Business Support Convert to a co-op: Eligibility check

Our organisation is trading and has been incorporated for more than 18 months. If not, you should apply to our programme for start-ups instead.

Our organisation is NOT registered as a co-op in the UK. If your organisation is already registered as a co-op in the UK, you should apply for our programme for existing co-ops instead.

We can provide our most recent financial accounts. As part of this application process, we will ask you to submit your most recent financial accounts including your Profit and Loss Statement. If you have not been trading long enough to have them, please apply for our programme for start-ups instead.

We are available to start the support package within the next six months. If not, please apply at a later stage. Please note, it usually takes 6-8 weeks to allocate a support package.

We have the organisational capacity to conclude the support package within 6 months of commencing. If not, please apply at a time that you can guarantee you have capacity to make use of the support package. Please note, it usually takes 6-8 weeks to allocate a support package.

We are aware that if we are awarded the support package, we will be asked to contribute a £100 (£75 for Co-operatives UK members) commitment fee. Should you be awarded a support package, you will be asked to pay a fee to ensure your commitment. Co-operatives UK reinvests the funds into future support provision. If this is a barrier to your participation in the programme, please let us know in your application and we will consider waiving the fee.