Social Enterprise in Devon
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Social Enterprise Seminar
Devon County Council
20 March 2009
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Why am I here?
Specialist ‘Social Enterprise’ Adviser
Director of three enterprises
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RISE Wessex Reinvestment Trust
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What are social enterprises?
Definition by DTI (BERR)
“Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social
objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for
that purpose in the business or in the community, rather
than being driven by the need to maximise profit for
shareholders and owners”.
Social enterprise = a trading organisation with a social
purpose
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Plunkett Foundation
Social enterprise – wide range of organisations
that achieve a variety of social aims by trading in
goods and services
They are NOT – investor-led enterprises or
voluntary organisations
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Business and Social Outcomes
Trading activity or contracting to deliver services
Running a business that has financial viability
Clear social outcomes
Responsive to the communities in which they operate
Distribution of profit for social as well as business purposes
A triple-bottom line; financial, social and environmental
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Types of social enterprise
Co-operatives
- organisations which are owned and controlled by their members
- worker co-operative the employees own and control the business
Community Businesses
- businesses which are owned and controlled by a community
- could be a geographical community or ‘a community of interest’
Development Trusts
- asset based organisations owned and controlled by the community
- often have a range of projects under one umbrella
Trading subsidiaries
- the trading arm of a Charity or Trust
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Community Interest Company (CIC)
Introduced in July 2005 as new type of social enterprise
Statutory “asset lock” to prevent asset and profit distribution
except for community purpose
Must operate for the benefit of the community and pass a
Community Interest Test
Has limited liability, with shares or guarantee
Must be able to demonstrate community benefit to new CICs
regulator (through eg. social accounting)
2,578 registered as of yesterday!
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The national picture
More than 55,000 social enterprises nationally and rising (DTI
2006)
Combined turnover of £27bn per year and contribute £8.4bn
every year to UK economy
1.3% of total turnover of all businesses with employees
Average number of employees 10.
11% of social enterprises have 50 – 249 employees
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Snapshot of Devon
255 Social Enterprises on the RISE database
comprising
14 Social Enterprise Charities
28 Community Interest Companies
65 Co-ops
10 Credit Unions
11 Development Trusts
24 Industrial & Provident Societies & 3 Social
Firms
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Some you may know of..
COSMIC
Proper Job
Gt Torrington Dev Trust
Devon Doctors
Mid Devon Community
Recycling
Pluss
Exeter Credit Union
Magic Carpet
and further afield..
Greenwich Leisure
Eden Project
Coin Street Builders
SOFA project
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Benefits they deliver..
Tackling disadvantage, reducing social exclusion
Creating employment, often in difficult areas
Meeting social needs, developing sustainable
solutions
Improving public services – closeness to
communities
Encouraging efficient markets and corporate
responsibility
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Benefits they deliver..
Facilitating new markets
Empowering individuals and communities
Access to finance
Important partners for local authorities and
agencies
Flexibility that other sectors may not have
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Social Enterprise Mark
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