Who Are SES?

SES is a social enterprise company with over 28 years of practical business experience in

“To use enterprise in all its forms as a vehicle for the creation of a fairer society through the alleviation of inequality and poverty and to underpin our work by taking an evidence-based approach". 

SES has successfully facilitated a model of enterprise development that, in our view, targets, captures the imagination of, and meets the needs of those most disadvantaged. It is a proactive, holistic and integrated approach and it engages people often missed by mainstream agencies which may be geographically remote or psychologically daunting to newcomers to enterprise and social enterprise.

What makes SES special and separates SES from the generic business support services is our intensive support mechanism chances of business start up (including social enterprise) especially in deprived areas. Our approach illustrates a ‘more hands on’ process, where ‘face to face’ contact meetings with clients give reassurance to the support SES offers.

SES achievements 2009/10 include the following headlines

• Created 249 new traditional businesses, with a collective projected turnover of £7.348 million and raising loan average investment worth £1093 for each

• Through the SME support provided by SES the survival rate for assisted businesses is 80% for those trading 12 months, 64% for those trading 18 months and 63% for those trading 24 months.

• Created 22 new Social Enterprises

• Supported 141 Social Enterprises/VCS organisations who have raised £3.9 million in investment and made 38 successful tender applications worth over £8.7million.

• Collectively, SES Social Enterprises/VCS organisations turnover £26,305,000 employ 1373 staff and 528 volunteers

• Calculated (SROI) financial impact worth £7.64 return for every £1 invested

• Re‐enforced our commitment to work within Hard Pressed Communities where 67% of our clients reside in Super Output Areas, where IMD is below 30% and 78% were workless before engagement with SES

•Working with 57 VCS organisations across Newcastle exploring possible transition to Social Enterprises–turnover contracts

•Through our partnership work within TWIC 95 organisations have stated they have improved business skills of which 10 are pursuing the possibility of creating new trading arms

• Been commended by our investors/partners for;

  o Being approachable, always willing to get involved in broader issues

  o Being one of a few social enterprise support organisations in the North East

  o Being reliable, professional and consistent.....working to budget and to spec

  o Having a track record for working with Hard pressed communities

  o Having definitive ‘community roots’ and ‘championed the social enterprise sector’

These achievements can be attributed to the intensive face to face work carried out by the SES team across hard‐pressed communities, where community engagement, face to face contact, ‘ands on’practises and activities and emergency support is part of the service offer delivered by SES.