✓ Certified 

What does this mean?

Social Traders has checked the following to ensure that an organisation with the label ✓ Certified  is a genuine social enterprise:

1. The enterprise has a defined primary social objective and is able to provide evidence of its achievement
2. The enterprise derives its income from trading activities :
   1. 50% or more if trading for more than 5 years, or
   2. 25% or more if trading for 3-5 years, or
   3. Has a genuine and demonstrable intention to generate 50% or more if trading for less than three years
3. The enterprise must reinvest 50% or more of any annual profits made towards achieving the social purpose

These social enterprise certification criteria are derived from industry research and are consistent with international benchmarks.