Top Communities Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This article showcases some of the most popular players in the Communities space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Communities industry.

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Top Communities Companies


Cookpad

Cookpad is a tech company building a community platform for people to share recipe ideas and cooking tips.

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Nextreality

Nextreality ia a Internet company.

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Gumtree

GumTree is an online classified ads and community site that provides users with a platform to find and advertise rooms, flats, and houses.

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MoneySavingExpert

MoneySavingExpert.com is dedicated to saving you money on anything & everything by finding the best deals and beating the system.

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Culture Trip

Culture Trip is a global tech startup that inspires people to explore the world’s culture and creativity.

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British Council(BIRAX)

British Council is a government institution that promotes culture, art, education, technology, and science.

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Giffgaff

Giffgaff is a new type of mobile network, run by its members for its members. Like a modern revolution.

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Depop

Depop provides a mobile application that allows users to buy, sell, discover, and explore various things.

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The Student Room

The Student Room is a U.K.-based privately held digital learning community platform that helps students with studies.

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LifePoints

LifePoints is a provider of custom research and analysis, operating globally company located in London.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening.

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Femstreet

The leading newsletter and community for women in tech and venture capital.

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Coventry Telegraph

Coventry Telegraph is an online platform that offers stories, news, and information from the Coventry and Warwickshire communities.

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HealthUnlocked

HealthUnlocked is a social network for health.

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38 Degrees

38 Degrees is the angle at which snowflakes come together to form an avalanche – together we’re unstoppable.

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The City of Edinburgh Council

The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for providing political leadership

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SQLServerCentral.com

SQLServerCentral.com is the #1 education and community site for SQL Server.

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Springer Nature

Springer Nature is a leading global research, educational and professional publisher, home to an array of respected and trusted brands

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Ooni

Ooni is the number one pizza oven brand in the world.

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Mindat.org

Mindat.org is a mineralogy database and mineralogical reference website on the internet.

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Cheeky Ventures

We help people create music startups

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HSS Hire

HSS Hire is a supplier of tools, equipment and related services.

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London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Southwark is provides the information for residents, visitors and the business community from Southwark Council.

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TheJC com

TheJC.com – the Jewish Community.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence.

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AAT

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) – the UK’s leading qualification and membership body for accounting staff.

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Gitter

The home of #community. Where #developers come to talk. For support, please get in touch on support at gitter.im.

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Rated People

Rated People is an online recommendation service that connects homeowners with local, recommended tradespeople.

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Places for People

Places for People is a property management, development, regeneration and leisure company.

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Pretty Green

Named after a track by The Jam, Pretty Green provides simple, classic clothing with a modern twist.

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Wandsworth Community Wards

Community Ward is now part of Community Adult Health Services (CAHS) working within Complex Case Management.

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London Borough of Lambeth

London Borough of Lambeth is the organization that regulates the district of Lambeth on London.

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City of London

City of London Corporation is a government body that provides economic, social, and community development services.

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Blurtit

Blurtit is a Q&A community allowing users to ask questions and get answers from experts in the community.

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Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire County Council. We provide information about services, jobs, events and much more.

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British Red Cross

We are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.

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Online People

Online People lets you expand your social circle through your existing friends.

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River Cottage

River Cottage has given millions of TV viewers a taste for great cooking since 1998.

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Property Tribes

Property Tribes is U.K. leading independent landlord & property investor community.

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Community Care

CommunityCare, the UK’s brand for social work professionals.

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Benenden Health

Benenden Health is a mutual community that provides corporate healthcare services to employers and their employees for over 110 years.

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Mears Group

As a leading social housing repairs and maintenance provider, Mears delivers rapid response and planned maintenance services.

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Open Source Media Center

OSMC is a free and open source social media hub that runs on a number of devices.

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Bellingcat

Bellingcat is an Investigative journalism group.

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Photocrowd

Photocrowd is an online photo community and photo contest platform

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The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Founded in 1754 the RSA is a British organisation committed to finding solutions to today’s social challenges

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HRZone

HRZone features the latest analysis & thought leadership to keep HR professionals up-to-date with industry developments and future trends.

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80,000 Hours

80,000 Hours is an evidence-based advice on careers that make a difference.

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AdoptOpenJDK

AdoptOpenJDK is a community of Java User Group (JUG) members, Java developers and vendors.

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figshare

figshare is an online repository for its users to make their research outputs available in a citable, shareable, and discoverable manner.

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HC-One

HC-One offers professional residential, nursing and specialist dementia care for older people.

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Third Sector

The Third Sector group aims to connect those working in the voluntary sector.

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Rumratings

The world’s largest community dedicated to the spirit rum

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Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retailer specialising in clothing, along with interests in homewares and destination shopping for tourists.

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The Ecologist

The Ecologist is an environmental affairs magazine that provides a mix of in-depth analysis and practical campaigns.

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Learning Pool

Public sector learning community

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Emmaus

Emmaus Communities enable people to move on from homelessness, providing work and a home in a supportive, family environment.

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Sofar Sounds

Sofar Sounds is a global community hosting curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world.

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Midlothian Council

Midlothian Council provides a wide range of services for around 83,000 people living south of Edinburgh.

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Selina

Selina is a fast-growing hospitality brand built for today’s nomadic traveler to help them live, work, and explore anywhere in the world.

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East of England Coop

East of England Coop doing business, one that would make a difference for its customers and the communities that they live in.

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Glasgow Housing Association

We are one of the largest social landlords in the UK, with more than 43,000 tenants.

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Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member is a free WordPress plugin that makes it extremely easy to create powerful online communities .

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One Year No Beer

One Year No Beer is a provider of an online toolkit for surviving modern alcohol-free society.

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Mind the Product

Mind the Product is an international product community for users to gain information.

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XenForo

Compelling community forum software

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Interactive Investor

Interactive Investor is a community of traders and investors helping website users make accurate financial decisions.

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Morris Homes

Morris Homes are one of the country’s largest and most respected independently owned house builders.

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Omerta Game

Omerta Game is the company behind the Omerta online game.

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Unity Trust Bank

Unity Trust Bank provides specialist banking services for trade unions and charities in the United Kingdom.

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HalalGuide

HalalGuide is a fully-fledged digital ecosystem for 1.8 billion Muslims across the globe.

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farmhopping

farmhopping is a community-based marketplace that connects small farms with prospective consumers.

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Surfers Against Sewage

An environmental charity protecting the UK’s oceans, waves and beaches for all to enjoy safely and sustainably.

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FareShare

FareShare is the longest running food redistribution charity.

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Cat in a Flat

Cat in a Flat The best way to find trusted cat sitters in your area.

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Incommunities Group

A housing association based in Bradford and we provide affordable, high quality homes, principally for rent.

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Global Witness

Global Witness investigates and campaigns to change the system by exposing the economic networks behind conflict, corruption.

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Plan UK

Plan UK is a global childrens charity,helping young girls and boys in communities around the globe to build better future for childrens.

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Nexudus

Nexudus is a white label tool for people to manage co-working or shared office space.

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Cardiff and Vale College

CAVC is one of the largest colleges in the country – transforming education and training across the capital region of Wales.

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itcher

itcher, an entertainment discovery application, providing community powered recommendations around movies, tv shows, books, music, and games

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Bolton at Home

Bolton at Home aims to foster social and economic development in disadvantaged areas in Bolton borough.

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Mishcon de Reya

Mishcon de Reya services an international community of clients.

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Wikifactory

The social platform for collaborative product development

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Leading Edge Forum

LEF is a global research and thought leadership community.

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IAB UK

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for online and mobile advertising.

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Resolution Foundation

Resolution Foundation is award-winning think-tank that works to improve the living standards of those in Britain on low to middle incomes.

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Developer Fusion

A UK-based community for software engineers and web developers. Founded in 1999, the site has an active community base of over half a

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Disciple Media

Disciple helps you host, engage and monetise your community on your terms. Create your own community app and gather your customers.

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Hu Kitchen

Paleo-inspired, high quality, low processed, clean food restaurants.

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Matchstat ltd

Online soccer and tennis betting community

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Relocate Global

Relocate Global is the leading independent multimedia publisher for the relocation industry, corporate relocation and mobility market.

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Rerun Furniture Service

Rerun Furniture Service are a registered charity & not for profit company working in Hull and parts of the East Riding.

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Rich Mix

To deliver a world-class artistic programme that reflects, and is accessible to, the diverse communities who live in East London.

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Messly

Messly is a SaaS, Professional Network that helps doctors find their next role in healthcare.

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Plymouth Community Homes

We work for Plymouth by strengthening communities and improving homes.

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Trust for London

Recognise the freedom and responsibility that spring from our endowment and our independence from Government or vested interests.

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Wishdates

Wishdates is a social discovery network that enables users to build new relationships based on their geolocation and interests.

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HugoFox

HugoFox is a website creation services company empowering businesses and communities in the UK.

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Curious World

Curious World offers a a world of educational videos, games, and books tied to early learning curriculum, selected to engage young minds.

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SaaStock

SaaStock is a global SaaS events company that connects founders, executives, and investors to build and scale B2B SaaS companies.

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World Green Building Council

The World Green Building Council is a non-profit organization and a coalition of national Green Building Councils.

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