How can we help?

Our mission

Welcome to sba – at our heart, we’re here to support enterprise and business success.

Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to achieve their career and self-employment potential and to reduce unemployment. As a CIC (Community Interest Company) our work is underpinned by our core values and ethos as a not-for-profit organisation. We strive to increase our ability to support the reduction of unemployment by the up and re-skilling of people in line with their aspirations plus increasing our work across a larger geographical area and reaching more people.

4,500+

Businesses Supported

785+

Business skills training sessions run

31,100+

Learning hours delivered

1,550+

New businesses started

Our partners

Testimonials - what everyone's saying

"I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help organising the meeting with Graham, he was so helpful and the advice he provided was invaluable and I'm feeling very inspired!"

"With the support of the SBA team and my mentor, I was able to look objectively at my business to see what worked and what didn't. The support is second to none, no such thing as a silly question and now my confidence is better than ever."

"’I've had a few personal and business problems over the last few months, and Sian has been really helpful and is helping me to start turning things around now."

"’I’m meeting with Sian regularly and am grateful for all her support, including telling me about the School of Social Entrepreneurs programme in the first place!"

How can we help?

Starting your business

Grow your business

Deliver social impact

Deliver your programme