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About Shared Interest
Our journey started in 1986 when development
agency Traidcraft Exchange sponsored research into
the role of banking and investment within the fair trade
movement. It was discovered that the main challenges
faced by fair trade producers was access to working
capital and buyers struggling to make pre-payments
for goods. It was out of this that Shared Interest was
created - a unique financial organisation aiming to do
business for mutual service rather than for investor
profit. The Society was publicly launched in October
1990 with the financial backing of the Joseph
Rowntree Charitable Trust and Oikocredit, formerly,
the Ecumenical Development Co-operative Society
(EDCS). Within a year, we had attracted £750,000 of
Share Capital and 600 members.
Today, we have 10,259 members in the UK, each
investing between £100 and £100,000. This provides
Share Capital of £51.6m. In 2004, Shared Interest
established a subsidiary, Shared Interest Foundation.
The charity delivers practical business support in the
developing world, helping fair trade businesses to
improve their governance systems and financial
management as well as other business skills. The
story of our past 33 years is detailed at sharedinterest.com.
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Social Audit Statement - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 6
Introduction - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 7
Our Theory of Change - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 8
Our Outcomes - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 9
The Sustainable Development Goals - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 10
About Shared Interest - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 11
Our Mission - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 12
Part 1: Our Activities and Operations - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 13
Our Activities and Operations - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 14
Our Activities and Operations: Online Promotion - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 15
Our Activities and Operations: Social Media and Member Retention - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 16
Our Activities and Operations: Events - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 17
Our Activities and Operations: Ethical Content Gathering - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 18
Our Activities and Operations: Supporting Our Charity - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 19
Our Lending - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 20
Our Lending: Providing a Reliable Source of Finance and Customer and Portfolio Development - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 21
Our Lending: Customer relationships, communication and events - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 22
Products Financed - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 23
Products Financed - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 24
Due Diligence and Management of our Risk Portfolio - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 25
Disbursements - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 26
Lending per Region - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 27
Number of Customers per Country in 2023 - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 28
Where we made Disbursements in 2023 - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 29
Our Projects - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 30
Our Team - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 31
Our Team: Recruitment and Hybrid Working - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 32
Our Team: Internal Communication, Wellbeing and Social Events and Benefits and Salary - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 33
Our Team: Engagement Survey - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 34
Our Team: Our Volunteers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 35
Our Team: Our Volunteers (Case Studies) - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 36
Environment - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 37
Financial Stewardship - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 38
Part 2: Our Impact - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 39
Improvement in the Livelihood of People as they Trade their way out of Poverty - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 40
Improvement in the Livelihood of People as they Trade their way out of Poverty - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 41
Gender Equality - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 42
Gender Equality - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 43
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 44
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 45
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 46
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 47
Case Study: CAYAT - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 48
Case Study: CAYAT - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 49
Long Term Outcome 2: Stronger, More Resilient and Sustainable Businesses - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 50
Long Term Outcome 2: Stronger, More Resilient and Sustainable Businesses - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 51
Long Term Outcome 3: Employment Creation for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 52
Case Study: EDUCE - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 53
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Increase in Technical Assistance and Producer Support - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 55
Enterprise Development - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 56
Women and Youth Empowerment - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 57
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