About the EOA
The Employee Ownership Association is the association of employee owned and trust owned businesses. We promote co-ownership of business in these ways:
- Representing the views of our Member companies and providing member services.
- Giving information and advice to organisations and individuals with an interest in employee ownership of business.
- Providing research and new thinking about employee ownership.
Founded in 1979 as Job Ownership Limited, the Employee Ownership Association is funded and governed by its Member companies. Independent and with not-for-profit status, the Employee Ownership Association's membership includes the John Lewis Partnership, long established co-owned firms like Scott Bader and Swann-Morton, and a range of small and medium sized companies such as St Luke's and Sunderland Home Care Associates.
The Employee Ownership Association's research arm, a registered charity, is committed to generating new evidence and thinking about employee ownership.
The Employee Ownership Association provides information and help on employee ownership to business owners, business advisers, employees, co-owned companies, and others with an interest in employee ownership.