Governance

Good governance is critical to the success of a co-op enterprise. It supports the governing body to create and maintain a strong and sustainable business that meets the needs of its members and is robust enough to embrace change. Our Advice Team has supported co‑operatives with their governance, HR, finance and membership for more than 20 years. How can we help yours?

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What is good governance?

Good governance is crucial to the effective operation of co-operatives regardless of size, legal form or business sector.

Contact package

Our contact package provides access to the best support from leading advisers on co-op governance, finance, HR and membership.

Co-operative Corporate Governance Code

This code is a tool to help chart what good practice can look like. It focuses on best practice around democracy and quality of leadership that emerges through good governance.

Directors toolkit

Member content

The directors toolkit is a comprehensive series of resources for inducting directors onto a co-operative board. This page contains downloads of the editable elements.

Great resources and advice services for Co-operatives UK members

We've put together a range of resources that our members tell us are of most value.

Governance support

From worker-owned co-ops to major high street retailers to community pubs, our advice team know the co-operative sector inside out. Our advice can often be a fraction of the price of commercial professional advisers. And because we are owned by our…