Introducing CSE CIC
The Good News
After a lot of hard work, Climate South East is now officially a Community Interest Company (Registration No. 6980878).
This is great news for all of us and for tackling climate change in the South East.
There are many benefits of being a CIC, including:
* Transparency in our operations: We will publish an annual Community Benefit Report that is open to public scrutiny, and submit accounts to Companies House.
* A clearly defined sense of purpose: Climate South East’s partnership approach represents an effective and cohesive response to the challenges faced by climate change.
* Statutory clauses that mean that members of Climate South East retain control of the company’s activities.
* The potential to bid for relevant funding on behalf of our partners.
The CIC Regulator states in its guidance ‘At a national level there are financial institutions that look particularly favourably on social enterprises. We have also received positive responses to the funding of CICs from Regional Agencies, local authorities and central government’.
The new company has five Directors (see biographies). The roles of Directors (particularly in relation to the CSE Executive Committee) are outlined in this document. Partners will have a chance to vote to confirm the Directors at the AGM on September 15.
We look forward to continuing to work with you!
