Case studies
Find out more about employee owned businesses by reading the Employee Ownership Association’s concise case studies below.
These case studies give you factual information about a range of employee owned companies based on interviews with them, including analysis of the ownership set-up, how employees benefit from improved performance, and details of participative and other groups designed to give employee owners a voice in the running of their business.
Case studies include the following information about each company:
- Main business/products and services
- Sales and profitability
- Location
- Workforce size
- Background to employee ownership
- Employee participation
- Current ownership structure
Case study companies
- Compton Fundraising Consultants
- eaga
- Gripple
- John Lewis Partnership
- Loch Fyne Oysters
- Savant
- School Trends
- Scott Bader
- Sunderland Home Care Associates
- Tullis Russell Group
- Windowmaker
Compton Fundraising Consultants
International fundraising consultancy specialising in not-for-profit
sector.
eaga
Residential energy efficiency solutions provider.
Gripple
Sheffield-based wire joiner and tensioner manufacturers.
John Lewis Partnership
Europe’s largest single entity co-owned business with turnover of around £6.8 billion.
Loch Fyne Oysters
Supplier of oysters, salmon and other fine foods based in the Highlands of Scotland.
Savant
Specialist software developer for the clinical, medical and healthcare sector, employee owned following a buy-out in 2001.
School Trends
School uniform suppliers set up in 1988, moved to employee ownership
in 2004.
Scott Bader
International polymer manufacturer founded in 1921 and co-owned since 1951, with unique common ownership structure.
Sunderland Home Care Associates
Home care package and care services provider, now part of the CASA group of co-owned home care companies
Tullis Russell Group
Paper and board manufacturer founded in 1809 and bought out by employees
in 1994.
Windowmaker
Gloucester manufacturing company sold to employees in 2003 with Baxi
Partnership help.