The NatWest SE100 fact sheet 2015
What is the NatWest SE100?
The NatWest SE100 is a market intelligence platform for social enterprises,
investors and advisor’s. It holds live data on more than 1,300 social ventures, ranked
and scored according to their financial growth and impact measurement practice.
Thanks to the enthusiastic engagement of our social ventures, the SE100
has become an important resource for all those who want to gain a better
understanding of the social enterprise economy in the UK. Social enterprises can
benchmark their performance; social investors can find new deal opportunities.
We share learning through our NatWest SE100 Insight series, and celebrate
success with £30k+ of annual awards. The platform also includes an Investor
Index, which lists the UK’s key social investors and scores them on their impact
measurement and transparency.
The SE100 has been generously supported by RBS since its inception five years
ago. With the bank’s community programmes now moving to a new phase, the
sponsorship has moved from RBS to NatWest (part of the RBS family).
The SE100 is an initiative founded and run by social innovation company Matter&Co.
Who can join?
We deliberately take a broad view on the term ‘social enterprise’ so that we are able
to include all those committed to creating social value through business. Although
we do not have a strict set of criteria please consider the following before joining:
• Your primary mission is social or environmental
• You either run as a business but a significant proportion of profits/surplus
(usually more than 50%) go towards the social mission, or
• You run as a charity but trade products or services to deliver much
of your revenue
• A significant amount of your income is through trading
The SE100 is made up of CICs, non-profits, co-operatives, trading charities,
limited companies and other types of enterprise.
Why take part?
By adding your organisation’s data to the SE100 you become part of
a growing number of social ventures aiming for greater transparency
and collaboration with other like-minded businesses. Completing your
organisation’s profile on the SE100 you can:
• Enter for the chance to win a share of over £30,000 in prize money in
our annual awards
• Create confidential comparative reports of your performance,
benchmarked against others in your region or sector
• Raise the profile of your organisation to potential investors or
commissioners
• Track your organisation’s financial performance alongside your impact
• Write for our blog; share your story, win support for your projects and
hear from other social ventures
• Get discounted tickets to Good Deals – the event for responsible
businesses and investors
• Get special invitations to NatWest SE100 events, which are usually
free to SE100 members
How to sign up
Taking part is free and simple and we will not share any of you r data without
your permission. For further information, or to create, claim or update your
profile, please visit www.se100.net
You can also contact the SE100 team directly
E: support@se100.net T: +44(0)20 8533 8898
You must sign up and complete your profile by 24th August 2015 t o be
considered for this year’s awards.
The 2015 NatWest SE100 awards ceremony will be held at Critical Mass (the
conference brought to you by Good Deals and Social Value International) on
19th-20th October at the Royal Institute, London. For discounted tickets visit
www.criticalmass.london
