Preferred Suppliers

The Offer

SEUK members can access exclusive offers on a range of the Co-Operative's services. These include Banking, Electricals, Energy, Travel Management, Life Insurance, Funeralcare, Family Planning, Pharmacy and a range of Security Services. For an informal conversation about any of the above brands simply click on the link below.

About The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group is a unique family of businesses wholly owned by its members. With an annual turnover of over £13billion, we employ more than 102,000 people. Our values influence all of our businesses, showing that good quality products and value don’t have to come at the expense of honesty and social responsibility. Ethical trading is what we are about. Please visit our website for the full list of our brands.

The Offer 

Supply Shack are offering discounted prices for Social Enterprise UK members including office supplies, printed stationery, banners, signs and promotional business gifts. If there are items that are outside of this list please contact us with your specific request and we will add them to your special price list. 

About Supply Shack 

The Supply Shack Group was established to serve community and charity projects by selling printing services and stationary products at great prices.  We feel that as fellow Social Enterprises we should all try and support one another's products and services and embrace the Buy Social campaign.

The Offer

Last year, video accounted for over half of all internet traffic. By 2016 it may be as much as 86%. Chances are, you’re already using video within your marketing mix, but if not, we’d like to help. We’re Karma Crew & Creative, a London-based production company specialising in creative content. We already work with some of the UK’s biggest broadcasters and brands, and we’re keen to share our expertise with social enterprises looking to make the most of video.

Karma are offering SEUK members 25% off video production services (prices start from £1500). View their work at www.karmacrew.tv 

About Karma 

As a company we actively support social enterprise and regularly donate a large proportion of our profits to charitable projects. We’d like to offer our fellow Social Enterprise UK members a chance to benefit from our proven expertise in filmmaking at a substantially discounted cost. 

The Offer

A strategic business planning health check at 40% of the normal price for social enterprises. Clearview offers an in-depth analysis of your approach to strategy planning and execution, project and programme management, and performance management and recognised best practice. We will deliver a detailed report with recommendations and practical advice, so to see learn more about our our service tailored specifically towards social enterprise visit our website.

Get your your entire organisation pulling in the same direction with our business health insight. Price is  £750 + VAT (usually £1,900) for SEUK members.

About Clearview

Social enterprises use business methods to create the wealth and to manage how they resolve a social problem as an opportunity. Clearview provides intelligent business tools and methods for social enterprises to do what they do best - marshal resources and address the target need. We are delighted to operate as a preferred supplier for Social Enterprise UK to support the sector's current and future needs.

The Offer

Pilotlight is offering free, tailored strategic planning support to charities and social enterprises who are tackling disadvantage in the UK. We match directors from charities and social enterprises with teams of senior business people who coach them through the process of planning for sustainability, development and growth, and clients also receive dedicated Pilotlight project manager to coordinate and facilitate the process. On average organisations increase their income by 50% and double to number of people they reach in their first year working with Pilotlight.

About Pilotlight 

Many small charities and social enterprises have the expertise to support their beneficiaries, but sometimes do not have, or cannot afford the time and resources needed  to develop their own infrastructure. Pilotlight is a charity itself that enables such small, ambitious charities and social enterprises to help a greater number of people, more effectively. We are keen to offer our services to the members of SEUK, having seen in the last twelve months a significant increase in interest from our partner charities about developing a social enterprise. We recently worked with Social Enterprise UK on the launch of our guide, Why Social Enterprise?

The Offer

Systems IT offer a fully managed IT Support package that is perfect for SMEs who want all of their IT needs. You will be looked after by a team of reliable and highly qualified engineers, providing a fast and efficient service with a fixed monthly cost.  Each bespoke contract is designed to meet our client’s specific business requirements providing fast efficient service within agreed service levels.

Please visit our website for the full range of competitive services we offer, which Social Enterprise UK can receive for up to a 15% discount.

About SystemsIT

SystemsIT is an IT support and consultancy company based in central London with over ten  years experience. In recognition of the value that members of Social Enterprise bring to the community,, we offer a third sector discount whilst still providing the same top levels of service. Your office technology works perfectly at price that you are happy with, leaving you with the freedom to keep on doing what you do best - changing the world for the better.

The Offer

Real Partners CIC focuses on value-adding, sustainable solutions at  low cost in the areas of strategy development, change programme design, and in the areas of leadership, coaching, high performance teams, innovation and creative thinking. Social  Enterprise UK members receive between 15% and 20% discount on our programme, coaching and consultancy fees.

About Real Partners

We are a dedicated services CIC championing  social enterprise, ethical business and third sector leadership. We  improve performance through effective and  innovative leadership development and building organisational capability. We are currently delivering the groundbreaking Social  Enterprise Leadership Development Programme in partnership with Social  Enterprise UK.

The Offer

Hyphen8 offer all registered members of Social Enterprise UK a 40% discount off consulting and implementation services. Among many other things our areas of expertise include: data source integration and structure, marketing and sales development, and implementation of cloud CRM applications such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics. To see the full range of discounted services you could take advantage of, please visit our website or click on the link below

About Hyphen8

Hyphen8 is a specialist business consulting and application implementation service thats helps businesses and organisations of all sizes deliver higher performance - at lower cost. This includes implementing solutions to help them drive top line growth, reduce operating costs, and build their longer term brand value. We work with a variety of private and third sector organisations, so have the wide ranging experience and skills necessary to boost the performance of your social enterprise.

The Offer

CaSE Insurance is part-owned by a major charity and a long established partner of SEUK. We were set up to insure charities and social enterprises and we’ve been doing so for over five years. Contact us for a competitive quote.

About CaSE Insurance

CaSE Insurance was set up five years ago specifically to work with social enterprises. We can provide you with competitive insurance to help you operate your business; our expert team will be happy to guide you through the process of getting a quote. We can also give you sensible and practical risk management advice.

The Offer

SEUK members are exclusively invited twice a year to register for FREE 1-day training in people management topics, bespoke to the social enterprise sector and provided by a Roots HR consultant. Topics vary but include Employment Law updates, Management Induction, Recruitment and Selection, Restructuring and Redundancy, TUPE, Family Friendly policies, Terms and Conditions etc. We supply managers with regular, high quality training in line with their development needs, with tools, slides and handouts. Download our free 1 hour voucher here and experience high quality, professional HR advice, tailored to our sector, as and when you need it.

About Roots HR

Roots HR CIC is the UK's first and only human resources services provider to operate as a social enterprise. We deliver high quality human resources consultancy services to social enterprises, charities, voluntary and community groups and any other civil society organisation. Trading surpluses are used to provide pro bono services to train, promote and educate sector leaders and managers in great people management.

Roots HR also offer generalist high quality HR services, tailored to the size and nature your organisation, starting from £55 per hour + VAT.  Whether you have a challenging HR issue or project or simply require adhoc support from time to time, we provide advice and deliver projects across the HR spectrum.

The Offer 

 15 minutes of free legal advice on our dedicated social enterprise legal advice line is available to Social Enterprise UK members. The areas covered incluce: charities and social enterprise, the process of spinning out from the public sector, Growing pains of existing spin-outs, Employment, and Going for growth – Gatekeeper.

About Hempsons

Hempsons is a law firm with an established social enterprise and charities practice, and has a dedicated national team across the firm’s fours offices in London, Manchester, Harrogate and Newcastle.  Social enterprise is a core part of our business. As a top 10 specialist legal advisor to the UK’s top charities, we have worked with social enterprises and charities for many years and advised on all aspects from start up options and legal structures, to expansion and collaborations. Our aim is always to assist our clients to maximise their impact and become more efficient.

The Offer

CAN offers three different discounts for SEUK members:

 20% discount on the £20 daily rate for hot desk bookings. Perfect for flexible working in the centre of London and ideal for home workers, start-ups, organisations that are based outside London and project teams looking for a temporary working space.

15% discount on all CAN Impact consultancy services, from mentoring to full CAN social impact assessment studies.

10% discount on your first year desk rental at CAN Mezzanine serviced office space.

About CAN

CAN’s vision is of a social economy buoyed by a thriving social enterprise market. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs create a thrivins social economy buoyed by a strong social enterprise market. To build sustainable businesses, social entrepreneurs need business support, experience from their peers, capital funds and even space to grow, which is where CAN comes in. CAN Investment deploys a range of business support to social enterprises and includes the pioneering CAN Breakthrough programme. We work with the corporate and finance sectors to lever capital funds and strategic growth support into leading social enterprises. CAN Mezzanine: Great Offices for the Third Sector provide high-quality shared office accommodation for social enterprises and charities in prime locations. To date we house over 100 social enterprises and charities.

The Offer 

Harris & Harris Accountancy Services CIC is offering SEUK members free attendance for one member of staff at one of our half day training sessions.  Topics include finances, investment, impact reporting, SROI, pricing and sustainability.  We are also offering a free initial consultation of up to 45 minutes where you can discuss any finance or accounting queries you have. For SEUK members who purchase our accounts preparation service we will complete the corporation tax return for free.

About Harris & Harris Accountancy 

Harris & Harris Accountancy Services (HHAS) is the UK’s only firm of Chartered Accountants that is also registered as a Community Interest Company.  HHAS specialises in providing cost effective accountancy services, consultancy, training, impact reporting (including Social Return on Investment – SROI) and investment readiness support to social enterprises, charities and Community Interest Companies.  Our consultancy and training services cover pricing, sustainability, investment readiness, loan and share financing, financial policies and procedures, SROI, VAT reviews and cost reduction exercises. We support locally based charities that work with young people, provide youth training and employment opportunities in accountancy, and provide enterprise training to young people.

A New Partnership Offer

Charity BackRoom and Social Enterprise UK and Charity BackRoom, the social enterprise arm of the support and development charity Voluntary Norfolk, are newly in partnerhsip. This will allow us to provide organisations with a ‘one stop shop’ making it easy to access: HR & Employment Law Services, Accountancy Service, Payroll Service, DBS checking service (to include photograph identity badges), Insurance, and Health and Safety.

About Charity BackRoom

Charity BackRoom is the social enterprise subsidiary of one of the largest support and development organisations in the UK. It enables organisations to focus on their core activities by looking after the necessary but time consuming back office tasks that can waste valuable time and money when done in-house. Every organisation is different, which is why our advice and service provision is precisely tailored to individual requirements, and we provide quality services at a reasonable price. We give each of our clients the direct contact details of their nominated service specialist. That’s why hundreds of clients regularly renew their contracts and service provision with Charity BackRoom, year on year.