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Helm vs South Park Commons
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موثَّق September 2026
مجتمع بالدعوة فقط
موثَّق September 2026 Helm
Founders and CEOs of UK scale-up businesses past about £3 million in revenue
مجتمع بالدعوة فقط
South Park Commons
Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru.
ما تفيد به السجلات
- Role or title: Helm: Founder or CEO of the business; South Park Commons: No published role or title.
- Minimum company revenue: Helm: £3m+ revenue, or more than £3m raised; South Park Commons: No published minimum company revenue.
- Minimum employees: Helm: Team size around 20 full-time equivalents; South Park Commons: No published minimum employees.
- Geographic restriction: Helm: United Kingdom scale-up businesses; South Park Commons: Must live in and work from San Francisco, New York City or Bengaluru.
- Annual dues: Helm: £1,450 a year; South Park Commons: $0 a year.
مقارنة جنباً إلى جنب
| Helm | South Park Commons | |
|---|---|---|
| الملف الشخصي | ||
| النوع | Invitation-only community | Invitation-only community |
| تأسّس | 2003 (Founded as The Supper Club in 2003 by Duncan Cheatle; rebranded to Helm. Helm's own site states the 2003 founding on every page footer line and in its FAQ.) | 2016 (The Our Story page dates the community to 2016 and describes its origin as ten people reading AI papers around founding member Ruchi Sanghvi's dining table, before a physical space opened in San Francisco's South Park neighbourhood.) |
| المقر الرئيسي | London, United Kingdom | San Francisco, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United Kingdom: events across London and regional UK hubs, plus a digital community; Helm does not publish a full list of hubs | Physical communities in San Francisco (380 Brannan St), New York City and Bengaluru; members must live in one of the three hubs. |
| الأعضاء | 400as of September 2026 | 175as of September 2026 |
| الفروع | Helm has no chapters. It runs Forum groups and events in London and regional UK hubs but does not publish a hub list or a Forum count. | 3 |
| Primary audience | Founders and CEOs of UK scale-up businesses past about £3 million in revenue | Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru. |
| العضو النموذجي | Members are founders and CEOs of UK scale-ups, with average member turnover of about £21 million according to Helm's own comparison page. Businesses span SaaS, deep tech, biotech, property, manufacturing and retail. Non-founder executives, advisers and service providers are explicitly not admitted. | The FAQ states that about 70 percent of members are founders who aspire to start a company and 30 percent are researchers and experts going deeper in new fields. Members are expected to be full-time; those holding a full-time job are generally not accepted, with rare exceptions for visa or vesting reasons. Applicants who want to leave or take a sabbatical from university or academia are considered. |
| Qualification | ||
| الدور أو المسمى الوظيفي | Founder or CEO of the business"non-founder executives, advisers and service providers are not admitted as members".verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published role or title |
| الحد الأدنى لإيرادات الشركة | £3m+ revenue, or more than £3m raisedHelm's published qualification panel: "Revenue £3m+ (or, raised >£3m)".verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| الحد الأدنى لعدد الموظفين | Team size around 20 full-time equivalentsHelm's qualification panel gives "Team size 20 FTEs"; its FAQ says "a team of around 20 or more".verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | No published minimum employees |
| القيد الجغرافي | United Kingdom scale-up businessesverified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | Must live in and work from San Francisco, New York City or BengaluruThe FAQ answers "Do I need to be located in SF, NYC, or Bangalore?" as yes; members are expected to work from SPC spaces through the week.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | A short application form (Helm says two to five minutes), then a 30-minute qualifying call with the membership team to check fit and identify a suitable Forum. Helm describes committee approval within about 48 hours, followed by a 45-minute onboarding call. Forum placement follows an introductory conversation with the prospective Forum Chair and happens within one to three months of joining. | Applicants apply online to either the Member Residency or the Founder Fellowship. The organization says it reads every application and that applicants generally hear back within one to three weeks; those advancing are invited to an interview. Residency applications are accepted on a rolling basis year-round, while the Fellowship runs spring and autumn cohorts with application cut-offs and concentrated interview periods before each start. |
| Selectivity | No acceptance rate is published. Helm states that every application is reviewed for fit and that non-founder executives, advisers and service providers are not admitted. | Not publicly disclosed. SPC publishes active member and alumni counts but no application volume or acceptance rate. |
| التكلفة | ||
| الرسوم السنوية | £1,450 a yearClub membership: "£1,450 /per annum" on Helm's Get Started page. In-person experiences are pay-as-you-go at this tier.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | $0 a year"Is there a membership fee? No, we do not charge fees or dues." The India page repeats that the six-month residency is at "No cost or equity".verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| الرسوم الشهرية | £495 a monthA Helm comparison landing page quotes "£495 Joining Fee + £495 per month" (about £5,940 a year), which conflicts with the annual figures on the Get Started page. Both are Helm's own pages; the discrepancy is unresolved.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | SPC does not sell membership. Its economics run through the SPC Fund, which the site says manages a US$575 million global pool and writes cheques from US$1 million to US$10 million. |
| رسوم الانضمام | £495 one-time"£495 Joining Fee" per Helm's comparison landing page. No joining fee appears on the Get Started page.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ | SPC does not sell membership. Its economics run through the SPC Fund, which the site says manages a US$575 million global pool and writes cheques from US$1 million to US$10 million. |
| رسوم البرنامج | Helm publishes prices, but two of its own pages disagree: the Get Started page lists £1,450 and £4,250 a year for the two tiers, while a competitor-comparison page quotes £495 joining plus £495 a month. Membership can be cancelled at any time under the published membership agreement. | $0 one-timeThe six-month Member Residency carries no fee and no equity. The separate Founder Fellowship is an investment, not a fee: US$400,000 for 7 percent via a SAFE plus US$600,000 guaranteed in the next venture round.verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual, cancellable at any time under the published membership agreement | Six-month Member Residency; Founder Fellowship recipients become lifetime members of the community |
| الهيكل | ||
| Meeting frequency | Forum meets ten times a year (about three hours a month) plus an annual retreat; Helm runs two to three events a week, roughly 160 a year | Members work from SPC spaces through the week; peer accountability groups, learning forums, speaker series, workshops and roundtables run on an ongoing basis |
| Peer forums | Chaired Forum groups of six to eight founders, capped at eight, matched on business size, experience level, personality mix and Chair expertise; Chairs are experienced or exited founders | Peer accountability groups and member-led learning forums rather than assigned confidential forums; Fellowship cohorts are kept small at roughly one partner per two companies, with no demo day |
| Confidentiality | Events run under the Chatham House Rule; Forum is described as absolutely confidential ("What's discussed at Helm stays at Helm") | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | About three hours a month for Forum; Helm states there is no fixed overall commitment and that members typically attend an event every one to two months | Full time. The residency page states that "-1 to 0 isn't a side project. It's a full time endeavor." |
| Organized as | Forum-based, Event-focused, Virtual | Clubhouse premises, Cohort-based, Event-focused |
| منتديات الأقران السرية | Yes | Yes |
| الفصول المحلية | Partial | Yes |
| العضوية الافتراضية | Partial | No |
| مجتمع إلكتروني | Yes | Yes |
| دليل الأعضاء | Yes | Not documented |
| الفعاليات | Yes | Yes |
| البرمجة | ||
| البرامج التعليمية | Yes | Yes |
| تطوير القيادة | Yes | Partial |
| ملتقيات | Yes | No |
| السفر | Partial | No |
| البرامج الأسرية | No | No |
| برامج الزوج والشريك | No | No |
| برامج الجيل القادم | No | No |
| نقاشات الاستثمار | Yes | Yes |
| الفرص الاستثمارية | Partial | Yes |
| المكوِّن الخيري | Partial | No |
| التركيز على التواصل | High | High |
| التركيز الاجتماعي | High | Medium |
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