Coniston Co-operative Society

Coniston Co-operative Society Limited

Formerly	Sawrey Co-operative Society
Company type	Consumer co-operative
Founded	1875; 150 years ago (1875)
Revenue	£0.8m (2018)
Total assets	£1.3m (2018)
Members	735 (2018)
Website	www.conistonco-op.co.uk
Footnotes / references 2018 Annual Returns

Coniston Co-operative Society is a small consumer co-operative in Furness, Cumbria, England. It is one of the few retail societies operating a single village store to remain independent.

Founded as Sawrey Co-operative Society in 1875, a branch was opened in nearby Coniston in 1898. The present name was adopted when the Far Sawrey store ceased trading in 1905.[1][2]

Coniston Co-op is a registered society, democratically controlled by its members.[3] It is a member of Co-operatives UK, The Co-operative Group and the Federal Retail and Trading Services buying group.

See also

• British co-operative movement

References

1. Unique records on show at village talk Archived 9 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine North-West Evening Mail, 23 July 2012
2. "Village store turns 100". The Westmorland Gazette. 7 October 2005. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
3. "Mutuals Public Register: Coniston Co-operative Society Limited". mutuals.fca.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links

• Coniston Co-operative Society