Mapping the Social Business Sector in Wales: 2025 Census
- Megan Clark
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Social businesses make a significant contribution to both the economy and their local communities.
Every two years since 2014, Cwmpas has been monitoring the development and growth of social businesses across Wales through their biennial survey. This research has helped to understand the challenges and opportunities of the sector and identify opportunities for targeted support.
If you are a social business based in Wales, we invite you to participate in this year’s survey.
What is the intended outcome?
This research has several aims, which include:
Conducting a health check of the sector to identify any challenges and opportunities that businesses face.
Mapping the size and scale of the sector and how this has changed since the last survey.
Developing a directory of social businesses to provide more targeted support to social businesses in Wales.
Your input can help us build a picture of the social business sector and demonstrate the impact it has across Wales.
What is involved?
We would like to gather the views of all social businesses in Wales. We invite business leaders to complete a short survey in two parts:
The first part can be completed online and asks general questions about your social business.
After this, respondents will be invited to complete additional questions via a telephone call with one of our researchers to gain a deeper understanding of your perspectives on some of the challenges and opportunities faced.
The final reported results will be anonymised, and we hope this will encourage you to share your views freely.
To help track and monitor responses, we will ask for your business name and company number where relevant. We take the handling of your personal information very seriously and follow strict protocols for handling data. Please see our privacy notice for further information.
All businesses that complete the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win two free tickets to the Social Business Wales Awards and £50.
How to get involved in this research?
To share your views, simply follow this link. The first part of the survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
If you need this survey in any other format or if you would like any further information about this project, please contact Megan Clark.
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