Through the employee ownership lens

Saxton Bampfylde has been an Employee-Ownership Trust (EOT) business since 2014 and is proud to include itself in a vibrant and growing group of organisations also adopting this model. We believe in the purpose and values which led us on the path and transition to Employee Ownership and want to help sustain and champion organisations with this model – be they established, young or early stage.

It is a collaborative and community-minded sphere which is rapidly becoming a recognised sector, and we are committed to helping to grow and enhance it by finding and developing the best Non-Executive Director (NED) and Executive talent.

Throughout our history we have deliberately put an emphasis on external and independent opinion, even as a privately owned organisation, and it is a function we are now being asked about with greater regularity from employee-owned organisations. As this developing sector gains traction and expands, the importance of having strong independent NED input to guide and support employee-owned businesses is arguably more imperative than ever, particularly in the hugely competitive and changing business, social and political environment we are faced with.

For this report, we explored this topic in more detail and were delighted to have the chance to talk to over 20 Executives, NEDs and independent advisors across the employee-owned sector in the UK.

A very sincere thanks is extended to all of those who have participated in this work and been so generous and honest with their views, experiences and observations.

Read our report here