6.1 Register your co-operative

Now you've completed steps 1-5 you're ready to register your co-op.

Use our simple, subsidised digital registration service

We will:

Register your Co-operative or Community Benefit Society with a regulatory body on your behalf
Guide you through the process wherever you get stuck. Look out for prompts to contact our advice team – but remember to save your progress as you go!

Before you start

Registration costs £150* which includes VAT and the statutory fee. This fee is subsidised thanks to The Co‑operative Bank, as part of the Business Support for co-ops programme. If you use this service, you can also opt-in to receive one year's free membership to Co‑operatives UK.

You can opt in or out of this support at the end of the registration process.

*The £150 subsidised fee includes up to six amendments to the model governing documents. If you wish to make more than six amendments please contact Co-operatives UK for confirmation on the final fee.

Co‑operatives UK reserves the right to charge more for the registration if your co-op requires additional advice or services not accounted for in this package of support.

Already started an application?

If you previously saved an application then you'll be able to pick up where you left off by using the email address and password you provided.

We have recently made changes and updates to this application form, if you experience any technical issues whilst completing this form, please contact [email protected]

This process takes about 30 mins.

Anything doesn't make sense?

If you get stuck when you're using the registration tool, make sure you first save your progress and then contact the Co-operatives advice team.

Part of
Start a new co-op step by step

1
The first step in starting a co‑op – or any business or enterprise – is to define your business idea and test it. This section will help you understand and complete this process.
1. 1.1. Is your business idea viable?
2. 1.2 Create a feasibility study
2
This section outlines key questions to understand whether a co‑op is the right solution for your start‑up business.
3
We outline the various finance and investment options open to start-up and recently incorporated co-ops.
4
You have tested your ideas – now you need to write a business plan to help you bring them to life!
1. 4.1 What is a business plan
2. 4.2 Create your business plan
5
This section makes up the final stages and decisions before you're ready to register your co‑op – from the type of co‑op and legal form you take, to your co‑op's name.
6
1. 6.1 Start your registration
2. 6.2 Resume a registration
7
We outline the support available to co-ops and the benefits of joining Co-operatives UK – the network for thousands of co-ops across the UK.
1. 7.1 After registration