matt-wallis
commented
8 years ago To what extent can we rely on Co-ops UK having dealt with this problem in their Co-operative Economy Open Data Set?
Open timgdavies opened 9 years ago
matt-wallis
commented
8 years ago To what extent can we rely on Co-ops UK having dealt with this problem in their Co-operative Economy Open Data Set?
It turns out that identifying a co-operative is a non-trivial task.
Although if you now registered a Limited Company in the UK, and want to include 'co-operative' in the name, you must have co-operative rules, this has not always been the case. So - not all registered companies with co-op in their name are co-operatives (though after a certain date they are).
Not all co-ops are registered companies. Many are registered through the FCA, rather than companies house. Others are not registered at all - operating as voluntary associations.
In seeking to apply Principle 6 on "Co-operation among Co-operatives" any p6data project needs to identify an approach to distinguishing a co-op.
What resources should we be drawing upon for this?