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Welcome to First Steps in Trading
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Ed Baker

• Business Adviser

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• What I see?

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Social Entrepreneurs

• Someone with a Good Idea
• Has a clear social theme
• See a gap in the market
• Skills to use

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Charities

• Supplying a service
• New project/need

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Plus

• Public Sector
• Community Groups
• Established Social Enterprises
• Trading Arms
• And so on .....

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• Why Trade?

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• I want to earn a living
• Help pay staff
• Reduce grant dependency
• Income generation (unrestricted)
• All of the above

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• To run a business (Social Enterprise)
• Give people employment
• - Social Firms
• - Training etc
• Fill a gap in public provision

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Must Dos

• Do the research
• Do the research
• Do the research
• Steal every good idea

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How to Start

• Do I need to set up a Social Enterprise?

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Starting a Charity

• It is easier than most people think
• CC35
• Incorporating a Charity
• CC43
• Setting-up a Trading Arm

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Starting as a Social Entrepreneur

• On your own?
• As an association
• Incorporation as a Social Enterprise
• Download forms - Companies House
• Memorandums Articles

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Where to find help

• Business Advisors
• Surrey Network for Social Enterprise
• Charities Commission
• Companies House
• HMRC (tax man)
• www.businesslink.gov.uk

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Contacts

• Business Link
• SNSE
• Charity Commission
• Companies House
• HMRC

• www.businesslink.gov.uk
• 0845 6009006
• Ed Baker
• 01483 459292 ex 204
• www.charity-commission.gov.uk
• 0845 3000218
• www.companieshouse.gov.uk
• 0303 1234500
• www.hmrc.gov.uk
• 0845 3020203