start ups.

Are you motivated by developing a business where profit can be reinvested back into social change?

If so, you may be a Social Entrepreneur and need support to develop your ideas into a business model. 

We are proud to have supported the start up of over 400 Community Interest Companies, generated over £2m of income for our clients and developed the Profit for Purpose Network bringing together a range of Social Entrepreneurs from universities, NHS, communities and ethical businesses to work together.

Our Business Development Programme provides interactive workshops to help Social Entrepreneurs work through their ideas, learn how to set up a social business, understand legal and governance requirements, along with the development of a business plan that is aimed at gaining funding and investment for your venture.  We help you develop your theory of change and provide a forecast of the social value that can be achieved through your work.

We build your business plan for you, ensuring that it represents your values and passion for the difference that you want to make.  We undertake market research so that you can provide an evidence of need for your business concept, communicate your unique selling point and identify routes to market.  We support you to develop your products and services, set out a packaging a pricing structure and identify the resources that you need to build a sustainable infrastructure for the future.  We also specialise in the development of digital technology that you need to make your business a success, we help you understand the most suitable technology for your business including websites, productivity systems and software that can help you.

We work with you to build your financial projections, understand and communicate your income and expenditure projections and how these assumptions have been developed.

We provide you with new knowledge on pathways to generate income through trading, public sector commissioning, funding and social investment enabling you to create a sustainable income generation plan for the future.

We also set up your legal structure for you and write funding applications to support your start up and infrastructure costs.