The Streetlife Trust

What The Streetlife Trust does

The Streetlife Trust is a UK-registered non-profit charity founded in 1984 that provides shelter and support services for vulnerable young people experiencing homelessness. Its operational model centres on direct youth work — a frontline, relational intervention model typical of UK youth homelessness charities — delivered through a small team sized at 11 to 50 employees. The organisation operates under the brand domain wearestreetlife.org, signalling a donor-facing and beneficiary-facing communications function alongside service delivery.

The charity's business model is that of a grant- and donation-funded non-profit rather than a commercial enterprise: there are no disclosed prices, products, or paying customers in the source data, and revenue mechanics appear to depend on charitable income streams typical of the UK youth homelessness sector (such as local authority commissioning, trusts and foundations, and individual giving). No subsidiary structure, parent organisation, or M&A activity is disclosed.

The available evidence is materially constrained: the organisation's website returned only a verification/loading page during data collection, so technology stack, partnerships, leadership team, financials, certifications, and geographic footprint beyond a UK service context could not be verified. As such, the description above is grounded only in the firmographic and descriptive fields that were successfully captured, and any operational specifics beyond those should not be inferred.

Name

The Streetlife Trust

Website

https://wearestreetlife.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Streetlife Trust is a UK non-profit charity, founded in 1984, that provides shelter and support for vulnerable young people experiencing homelessness through a small frontline youth work team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Homelessness Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Youth homelessness services
• Emergency youth shelter
• Homeless young people support
• Charity youth work
• Vulnerable youth outreach

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Streetlife Trust is a youth work charity that provides shelter and support services for vulnerable young people experiencing homelessness. It delivers direct youth work, crisis accommodation, and ongoing assistance to homeless young people as its core charitable activity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Shelter for Homeless Young People
• Youth Work Support Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• St Basils: Birmingham-based charity working with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk, providing accommodation, prevention, and support. Direct peer in the youth homelessness niche.
• Centrepoint: UK charity providing accommodation, health, and education services to homeless young people aged 16-25. Direct peer as the leading national specialist in the same mission and beneficiary cohort.
• Depaul UK: Youth homelessness charity operating emergency accommodation, supported housing, and nightstop services across the UK. Direct peer serving the same beneficiary group via shelter-based models.
• New Horizon Youth Centre: London-based day centre and outreach service for homeless and vulnerable 16-24 year olds. Direct peer offering shelter-linked and wraparound support to a near-identical beneficiary cohort.

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: Social business delivering services across education, employment, and youth justice including supported housing for vulnerable young people. Broad incumbent with overlapping youth homelessness delivery.
• St Mungo's: London-based charity providing housing and recovery support for homeless adults, with dedicated younger-people pathways. Broad incumbent in the homelessness field with adjacent youth programming.
• YMCA England & Wales: Large national federation providing supported housing, training, and youth services, including accommodation for young people. Broad incumbent with overlapping youth housing provision but a much wider mandate.
• Crisis UK: National homelessness charity offering housing, education, and advocacy across all ages. Broad incumbent operating in the same sector with overlap on youth-facing services.

Others

• Macmillan Cancer Support (youth services comparator): Large UK charity illustrating the fundraising and beneficiary-support model that established homelessness charities emulate; included only as an indirect ecosystem comparator, not a competitor.
• Local Government Association (commissioner): Representative body for local authorities that commission youth homelessness services. Included as the principal buyer-side counterpart shaping the trust's market and funding flows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-streetlife-trust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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