Services for Co-operative and Community Owned Enterprises

Feasibility studies

A feasibility study should tell you whether your business idea is a sound one. It should be carried out before serious resources are allocated to a project. Generally, the feasibility study will seek to find out whether there are sufficient motivated people to take the business forward and if they possess or have access to appropriate skills such as finance, marketing and management. It will assess the resources available or accessible to the
business to get off the ground. It will also need to establish whether there is a ready market for the product or service and to confirm that it will be profitable.

Co-operative Futures can help you plan your feasibility study and analyse the results, helping to ensure that your future business planning is comprehensive, based on real evidence and a realistic evaluation of resources.

Read our case study on Aardvark Gardeners Co-operative (pdf link)




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