FairShares Co-operative
A FairShares Co-operative is an organisation that implements the FairShares Brand under Co-operative Law or Industrial and Provident Society Law. These bodies of law require co-operative shares to have particular characteristics. The FairShares Association provides three models.
You can click here to generate a set of co-operative rules.
For those wishing to incorporate under Company Law, see the page on creating a FairShares Company.
If you want to operate as a non-profit organisation, consider incorporating as an association, rather than a company or co-operative. The FairShares Rules Generator has model rules for associations for this purpose. Associations have members, not shareholders.
If you want more information on FairShares Articles of Association, there are dedicated pages for learning about and discussing them.
Possible Legal Personalities for FairShares:
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