Community ownership: A better form of business 2024

‘A Better Form of Business’ is a series of research reports on community-owned businesses that have been completed annually by the Plunkett Foundation since 2011. The reports offer evidence on the needs and health of the community business sector, trends in growth and services, and the important social, economic and environmental impact that community businesses create across the UK. This 2024 report captures the headline trends for community-owned businesses, and reveals the scale of annual growth is at its highest since before the pandemic.