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Co-operatives UK is a British co-operative federation described as "the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK". [3] It was founded in 1870 as the Co-operative Central Board, changing its name to the Co-operative Union [4] before finally becoming Co-operatives UK following its merger with the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM) in 2001. [5]
Co-operatives UK is the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK. This is a co-operative of co-operatives: a co-operative federation. Most kinds of co-operatives are eligible to join Co-operatives UK.
This reciprocal membership agreement means members of these societies can earn membership points at more than 90% of UK co-operative outlets. Dividend payments are made at the rate of the society where the points were earned, not the society of the member, although the member's society is responsible for distributing the payment.
The largest society and funder of the party is the Co-operative Group, which ballots its members each year on continued support for the Co-operative Party. At the May 2019 AGM, 79% of Co-operative Group members voted in favour of continued affiliation and that year donated £625,600 (2018: £625,600) to the Co-operative Party. [23] [24]
It includes all Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the British House of Commons representing the Co-operative Party from 1918 to 1927, and Labour and Co-operative Party since 1927. Members of the Scottish Parliament or the Senedd are not listed. Only official Labour and Co-operative MPs who have been formally endorsed by both parties are ...
The need for co-operatives and the work they do for communities around the world is still as great as ever, members of the movement have been told on the 180th anniversary of its formation.
Registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, [1] the Society is a member of Co-operatives UK (formerly the Co-operative Union), the Co-operative Group (formerly Co-operative Wholesale Society) and its national buying scheme, the Federal Retail Trading Services.
Central England Co-operative finally disposed of the Scunthorpe store to Oldrids & Co. in 2016. [20] Later in 2011, AHF Home Furnishings was transferred to Anglia Home Furnishings Holdings as a going concern. A partner of the Society, Anglia Home Furnishings is the largest employee-owned co-operative in the UK. [21]