Hatch Enterprise

Who we are

At Hatch, we support underrepresented entrepreneurs from across the UK to imagine, launch and grow sustainable and impactful businesses through tailored support, community and partnerships.

The team at Hatch is a fantastically diverse group of people who are passionate about going that extra mile to support founders and help shape a fairer economy. With over 30 members of staff working across the charity, we’re one of the fastest growing enterprise support organisations in the UK.

Since 2014, we’ve supported more than 6,700 founders across the UK and grown our revenue to £1.7m annually. We’ve been there for founders through some of the most turbulent and challenging times in recent history, from the COVID-19 pandemic and mass business closures, coming face to face with societal inequity highlighted by #BlackLivesMatter, to the cost of living crisis.

Now we’re looking at our next big milestone: Delivering holistic and inclusive enterprise support for hundreds of founders every year whilst also delivering on our promise to support founders with patient, flexible financial support alongside our programmes. 

At Hatch, we try to embody the following values in everything we do, from being transparent with data and information, to trying new things, failing but learning from mistakes and to collaborate on strategic decisions, drawing on our collective expertise, experience and networks:

• We are inherently experimental 
• We believe in human potential
• We create meaningful connections
• We are committed to achieving equity

Hatch’s work has been recognised in recent years, including: 

• Being recognised as  one of the top 100 social enterprises in the UK, featuring in the NatWest SE100 Index 2020 , 2021 and 2022, and as a finalist in 2019.
• Winning the 2017 Enterprising Britain Awards in the ‘Building Enterprise Skills’ category for Hatch’s incubator programme.
• Shortlisted for the 2017 Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards in the category of ‘Community Partner’ for our work with Deutsche Bank supporting  over 50 mission driven businesses in South London.