Headrow House

What Headrow House does

Headrow House is a multi-use arts, food, drink, and events venue located at 19a The Headrow in Leeds city centre, United Kingdom, operated by the Super Friendz hospitality group (legal entity Super Friendz). The venue occupies a five-floor former early-1900s textile mill that was restored and reopened in 2010 after a decade of neglect, and comprises a Beer Hall bar, the Ox Club solid-fuel grill restaurant (listed in the Michelin Guide and Good Food Guide), a performance and event space, the Kennedy Meadows upper terrace, and the Redondo Beach Roof Bar. The business generates revenue through four principal streams: food and beverage sales across the Beer Hall and Ox Club, ticketed live music and arts events, walk-in dining, and private hire for celebrations, corporate functions, meetings, and weddings, the last coordinated through a dedicated bookings contact.

The underlying operating model is a traditional hospitality business with no proprietary technology platform. Distribution relies on the venue's own website (headrowhouse.com and superfriendz.com), email newsletter subscription, and third-party ticketing partnerships with DICE FM, SeeTickets, Crash Records, and Jumbo Records. Customer segments split between general-public event attendees and diners (primary) and private-event hirers (secondary), with marketing executed through the venue's digital properties, social media, and ticketing partners. The business sits within a larger Super Friendz group that also operates Belgrave Music Hall, Water Lane Boathouse, and the Super Friendz brand, enabling shared marketing, privacy, and operational infrastructure across venues.

Headrow House does not pursue public funding or external investment according to available information, and no mergers, acquisitions, or leadership transitions are recorded. Recurring programming such as Ox Club Sunday Lunch and a Tuesday weekly quiz, alongside periodic menu refreshes, points to ongoing optimisation of the existing single-site offering rather than geographic or category expansion.

Name

Headrow House

Legal name

Super Friendz

Website

https://headrowhouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Headrow House is a five-floor multi-use arts, food, drink, and events venue in a converted Leeds city-centre textile mill, serving event attendees, diners at the on-site Ox Club grill restaurant, and private-hire clients for weddings and corporate functions under the Super Friendz hospitality group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality & Entertainment Venue

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

akta.pro primary industry

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Restaurant dining
• Private event hire
• Hospitality venue
• Craft beer bar

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Food & Beverage Sales: Revenue generated from on-site food and beverage operations including the Beer Hall bar, Ox Club restaurant (solid-fuel grill), and various drink offerings such as cocktails. The venue serves customers through both table service at Ox Club and bar service throughout the venue.
2. Event Ticketing: Revenue from ticket sales for live music and arts events held in the performance space. Tickets are sold through the venue's own website and third-party ticketing platforms.
3. Private Hire & Event Space Rental: Revenue from renting venue spaces for private events including birthday celebrations, meetings, corporate events, and wedding parties. Catering packages are available alongside the bar service for hired events.
4. Ox Club Restaurant Dining: The Ox Club operates as an award-winning solid-fuel grill restaurant showcasing Yorkshire's seasonal produce, generating revenue through table reservations and walk-in dining service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Headrow House is a multi-use arts, food, drink and events venue operating across five floors in a converted textile mill in Leeds city centre. The venue combines a Beer Hall bar, the Ox Club solid-fuel grill restaurant, dedicated live music and arts performance space, a roof terrace (Kennedy Meadows / Redondo Beach Roof Bar), and private hire areas for weddings and corporate events.

Product overview

Headrow House is a multi-use venue spanning five floors in a former textile mill in Leeds city centre, comprising a Beer Hall, Ox Club restaurant (an award-winning solid-fuel grill featured in the Michelin Guide), event/performance space, roof terrace, and private hire areas. The venue operates as a unified hospitality offering where Ox Club provides the dining component while the Beer Hall and roof spaces host events, private hires, and the weekly quiz. Wedding parties and corporate events can be accommodated through dedicated Private Hire Packages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ox Club: An award-winning solid-fuel grill restaurant showcasing the best of Yorkshire's seasonal produce. Open Tuesday to Friday 5pm–10pm, Saturday 12pm–10pm, Sunday Lunch 12pm–6pm. Featured in the Michelin Guide and Good Food Guide.

Products and services

• Ox Club Restaurant
• Beer Hall
• Kennedy Meadows / Redondo Beach Roof Bar
• Live Music and Arts Events Programme
• Private Hire Packages

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DICE FMcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDICE FM is a third-party ticketing platform partner through which Headrow House sells event tickets. The partnership is referenced in the venue's privacy policy.
• SeeTicketscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSeeTickets is a ticketing platform partner for selling event tickets at Headrow House.
• Crash RecordsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCrash Records is a Leeds-based record store that serves as a physical face-to-face ticket outlet for Headrow House events, located at 35 The Headrow, Leeds.
• Jumbo RecordsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJumbo Records is a Leeds-based record store that serves as a physical face-to-face ticket outlet for Headrow House events, located at Merrion Street, Leeds.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Old Print Works: Birmingham-based bar and event venue set in a converted industrial building. Comparable in combining a heritage/industrial setting with bar service, private hire, and event-driven footfall.
• Village Underground: London multi-use venue combining a live-music/club space, bar, and coworking areas in a converted industrial building. Closely comparable multi-floor, mixed-use, event-driven concept, though at a larger London scale.
• Omeara: London bar and live-music venue near London Bridge, operated as a multi-use independent venue. Directly comparable in combining ticketed music programming with a strong F&B offering and private hire.
• Brudenell Social Club: Long-established Leeds venue combining a busy live-music calendar with a bar serving the local community. Directly comparable as a Leeds-based independent music/bar venue competing for similar event-driven footfall.
• Belgrave Music Hall: Sister venue under the same Super Friendz hospitality group in Leeds. Operates a multi-floor food, drink and live-music model highly comparable to Headrow House, including rooftop bar and street-food style dining.
• Water Lane Boathouse: Another Leeds venue operated by Super Friendz, combining bar/dining with events. Closely comparable operating model and customer base within the same parent group.

Regional players

• The Leadmill: Iconic Sheffield independent music venue with bar and event programming. Comparable as a regional UK independent live-music/nightlife venue, but in a different city.
• Band on the Wall: Manchester-based independent music venue with bar and event programming. Comparable as a regional UK independent live-music and bar venue competing for touring artists and audiences.
• YES: Multi-floor Manchester bar, live-music and events venue. Closely comparable multi-use hospitality format with ticketed events, bar and event-hire revenue streams, though based in Manchester.
• The Deaf Institute: Manchester multi-floor venue combining a bar, restaurant and live-music/club space. Comparable independent multi-use venue format, though based in Manchester rather than Leeds.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/headrow-house

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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