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
- Tullis Russell Group
- Sunderland Home Care Associates
- Scott Bader
- School Trends
- Savant Enterprises
- Loch Fyne Oysters
- John Lewis Partnership
- Gripple
Tullis Russell Group
Paper and board manufacturer founded in 1809 and bought out by employees in 1994.
Sunderland Home Care Associates
Home care package and care services provider, now part of the CASA group of co-owned home care companies
Scott Bader
International polymer manufacturer founded in 1921 and co-owned since 1951, with unique common ownership structure.
School Trends
School uniform suppliers set up in 1988, moved to employee ownership in 2004.
Savant Enterprises
Specialist software developer for the clinical, medical and healthcare sector, employee owned following a buy-out in 2001.
Loch Fyne Oysters
Supplier of oysters, salmon and other fine foods based in the Highlands of Scotland.
John Lewis Partnership
Europe’s largest single entity co-owned business with turnover of around £6.8 billion.
Gripple
Sheffield-based wire joiner and tensioner manufacturers.