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Categories of community pubs

There are four categories of community pubs:

  • Community Owned: A pub where the freehold is owned by a *community group, but the pub may be run by a tenant or manager for the community group
  • Community Run: A pub where the freehold is owned by private individual or a pub company but leased to and run by a *community group
  • Community Supported: A pub that is neither owned by or run by a *community group, but where the community played a key role in helping to save a pub, and continue to have an influence on it's future. In some cases a pub which was involved in an active campaign to take into community ownership that was ultimately not successful, and is now not owned by a *community group.
  • Active Campaign: A pub where there is an active campaign by a *community group to purchase or lease a pub

Types of owner (community owned pubs)

  • Community Benefit Society: CBSs (or BenComs) are co-operatives, owned and controlled by a significant number of local people
  • Co-operative Society: Registered under the same legislation as a Community Benefit Society, and so identical to a CBS
  • Community Interest Company: CICs are social enterprises that use their profits and assets for the public good.
  • Private Limited Company (1): A Private Limited Company that is considered to be community owned because there are a significant number of shareholders, and becuase of the aims and objectives of the organisation are to run the pub for the benefit of the community.
  • Parish Council

*community group: A Community Interest Company, or a Community Benefit Society, or a parish council, or a private limited company with a large number of community shareholders.

CategoryNum
Community Owned217
Community Run28
Community Supported39
Active Campaign78
Total362
Types of OwnerNum
(community owned pubs)
Community Benefit Society135
Co-operative Society5
Community Interest Company14
Private Limited Company (1)49
Parish Council13
Unregistered Community Group0
Unknown3
Total219
Types of OwnerNum
(not community owned pubs)
Individual40
Private Limited Company (2)21
Pub Company20
Property Developer5
Real Estate Company5
Charity2
Parish Council (1)1
Unknown3
Total97
(updated 20/01/2025)
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