Case Studies

Studio at Aardman

Aardman Animations

Why Aardman Animations chose employee ownership

Airmaster

Airmaster

Air conditioning firm established an EOT trust to safeguard its ‘employee-driven’ culture.

Animorph Co-op

Animorph Co‑operative

Innovators making changes that matter

The Answer Digital team in from of their building

Answer Digital

Why Answer Digital chose employee ownership over an eight-figure buyout offer from venture capitalists

The exterior of Beanies' shop

Beanies

A wholefood co‑op with plenty of benefits in store

A Chapel Street Studio meeting

Chapel Street Studio

A creative co‑op pooling skills – it’s a win‑win for everyone!

Ben Philp from Creative Coop

Creative Coop

Designing a creative co‑op

Creative Space Management

Creative Space Management

Property management and urban regeneration consultancy opted to transition to employee ownership to secure the future of the business

team at delta t

Delta-T Devices

Providing sensors and loggers for environmental science

Go Ape's founders

Go Ape

Safeguarding the 'very unique' culture and values of the treetop adventure company

Members of Greencity co-op

Greencity Wholefoods

Flat pay and an equal say

Jake Hallatt, who works for Gripple and sits on the Glide Council

Gripple

Employee owners 'committed because they personally have shares in the business'

HLM

HLM Architects

Award-winning architectural practice says employee ownership was ‘right for our next generation’ and the ‘natural next step’

An image of the people at Kinetic

Kinetic

Power to the people: how employee ownership helped Kinetic build business resilience

Leeds Bread Co-op

Leeds Bread Co‑op

Why worker ownership works

ODS team

Open Data Services

Freelancers join forces to tackle corruption and tax evasion

Group of five web developers

Outlandish

Using technology to make a difference for good

Mark Goldspink of Purcell

Purcell

Decision to become employee-owned a pivotal moment in its 74-year history that took careful planning to ensure future success

Mum with baby and helper

Sheffield Maternity Co‑operative

Inclusive support for mums‑to‑be.

ShipShape meeting

ShipShape

A small community co‑op with a huge impact

Employee owners from Tenscare

TensCare

How embracing employee ownership helped healthcare product innovator TensCare engage and empower its owners

Voice Technologies

Voice Technologies

How ‘regular drumbeat’ helps Voice Technologies evolve on its employee ownership ‘journey’