Hatch Enterprise is the UK’s leading charity championing inclusive entrepreneurship, recognised by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe’s top startup hubs for two consecutive years.
At Hatch, we believe in building partnerships to drive real societal impact. We work hand-in-hand with our partners to create programmes and events that align with our shared visions and values, ensuring that every partnership is impactful and sustainable.
By working with Hatch, your organisation can help create jobs, fuel innovation, and drive meaningful change. Together, we can reshape the entrepreneurial landscape, ensuring that those who have been overlooked are given the tools and opportunities to succeed.
Together, we can build a more inclusive economy that benefits businesses, communities, and society as a whole.
Meeting founders over the years allows us to learn about and understand the biggest business barriers they face, and we use our own knowledge and experience to help overcome as many of those as possible. The partnership with Hatch has been a true collaborative effort and we’re excited about what the next few years will bring.
Nick Howe,
Enterprise and Climate Engagement and Partnerships, Natwest
By partnering with Hatch Enterprise, you can help us close the opportunity gap in entrepreneurship, foster innovation amongst undervalued communities, and create lasting social and economic impact.
Our dedicated team designs programmes that align with your organisation's ESG and CSR objectives, delivering measurable social value through our work with underrepresented entrepreneurs.
Boost retention and job satisfaction by engaging employees in purpose-driven volunteering, shown to increase workplace engagement by up to 57%.
Position your company at the forefront of inclusive entrepreneurship, engage customers through impactful initiatives like Cause Related Marketing campaigns that showcase your commitment to diversity in business.
Create real opportunities for underrepresented groups, while strengthening local networks through collaboration, fostering a genuine sense of connection and belonging and empowering communities directly affected by inequality.
In the last decade, we’ve partnered with organisations such as Bloomberg, Google and UBS to support founders and organisations to become resilient and sustainable. We’re proud to work alongside our partners to unlock real global impact – and we can help you do the same. Read more about some of recent strategic partnerships below:
We’ve partnered with NatWest since 2017
Our work with Natwest has supported over 2,000 founders
Increased economic support and social mobility for business across the UK
Our partnership with NatWest is fostering nationwide community building for diverse founders. Hatch is leveraging its expertise to meet NatWest’s goal of levelling the playing field for underrepresented entrepreneurs outside of London. Through networking events, expert mentoring, online workshops, cohort programmes, and strategic grants, the initiative has already supported over 2,000 founders.
NatWest and Hatch team members with NatWest-supported founders at a networking event
to support diverse entrepreneurs
including British Vogue,
Glamour UK, Grazia and Metro
Our three-year Cause Related Marketing initiative with Glossier successfully combined sales with social impact through their Glossier Goods campaign.
In addition to the extensive publicity for Glossier, they also used their reach to amplify Hatch’s mission, including a dedicated breakfast event to launch the partnership. The event brought together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders to publicly magnify Glossier’s commitment to social impact and CSR.
Additionally there was little financial investment to be made by the brand.
Hatch founders taking part in a networking event at Glossier
Were supported by Ares through our in-depth programmes since 2024
Programme graduates rated their experience 4.8 out of 5 stars
Democratising entrepreneurship for disabled and neurodivergent founders through our Ares Foundation partnership
Our partnership with Ares Charitable Foundation aims to democratise access to entrepreneurship for Disabled and neurodivergent people. As part of this multi-year project, we conducted an accessibility audit of our communications, published a report on inclusive recruitment practices, and ran two UK-first Launchpad programmes designed specifically for Disabled and neurodivergent founders.
Inaugural Ares programme cohort for Disabled and neurodivergent entrepreneurs
New boutique M&A firm Pura Advisory have partnered with Hatch, committing to donate 2.5% of their annual revenue to our charitable mission.
Working with Hatch has been invaluable. They help us to reach businesses that really need the support and equip them with the skills, knowledge and networks to thrive in the current climate.
We’re really pleased that our partnership with Hatch has made the Southwark Pioneers Fund: Grow Your Enterprise programme such a success.
Libby Dunstan,
Senior Strategy Officer, Southwark Council.
Limited access to financial resources, education and funding for female founders means many women are afraid to take the step into entrepreneurship or last the distance once they do start. The Hatch programme was a fantastic opportunity to learn essential business skills for those like me in the early stages of starting a business.
81%
81% of our founders are women
61%
61% of our founders are from minority ethnic backgrounds
83%
83% of our founders run impact-driven businesses
Hatch graduates have founded companies like Hexarad, revolutionising radiology; Hived, an emission-free parcel delivery firm; and Change Please, an ethical coffee chain supporting homelessness. Our graduates contribute millions of pounds and thousands of jobs to the economy, alongside significant social and environmental benefits.
£9.8 million
The total collective turnover achieved by founders and businesses, a 72% increase at the point where they joined a business support programme at Hatch.
48%
Of Accelerator graduates reported successfully entering a new market whilst on a Hatch programme.
See how Hatch Enterprise is reshaping the UK’s entrepreneurial landscape through meaningful partnerships. Join us to advance your organisation’s goals while creating a fairer, more diverse business ecosystem.
Hatch Enterprise has turned 10 years old. In this impact report we reflect on not only the last year, but also the last decade spent working to build a better world through entrepreneurship.
Our Annual Impact Report showcases how Hatch is empowering underrepresented entrepreneurs nationwide, supporting over 9,000 founders since 2014 to create a more inclusive business landscape.
“Lisa’s unwavering dedication to improving the lives and workplaces for underrepresented groups is truly admirable. So when Hatch paired me with Lisa as part of their mentorship programme in 2023, it felt like the perfect match.”
Jess RadFounder of The WomenHood and Incubator graduate
“I’ve learnt that by mentoring I learn too! Being a mentor on the Hatch programme has had a significant impact on my own growth and development over the last year.”
Lisa Ardley-PriceGlobal Co-Chair of NatWest Gender Network
Photo: Hayley Samartin
Collaborate with Hatch to meet your goals and engage your employees in volunteering with impactful businesses:
Deryl Thatcher,
Head of Corporate Partnerships
deryl.t@hatchenterprise.org
Hatch offers several partnership opportunities to help you meet your CSR goals while supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs:
The time commitment is flexible and can be tailored to your organisation’s capacity. We offer various volunteering opportunities requiring different levels of commitment:
We work closely with our partners to find the right balance that benefits both your organisation and our founders.
We measure the impact of our partnerships through the tangible outcomes they create for underrepresented founders. Our comprehensive tracking includes:
We also collect qualitative feedback from founders after they complete our programmes to understand their experience and the value they gained.
Additionally, we track the impact that partnerships have on our partners themselves by monitoring how many of their employees have participated in volunteering opportunities and gathering feedback on their experience.
Hatch works with a diverse range of partners who, like us, recognise the additional barriers faced by UK entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups. Our current partners include:
Up until early 2020, the majority of the entrepreneurs we worked with were based in London and the South East. Having since taken our portfolio of support programmes online, increasingly we now work with entrepreneurs from right across the UK.
Since pivoting to delivering our support to founders online in early 2020, we’re increasingly supporting people from across the UK, and now run multiple programmes that are specifically designed for people outside of London and the South East. Currently half of the founders supported through our cohort programmes are based outside of London, from richly diverse communities across the UK, all the way from Brighton to Edinburgh.
Hatch specialises in supporting founders from underrepresented backgrounds, which means your partnership can be tailored to align with your specific diversity and inclusion priorities. Our programmes support:
While these are the groups we currently focus on, we’re always open to providing our services to other underrepresented groups as well. We are happy to discuss any specific requirements with funders so we can work together to determine how best to achieve your goals and support your target communities.
The financial commitment for a partnership varies depending on the type and scope of collaboration you’re interested in. We create bespoke partnerships that align with your budget, goals, and desired impact.
Whether you’re looking to sponsor a full programme, fund grants for entrepreneurs, or sponsor industry leading research, we can design a partnership package that works for your organisation.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals are increasingly becoming a priority for businesses of all sizes, and Hatch plays an important role as a conduit in channelling that intention, resource and financial support into making a social and local impact.
We encourage you to fill out our partnership inquiry form to start the conversation about how we can work together to support underrepresented entrepreneurs in a way that aligns with your resources and objectives.