New Wine

What New Wine does

New Wine is a UK-based Christian charity and network of churches, registered as New Wine Trust Limited (Charity No. 1084415, private company limited by guarantee) and headquartered in London. Founded in 1989, the organization functions as a movement connecting over 1,000 churches, 4,000 church leaders, and approximately 50,000 individuals across 14 countries, with the mission of equipping local churches for Spirit-filled ministry and community transformation.

Its core products are event-led and span an annual six-day New Wine Festival at Bath & West Showground (~14,000 attendees), a biannual New Wine Leadership Conference delivered across Harrogate and Eastbourne (~1,900 attendees), regional New Wine Leadership Days across eight UK cities, and Kids Leaders' Training Days. The portfolio also includes a year-round New Wine Leadership Network with Ministry Streams (Kids, Worship, Rural, Urban, Women, Men, Church Planting, Accessible Church, International) and a subscription streaming platform, New Wine Online, delivered via uscreen with payment processing through Stripe. Sub-brands Luminosity (youth), New Wine Kids, Young Adults, and Accessible Church segment programming by age and need, and New Wine Radio provides on-site broadcast during the festival.

Revenue is generated through ticket sales for festivals, conferences and regional events, subscriptions to New Wine Online (Individual and TOGETHER tiers enabling church broadcast), corporate sponsorship and exhibitor fees, and donations including Gift Aid–eligible giving. The organization operates without disclosed financial figures and is supported by a small team (11–50 employees) with charity partnerships (Spurgeons, Scripture Union, Tearfund) extending its mission reach.

Name

New Wine

Legal name

New Wine Trust Limited

Website

https://new-wine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

New Wine is a UK-based Christian charity network operating annual festivals, leadership conferences, regional training days, and a streaming platform to equip over 1,000 churches and 4,000 leaders across 14 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: New Wine operates as a not-for-profit UK-based charity (Charity No. 1084415) funded primarily through donations. Supporters can give one-off donations by card or set up monthly giving via direct debit or card. Bank transfers, standing orders, and cheques are also accepted. Gift Aid declarations are supported for UK taxpayers.
2. Event Tickets and Festival Revenue: Revenue generated from ticket sales for the New Wine Festival (camping, day tickets, weekend tickets), Leadership Conference, and regional events. Additional revenue from exhibitor/sponsor fees, electrical hook-ups (£150-160), and merchandise. Camping tickets, exhibition huts, and sponsorship packages contribute to event revenue.
3. New Wine Online Subscription: Digital subscription service providing access to streaming content, teaching resources, and online platform access. Membership types include INDIVIDUAL (personal, non-commercial use) and TOGETHER (includes permission to broadcast to church congregations).
4. Corporate Sponsorship and Exhibitor Fees: Organizations can sponsor various elements of event provision. Advertisers, exhibitors, and sponsors must align with New Wine's vision and values. Exhibition hut fees plus percentage of sales (17.5% or flat fee whichever higher) for retailers. Sponsors receive profile through New Wine communications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

New Wine is a UK-based Christian movement that organizes large-scale religious gatherings and provides leadership training and resources to support local churches and their leaders. Its flagship offering is the annual six-day New Wine Festival (~14,000 attendees) at the Bath & West Showground, complemented by the biannual New Wine Leadership Conference (~1,900 leaders), regional Leadership Days, Kids Leaders' Training Days, and year-round connection via the New Wine Leadership Network. Digital teaching content is delivered through New Wine Online, a subscription-based on-demand streaming platform.

Product overview

New Wine is a UK-based charitable movement of local churches operating as a platform-plus-events organization. The core offering consists of annual national gatherings — the New Wine Festival (6-day, ~14,000 attendees) and the New Wine Leadership Conference (biannual, ~1,900 leaders) — supported year-round by the New Wine Leadership Network, New Wine Online (subscription streaming), and regional New Wine Leadership Days. The portfolio includes age- and need-specific sub-brands: Luminosity (youth), New Wine Kids (children), Young Adults (18–29s), and Accessible Church (additional needs support). New Wine Radio provides on-site audio programming. All offerings are interconnected, with the annual festival serving as the primary community-building and content-generation hub that feeds into the digital platform and year-round network activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Luminosity: Festival-within-a-festival for youth in school years 7-13 (ages 11-18), providing dedicated spaces for teenagers to worship, pray, and explore their faith.

Products and services

• New Wine Festival The flagship annual six-day Christian festival at Bath & West Showground featuring worship, teaching, ministry, and community for approximately 14,000 attendees from local churches across the UK and beyond. Includes onsite camping, offsite, day, and weekend tickets with programming across all ages.
• New Wine Leadership Conference Biannual leadership conference taking place in two UK locations (Harrogate and Eastbourne) that brings together over 1,900 church leaders, staff teams, and volunteers for worship, teaching, breakouts, and networking, with a dedicated Kids & Youth stream. Designed to equip and encourage church leaders for Spirit-filled ministry.
• New Wine Leadership Network A network of church leaders supported year-round through connection, training, and resources, with structured Ministry Streams covering Accessible Church, Kids, Worship, Rural, Urban, Women, Men, International, and Leaders in Training. Provides ongoing support between major events.
• New Wine Online Subscription-based streaming platform delivering on-demand access to teaching content from New Wine events, including worship sessions, sermon archives, and ministry resources. Provided via uscreen with payment processing through Stripe; offers INDIVIDUAL (personal use) and TOGETHER (church broadcast) membership tiers.
• New Wine Leadership Days Regional one-day training events held across multiple UK locations (Harrogate, Stockport, Leicester, Cambridge, Tunbridge Wells, High Wycombe, Camberley, Bristol) designed to extend the annual leadership conference experience to local church leaders and their teams.
• Kids Leaders' Training Days Regional training events for volunteers and leaders serving in children's ministry, offered in Manchester and Surrey, featuring worship, practical teaching, prayer ministry, networking, and breakout seminars to equip kids ministry teams for the year ahead.
• Luminosity A festival-within-a-festival for youth in school years 7–13 (ages 11–18) that provides dedicated spaces for worship, teaching, sports, seminars, cafés, and community centred in the Luminosity Village. Also operates its own team volunteer stream.
• Young Adults (YA/YAC) Dedicated programme stream at the New Wine Festival for 18–29 year olds offering gatherings, social events, study sessions, and discounted ticket pricing, functioning as both afternoon programming and an all-day stream.
• New Wine Kids Children's ministry programme at the festival for ages 1–11, organised into age-specific groups (Gems, Pebbles, Groundbreakers, Rock Solid, Boulder Gang) plus drop-in spaces such as Stepping Stones for 0–4s and intergenerational activities; backed by active volunteer team recruitment.
• Accessible Church Accessibility ministry comprising multiple teams and venues (Our Place for specialist kids and youth, Inclusion Teams, the Access venue for adults, and Breathe for parents/carers of individuals with additional needs) supporting attendees with physical disabilities, sensory needs, learning disabilities, autism, and other needs to fully participate in the festival.
• New Wine Radio On-site radio station broadcasting during the New Wine Festival with approximately 16 hours of daily programming, including interviews, music, live relays of sessions, and delegate information; operated by volunteer presenters and engineers.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SpurgeonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpurgeons partners with New Wine to equip and encourage churches to make lasting impact in their communities through children and families. They offer expertise and resources to support churches in reaching children and families in need and strengthening local communities.
• Scripture UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScripture Union exists to see a new generation of children and young people with a vibrant personal faith in Jesus. They equip local churches to reach 'the 95' (95% of under-18s who don't go to church), helping them make meaningful connections to explore the Bible, respond to Jesus, and grow in faith through resources, events, training, and coaching.
• TearfundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTearfund provides innovative Bible-based training through local churches around the world, having partnered with more than 64,000 churches. Their Transforming Communities training brings hope and belonging through the local church, addressing physical needs alongside spiritual transformation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland: A UK network of churches with a shared theological identity and regular national gatherings. Directly comparable as a UK church planting and renewal movement operating leadership training, conferences, and a national network model.
• Spring Harvest: A long-running UK Christian event and ministry focused on family-friendly Christian festivals and teaching weeks. Comparable as a UK Christian gathering organization serving thousands of church attendees annually with similar programming structure.
• Spurgeons: A UK Christian children's charity supporting children, families, and churches through social action and ministry. Comparable as a faith-based UK charity partnering with churches to deliver family and children's ministry outcomes.
• Tearfund: A UK-based Christian relief and development agency partnering with local churches globally for community transformation. Comparable as a UK Christian charity operating through a large partner-church network, similar to New Wine's international footprint.
• Keswick Convention: A long-established UK Christian convention running multi-week Bible teaching events in the Lake District. Comparable as a UK-wide Christian gathering event serving thousands of attendees with a teaching and renewal focus.
• Soul Survivor (Summer Madness / Momentum): A UK Christian charity running youth-focused summer festivals and leadership events for church young people. Comparable as an organizer of large-scale, youth-focused Christian events and training days serving UK churches.
• HTB (Holy Trinity Brompton) / Alpha Course: A major UK church network and organizer of Alpha, a foundational Christian discipleship course with global reach. Directly comparable as a UK-based Christian network providing leadership training, courses, and large-scale events to local churches.
• Scripture Union: A UK and international Christian charity focused on children and young people, providing resources, events, and training to local churches. Comparable mission overlap with New Wine's children and youth ministry streams and its role as a New Wine partner.

Regional players

• KingsGate Community Church: A large UK charismatic church with associated network and leadership development programmes. Comparable as a UK church organization running conferences and training, though primarily operating from a single regional base.

Emerging players

• Youthscape: A UK Christian charity focused on youth ministry research, training, and resources for churches. Comparable mission focus on equipping churches for youth ministry, with overlap on New Wine's Kids and Youth streams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-wine-trust

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Investors

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