community. The company has built specialist neurodiversity-affirming care pathways adapted for young people with autism, ADHD, and other developmental differences, delivered by HCPC-registered clinical psychologists with NHS backgrounds.

The business operates a dual revenue model. Direct-to-consumer subscriptions generate revenue from self-paying parents at £50/month for the Parent-Only Programme and £75/week for the joint CYP+Parent Programme, processed via Stripe with monthly automatic renewal. Separately, Speek partners with NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, and Integrated Care Boards to deliver services free at point of care for referred families, with weekly multidisciplinary team meetings, MHSDS integration, and case study collaborations including a published partnership with Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. An insurance pathway is signposted as future state. The company holds WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance and operates from a registered office at 7 Bell Yard, London.

Speek's commercial position rests on clinical credibility and institutional validation rather than technology differentiation. Clinical advisors include Professor Peter Fonagy (Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre) and Dr Andre Morris (national DBT-A lead at Maudsley Hospital), and the company is a 2026 NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow. The company reports working with over 600 families, children, and healthcare professionals, and cites outcomes including 50-60% reduction in A&E visits and 75% of cases moving from clinical to subclinical levels with DBT-A informed intervention. With 1-10 employees and no disclosed funding to date, Speek is an early-stage company scaling NHS channel reach alongside its consumer subscription base.

Name

SPEEK HEALTH LTD

Legal name

SPEEK HEALTH LTD

Website

https://lets-speek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

London-based digital healthcare company founded in 2022 delivering evidence-based DBT-A programmes for families managing adolescent self-harm, combining clinician-led video therapy with digital skills content and NHS Trust partnerships across the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Mental Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integrated Behavioral Health (Collaborative Care) Platforms (HLALAEAC), Neurodevelopmental & Behavioral Therapy Platforms (ADHD/Autism/Behavioral Coaching) (HLALAEAJ)

Keywords

• Adolescent mental health
• Digital DBT therapy
• Self-harm intervention
• Family therapy platform
• Child psychology services

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

Revenue model

1. B2C Self-Pay Subscriptions: Direct-to-consumer subscription model for parents. Parent-Only Programme at £50/month; CYP and Parent Programme at £75/week for both parent and young person.
2. NHS/Healthcare System Referrals: Free at point of care for families referred by NHS Trusts. Revenue flows from institutional partnerships with NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, and Integrated Care Boards.
3. Insurance (Future): Currently does not accept insurance. Exploring insurance pathways as noted in programme pages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Speek Health delivers clinician-led digital DBT-A (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents) informed programmes for families managing adolescent self-harm, combining live video therapy sessions with psycho-educational content, between-session secure messaging, diary cards, crisis planning, and peer community access. Core offerings consist of two standalone programmes: the 16-week Parent and Child Programme (£75/week) where both the young person and parent participate, and the Parent-Only Programme (£50/month) for parents whose children are not yet ready to engage in joint therapy. The platform is delivered via app.lets-speek.com and supported by NHS Trust referrals where eligible.

Product overview

Speek Health is a digital healthcare platform offering specialist DBT-A (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents) informed programmes for families dealing with adolescent self-harm. The company operates a platform-plus-programmes model consisting of two main offerings: the Parent and Child Programme (a 16-week joint therapy programme at £125/week for both parent and young person) and the Parent-Only Programme (a self-paced programme at £50/month for parents). Both programmes deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions through online video sessions via Zoom, psycho-educational content, secure chat support, and peer community access. The company partners with NHS Trusts and UCL to ensure clinical effectiveness and scientific grounding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parent and Child Programme A 16-week DBT-A informed joint programme where both the young person and their parent(s) participate. Includes weekly individual therapy sessions for the child, monthly parent coaching sessions, between-session support, online content, and community access. Priced at £75/week for self-pay families or free at point of care where referred by an NHS Trust. Designed for families of young people who self-harm to learn emotional regulation skills together.
• Parent-Only Programme A self-paced parent-focused programme that empowers parents with tools, strategies, and understanding to support their child safely and compassionately. Includes parent sessions with a clinician, guided learning modules, peer support community, practical strategies, and text support. Priced at £50/month with no additional charges. Designed for parents whose child is not yet ready to engage in direct therapy.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50-60% less A&E and hospital visits for patients using DBT-A informed interventions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NHS Innovation AcceleratorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 March 2026Selected as 2026 Fellow to scale proven healthcare innovations across the NHS. Over the past decade, NIA-supported innovations have reached more than 10 million patients, been adopted across over 3,500 NHS sites, and supported 140 innovations.
• Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublished case study collaboration demonstrating cost and clinically effective ways of supporting young people who self-harm and their families. Joint publication on treatment outcomes.
• UCL (University College London)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UCL ensures every intervention is grounded in proven clinical science. Research collaboration on digital interventions for self-harm.
• Anna Freud CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical advisors Professor Peter Fonagy (Chief Executive) and Dr Shadi Shahnavaz (Family Psychotherapist) are affiliated with the Anna Freud Centre, providing research and clinical credibility.
• Maudsley HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr Andre Morris leads the national DBT-A programme at the Maudsley Hospital, contributing clinical expertise and research to Speek's evidence base.
• NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, and Integrated Care BoardscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with NHS institutions to offer specialised self-harm treatment. Speek provides rapid access to specialist support helping NHS meet 4-week referral-to-treatment targets.
• Health Innovation NetworksminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor18 of 25 NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellows (2026) had received support from local health innovation networks, indicating regional health innovation network partnerships.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Spring Health: Global digital mental health provider combining self-service content, coaching, and therapy across employer and payer channels. Adjacent competitor for adolescent/family segments and broader DBT-style offerings.
• SilverCloud Health: Established digital CBT platform (now part of Amwell) deployed across NHS Talking Therapies and internationally. Comparable as a scalable NHS-integrated digital mental health incumbent with broader indication coverage than Speek.
• Big Health: Digital therapeutic company commercialising evidence-based interventions (e.g., Sleepio, Daylight) into the NHS and US health systems. Comparable as a regulated digital therapeutics vendor pursuing NHS procurement.

Direct peers

• Ticuro: UK NHS-commissioned digital mental health platform combining self-management content with clinician support for anxiety, depression, and OCD. Comparable in NHS partnership model and family/youth use cases.
• Limbic: UK digital mental health company selling AI-enabled self-referral and triage tools into NHS Talking Therapies and IAPT pathways. Comparable as an NHS-embedded UK digital mental health infrastructure vendor.
• Kooth: UK-based digital mental health platform serving children and young people via NHS contracts and self-pay, with a similar B2C/B2B hybrid model and adolescent focus. Most direct UK competitor to Speek in the CAMHS-adjacent digital therapy space.
• Healios: UK NHS-partnered digital mental health provider delivering family-focused therapy (including DBT-informed and neurodevelopmental pathways) via video. Comparable in NHS Trust sales motion, family-inclusive design, and child/adolescent specialism.
• Ayana: NHS-supported digital therapy app for young people experiencing anxiety, low mood, and self-harm. Direct overlap in target audience (UK adolescents, self-harm) and in NHS distribution channels.

Emerging players

• Wysa: AI-driven mental health chat platform used by NHS and employers for early intervention. Overlaps with Speek on digital delivery and adolescent/anxiety populations, though Speek's clinical depth in DBT-A is more specialised.
• Charlie Health: US-based virtual intensive outpatient programme for adolescents with self-harm, depression, and trauma using DBT and family therapy. Comparable adolescent self-harm specialism and family-inclusive clinical model, though US-centric.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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