Business consultancy

Done co-operatively

We’re a business consultancy specialising in co-operative, mutual and community led businesses. If you have some trading activity, a social purpose, and some form of collective ownership, our bespoke business development support, for start-ups and existing organisations, will help your enterprise grow and thrive. Find out how we can help you.

  • We had some brilliant support with our registration process from Jo White from Co-op Futures. We wouldn’t have got this far this quick if we’d been left to our own devices. Shelley Tester, BATCOM
  • Alice has an exceptional grasp on financial analysis and business development. She worked with us to develop a modelling tool which would allow us to better assess our current programmes, and various scenarios to test what changes and improvements we can and should make in order to improve our financial viability. Alice has been very responsive and proactive in supporting the team. Laura Hancock, Broken Spoke
  • The knowledge and experience we were able to access [from Co-operative Futures] meant we made progress so much more quickly than we would have on our own. Lauren Spicely, Causing A Scene
  • [The support] took us from an initial desire to do 'something' for our community to a point where we are now incorporating and have a very clear vision. Alice has been incredibly helpful and empowered individuals and the group to find the confidence for progressing through the process. Michael Huth, Cutteslowe Greenhouse
  • The support helped us to refine our aims through focussed planning sessions and later to work through the financial and legal practicalities. Alice has a wealth of knowledge and was always on hand to answer questions about every aspect of our business. The mixture of moral and practical support was brilliant. It can feel very daunting setting up a project so having someone to sense check as well as to help the group to refocus when energy runs low is invaluable. Tasmin Smith, The Wolvercote Mill
  • Jo was fantastic and worked closely with the two people in our group who created the business plan – they made a great team. Without her we would not have had a suitable business plan. Naomi Standen, York Supplies Community Co-op
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