Since opening in 2025, St Matthew’s has become a catalyst for connection and collaboration, hosting all types of events and welcoming thousands of people for training, research, networking and cultural activity. With flexible co-working, serviced offices, meeting rooms and a dramatic conference space we support freelancers, start-ups, SMEs and social value-driven organisations to grow, experiment and thrive as part of a welcoming community.
St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre
345 Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2SA
Tel: 07458 991627
Enjoy the beautiful surroundings, community and facilities of St Matthew’s as and when you need with our affordable hot-desking options.
For additional comfort and tech facilities with a sit-stand desk and use of ethernet facilities and monitor, our Extra option may be the perfect fit.
Perfect for informal meetings and collaborative working with use of our communal kitchen, our meeting desks can be hired by the hour.
Our co-working membership packages are designed to offer everything you could need to thrive in your work. Become part of our connected family at Giroscope and avail of dedicated business support and access to events and workshops with the additional benefit of discounted room and event hire. Flexible co-working allows you to use St Matthew’s desk space whenever you need.
For those seeking a more secure base, our permanent co-working membership provides an exclusive desk in a shared office on our mezzanine, with the added bonus of using St Matthew’s for your business postal address.
On our stylish first-floor mezzanine, we offer attractive, all-inclusive studio office spaces (12sqm). Each office includes a seated balcony area to enjoy a coffee or meeting while soaking in the internal splendour of St Matthew’s.
A dramatic event space for enterprise and community, from conferences and networking events to cultural performances, workshops and banquets. Surrounded by beautiful stained glass, stone columns and carvings with a beamed roof. The Nave is perfect for up to 300 people.
Ideal for:
Business, community and cultural events and conferences
Capacity:
200 Theatre
80-120 Banquet
300 Standing
Facilities:
110” screen with rear projector
Zoned speaker audio
1 x Handheld Microphone
1 x Lapel Microphone
Under-floor heating
Access to Communal Kitchen
Tea & Coffee Station
Accessibility Wheelchair Access
Adjacent quiet room (Vestry) may be booked
Partitions for zoning
Hearing Loop available
warm, timber floored welcoming space edged with ornate carved Victorian wood panels. The Vestry is a more informal place for smaller meetings up to 20 people. It is also ideal as a breakout space or quiet room for larger events in the Nave.
This beautiful room also leads out to a secret decking area, a sunny spot for outdoor breaks.
Watch a buzz of activity from the privacy of our showstopping conference room for up to 30 people. Pale birch arches frame top to floor glass panels which look out over the beautiful interior.
The story behind 40 years of Giroscope. In the mid-1980s, a group of young people in Hull stopped waiting for somebody else to fix their neighbourhood. Inspired by punk politics, DIY culture and a belief that housing could change lives,
Find the space, support and connections to take your next steps at the St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre. People walk past every day. Some remember what it used to be. Most don’t know what’s inside now. St Matthew’s Community Enterprise
Cultural connection through cooking As Spring slowly stutters in, and the dark months give way to more daylight, Giroscope celebrated the culmination of Comfort Food Encounters (CFE), part of a wider project, our Out On The Tiles programme. During the winter months, seasonal illness