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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the team
    • Social enterprise community
    • What is social enterprise?
    • Contact Us
  • Services
    • Start it
    • Fund it
    • Grow it
    • Prove it
    • Events
    • Resources
  • Our impact
  • Our clients
  • Thoughts
    • Blog
  • Support Programmes

Resources
On all aspects of social enterprise

Helpful factsheets and links


Growing a social enterprise?
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Managing the growth of any business is a challenge, but an exciting one. 
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Ten myths of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship

​There are often a number of common misconceptions about social enterprise, this guide tries to put a few of them right.
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Non-executive directors

Why have non-executive directors? Find out here.
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Why Impact White Paper

Our paper on social impact produced with Poached Creative CIC.
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Pros and cons of social enterprise legal structures

Read our guide to the most common legal forms of social enterprise and find out which is best for you.
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Governance for CICs
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Our guide to corporate governance for Community Interest Companies.
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Social Investment

A guide on types of social investment and social investors
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Proving your social impact

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Very useful links

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  • Starting a social enterprise: CLICK HERE​
  • Info on social enterprise legal structures: CLICK 
  • Start-up case study: CLICK HERE
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  • Funding Central: CLICK HERE​
  • Financing a social enterprise: CLICK HERE
  • Finance for social enterprise: CLICK HERE
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  • Managing growth of a small business: CLICK HERE​
  • Scaling up a social enterprise: CLICK HERE
  • Big Lottery Strength Checker Tool: CLICK HERE 
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  • ​Knowhow Non-Profit: CLICK HERE
  • Example Social Impact Report: CLICK HERE
  • Evaluating your social impact: CLICK HERE
  • Impact Readiness Fund: CLICK HERE

  • SE 100 - Ranking the top social enterprises nationally: CLICK HERE
  • Social Enterprise UK - The UK body for social enterprises: CLICK HERE
  • Social Enterprise Mark - Providing independent social enterprise certification: CLICK HERE
  • Plymouth Social Enterprise Network - a great local resource: CLICK HERE

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