Share Offer
SaveEnergy is a community benefit society (CBS), this means we’re owned by local people for the benefit of the community.
We’re delighted to announce our first community share offer will be opening on 24 March 2025 providing an opportunity to invest in the future of our business and have a say in how we are run.
This Pioneer Share Offer seeks to raise £100,000 in working capital to help us grow and deliver our mission. The minimum share purchase will be £100, and maximum is likely to be £10,000 or 10% of the value raised.
We cannot guarantee if or when investments in our Pioneer Share Offer would be repaid but we hope to return all investment capital to pioneer shareholders in due course. This element of risk is why our share offer is eligible for the Government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and eligible investors can offset 50% of the value of their share purchase against their tax bill.
People invest in community businesses for myriad reasons.
Your reasons might include:
- Social justice – a desire to help people who live in cold homes with rising fuel bills
- Climate change – a passion to save energy and reduce carbon emissions
- Community ownership – community businesses are run democratically
- Challenging the status quo – this is a new way to decarbonise that means everyone can benefit, no matter their circumstances or ability to pay
- Entrepreneurial opportunity – SaveEnergy is a new business, attracting SEIS tax relief, and it’s good to be in at the start
- Appreciation of our services – if you’ve experienced a SaveEnergy Triple A Home Energy Evaluation perhaps you want to support us to grow
SaveEnergy is run by its members
SaveEnergy is a membership organisation. Anyone who owns shares in SaveEnergy is a member and has one vote, regardless of how many shares they own Members have a say in how we are run and can vote on key issues at our AGM.
Become a member now – to buy a £1 share and join us, complete our membership application form.
We hope that whatever your reasons, you’ll consider purchasing shares in SaveEnergy and becoming part of our future.
About community shares
Community shares is a user-friendly name for withdrawable, non-transferable share capital: a form of equity that is uniquely available to co-operative and community benefit societies. SaveEnergy is a Community Benefit Society, joining hundreds of organisations across the country who are community-owned and run.
If you would like to know more about community shares and Community Benefit Societies, there is information on the Co-operatives UK website here.
If you’d like us to contact you when our share offer opens, on 24th March, please use our contact form and include ‘share offer’ in your message.
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