ART HOUSE LONDON STUDIO LTD

What ART HOUSE LONDON STUDIO LTD does

Art House London Studio Ltd, trading as artsHouse (ArtsHouse London) and legally constituted as Mews Studios Ltd, operates a multi-studio creative space rental business from a single facility near Camden Town station in London. The company was founded in 2015 as Academy Mews Dance Studios and was rebranded to artsHouse in 2025; it sits within the Academy Building Group, a parent conglomerate of creative studio spaces. The facility comprises four dance/rehearsal studios — the Balcony Studio (18m × 5.5m, capacity 40), the Lounge Studio (ground floor), the Solo Studio (second floor), and the Office Studio (first floor) — plus a Large Music Room equipped with piano, drums, and amplifiers.

The core product is hourly and daily studio hire priced on a peak/off-peak schedule (off-peak £13–£35/hour Monday–Friday 9am–5pm; on-peak £16–£50/hour at evenings and weekends; day rates £94–£252), with a secondary recurring layer of Long Term Booking and Exclusive Use 24/7 residency memberships billed monthly or termly. The technology stack is fully self-serve: Skedda powers real-time online booking and card payments (artshouse.skedda.com/booking), and Kisi provides smartphone-based self-entry door access active from ten minutes before each booking through session end, eliminating the need for staffed reception during opening hours. The company serves a horizontal mix of freelance creative professionals — choreographers, dancers, yoga and pilates teachers, musicians, casting directors, West End performers, photographers, and filmmakers — with no single dominant customer segment.

The go-to-market is community-led and digital-light: a website (artshouselondon.com) acts as the booking and information hub, with Instagram (@artshousestudios), Facebook, and direct WhatsApp/email channels used for community engagement and bespoke bookings. There is no evidence of paid acquisition, outside capital, or a parent-group expansion mandate; the legal footer confirms operations are run from a single Camden site under Mews Studios Ltd as part of the Academy Building Group. (Note: the firmographic short description describing "fashion film production and brand identity graphic design services" is contradicted by all first-party operational data — pricing, products, technology, and website copy — which uniformly describe a dance, music, and rehearsal studio rental business.)

Name

ART HOUSE LONDON STUDIO LTD

Legal name

Mews Studios Ltd

Website

https://artshouselondon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Art House London Studio (artsHouse) operates a multi-room dance, rehearsal, fitness, and music studio rental facility near Camden Town station in London, serving freelance choreographers, dancers, yoga teachers, musicians, casting directors, and creative professionals via self-serve hourly bookings and residency memberships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Studio Rental

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sound Recording Studios (512240)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Venue & Facility Reservations (Private Rooms, Event Spaces) (HSACALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recording Studios (Commercial, Project, Mobile) (MPAIAHAA), Soundstage & Stage Rental (Film/TV) (MPADAIAA)

Keywords

• Dance studio hire
• Rehearsal space rental
• Music room booking
• Creative studio workspace
• Studio membership access

Headquarters

HQ city

Ilford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hourly/Daily Studio Hire: Pay-per-use model where customers book dance studios and music rooms by the hour or day. Peak and off-peak pricing structure. Payment collected online at time of booking via credit/debit card.
2. Residency Memberships: Long-term booking memberships providing guaranteed recurring studio slots. Options include flexible payments (monthly/termly) and exclusive use of individual studios with 24/7 access. Residencies paid via monthly invoice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

artsHouse London operates a multi-floor creative studio facility in Camden, London, renting out four dance/rehearsal studios (Balcony, Lounge, Solo, Office) and a music room by the hour or day. Customers self-book and pay online through the Skedda portal and gain building and studio access via the Kisi smartphone self-entry system, with 24/7 availability supported by remote monitoring. Long-term residency memberships provide recurring booked slots and, at the exclusive tier, 24/7 private access to a dedicated studio.

Product overview

ArtsHouse London operates as a studio space rental business offering four distinct dance/rehearsal studios (The Balcony Studio, The Lounge Studio, The Solo Studio, The Office Studio) and a Large Music Room. Studios are available for hourly or daily booking with peak and off-peak pricing. The company also offers two membership tiers: Long Term Booking for recurring reservations, and Exclusive Use for 24/7 private studio access. All spaces feature amenities including mirrors, sound systems, and natural lighting, with the Solo Studio specifically designed for pole dancing and the Lounge Studio on the ground floor for disabled accessibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Balcony Studio 18m x 5.5m dance studio with laminate (softwood) flooring, floor-to-ceiling mirrors on two walls, sound system, LED light strips that change color to music, upright piano, and roof balcony access. Maximum capacity 40 people. Off-peak £35/hour, peak £50/hour, day rate £252 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm).
• The Lounge Studio 8.5m x 5.5m ground floor studio with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, electric piano on request, adjacent to bathrooms and lounge area. Maximum capacity 15 people. Off-peak £25.90/hour, peak £37/hour, day rate £186.50. Suitable for disabled access.
• The Solo Studio 5.5m x 5.5m second floor studio with hardwood flooring and ample natural light. Ceiling height (2.4m) suitable for pole dancing with reinforced ceilings. Ideal for auditions, yoga, pilates, script readings, singing, and ballet. Off-peak £19.50/hour, peak £30/hour, day rate £140.50. Capacity 1-12 people.
• The Office Studio 5.5m x 5.5m first floor studio with ample natural light. Suitable for quieter activities; not recommended for heavy noise-producing classes or heavy footwork. Capacity 1-12 people. Fixed ballet barres.
• Large Music Room 3.6m x 4.3m music room equipped with upright piano, drums, music stands, and amps. Includes electric piano and drum kit. Suitable for live sessions, recording, practicing, jamming, and writing. Not a professional recording studio. Off-peak £13/hour, peak £16/hour, day rate £94. Room rental only; equipment not guaranteed.
• Long Term Booking Residency Long-term booking membership allowing creatives to reserve preferred studio slots in advance with flexible monthly or termly payment options. Requires 30 days notice for cancellation. Provides guaranteed recurring access for regular users.
• Exclusive Use Membership Premium membership offering 24/7 exclusive access to one dedicated studio, providing a personal creative sanctuary with monthly or quarterly payment flexibility. Positions the studio as the member's own creative home with uninterrupted access.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• KisicoreTechnology or IntegrationKisi provides the self-entry access system allowing customers to unlock studios via smartphone app or emailed link. Customers receive instant access link upon booking and Kisi app setup email. Access active 10 minutes before booking through end of session. One link unlocks both front door and studio door. Virtual assistants monitor remotely during all opening hours.
• SkeddacoreTechnology or IntegrationSkedda provides the online booking platform (artshouse.skedda.com/booking) for real-time studio availability, online payment processing, and booking management. Supports all major debit and credit cards. Bookings can be made up to 12 hours in advance.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Global flexible workspace operator with a strong London presence. Indirect competitor for the creative professional segment ArtsHouse serves; WeWork's broader offering includes private offices, event space, and general coworking in addition to creative use, but it competes with ArtsHouse for the same London creative workforce.
• Mindspace: Premium flexible workspace operator with London locations. Broader workspace offering (private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms) but member base includes creative agencies, content creators, and boutique brands whose activities overlap with ArtsHouse's customer use cases for meetings, shoots, and small-group sessions.
• Second Home: Creative co-working membership space operator with London locations. Broader scope than ArtsHouse (general creative co-working plus member amenities and event programming) and a larger multi-site footprint, but competes for an overlapping creative professional and small-team member base seeking flexible studio time.

Direct peers

• The Trampery: London operator of creative workspaces and innovation hubs across multiple sites. Serves creative professionals and small teams with member-based studio and workspace rentals, sharing ArtsHouse's community-focused positioning and orientation toward recurring access rather than purely transactional bookings.
• Hire Space: UK booking marketplace for event spaces, studios, and creative venues. Targets a comparable end customer (creative professionals and event organizers searching for short-term space), but operates as an aggregator of third-party venues rather than operating venues directly like ArtsHouse.
• Pirate Studios: UK-based self-serve music and creative practice studio operator. Uses app-based access and hourly booking similar to ArtsHouse's Kisi + Skedda stack, serving the same mix of independent musicians, content creators, and creative professionals. Closest direct peer on technology stack and operating model, though with a substantially broader geographic footprint.
• The Biscuit Factory: London creative event and studio venue in Bermondsey offering versatile hire for filming, photography, and creative events. Directly comparable target customer (creative professionals, photographers, brands) and 'blank canvas space' positioning to ArtsHouse, with a similar space-rental model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/academymewsstudios
• Instagraminstagram.com/artshousestudios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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 →

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