How we can help

We specialise in co-operative and community led organisations. We work with large and small businesses. We work with local community groups. We advise public sector spin-offs and groups of professionals. If you have, or plan to have, some trading activity, a social purpose, or some form of collective ownership, we’re here to support you.

We offer start up advice

We help our clients think through their business ideas, choose the right legal and governance arrangements and set up successful and socially responsible enterprises.

We help businesses to grow

We help with business plans, marketing & sales strategy, finance development, better trading practices, member engagement and governance.

We help raise finance

We help raise finance through community share issues and support applications for match funding, development grants, loans, and social finance.

Like what you see? Join us for a cuppa, or meet us online. We'd love to hear about your business or idea and discuss ways we can support you.

There’s no charge or obligation with our first meeting. And we can offer advice on available funding streams to help you access further support.

 

BATCOM: a start-up community composting scheme solving a local problem

Co-operative Futures helps keen composters launch community business. BATCOM is a start-up community composting scheme for Brimscombe and Thrupp in Stroud, Gloucestershire, set up by three people keen to solve a local problem: “In our area we have lots of people with gardens and allotments. But a lot of them live where the council collection […]

Flo’s – The Place in the Park: A community hub supporting local health and wellbeing

Co-operative Futures helps community hub with solid business planning for the future. A community hub in Oxford with a mission to support local health and wellbeing, decided that re-developing a building on their site would enable them to offer greater support to the community. Alice from Co-operative Futures supported them to draw up a business […]

York Supplies: Much more than a local hardware store

Co-operative Futures helps raise the finance to save a community hardware store. Local hardware store York Supplies, in the Birmingham suburb of Kings Heath, is a much loved institution and community focal point. So much so, that when owner Jon decided to retire, his customers didn’t want the store to be sold off to a […]

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