Shared ownership for the Community
Community Shops
We are looking to reclaim the Llandyrnog Village Shop for the community, adopting a tried and tested Community Benefit Societies (CBS) legal structure.
Community Shops in the UK
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Long Term Survival Rate
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Experiencing Sustained or Increased Turnover
Community Benefit Societies (CBS)
A CBS model is formed by open and voluntary membership, with a management committee drawn from members of the community. Members of a CBS have a genuine say in how the business is run, with a one-member-one-vote policy that we are looking to adopt.
Business who adopt a CBS structure are shown to attain positive community engagement, partly due to its invested members coming from the community itself.
The CBS legal structure is most popular amongst other Community Shops, indicating this is the right structure to consider for Llandyrnog Shop.
- Community Benefit Society 70%
- Company limited by guarantee 12%
- Community Interest Company 8%
- Co‑operative Society 4%
- Unincorporated / Other / Unknown 6%
Our Story
The village shop in Llandyrnog has been a vital part of the community since 1841 and has been present in its current location since 1982. Unfortunately, in more recent years, the shop as it was struggled to remain viable and due to the impact of Covid in 2020 was reduced to just providing post office provision with significantly reduced opening hours, risking complete closure.
Thankfully, in 2022? local people came together to take matters into their own hands and through significant levels of dedication and determination managed to fundraise to purchase and revive the property with a mission of re-opening the shop and operating it in a way that was run by the community itself. Llandyrnog Shop was purchased in February 2024 and proudly re-opened as a Community Benefit Society in October 2024 with a small team of staff and a village of volunteers at the helm.
Help restore the heart of community
With your support, we can help bring the Shop and Post Office back to Llandyrnog. We are initially looking to fundraise for the purchase of the shop and needed equipment.
Statistics sourced from Community Shops: A better form of business 2021 report (Plunkett Foundation, 2021)