Three-year survival rates of community interest companies incorporated 2021-2023
Analysis of 1,240 CICs incorporated across three years, tracked against Companies House filings and CIC Regulator records.
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Primary research drawing on our own client data and published sector datasets, covering CIC survival rates, trustee recruitment patterns and the real cost of Charity Commission registration delays across the UK.
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Analysis of 1,240 CICs incorporated across three years, tracked against Companies House filings and CIC Regulator records.
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Personal networks still dominate trustee recruitment, with consequences for board diversity that the Charity Governance Code has yet to shift.
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Average waiting times have lengthened since 2024. We quantify the operational and funding cost to newly formed charities.
Grace Okonjo
Where the two dominant valuation frameworks diverge, and why the choice of proxy can change a reported figure by more than 30%.
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New survey data on how CICs and charities are substituting grant income with trading and contract revenue.
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