Social enterprise comes in all sizes, from small community cafes to really big international organisations.

Setting up a social enterprise – or changing an organisation from a charity, public sector of private business into a successful social enterprise can be a daunting, exhilarating and challenging experience.

Social Enterprise UK has produced a guide to starting your social enterprise (PDF). The guide takes you through the essentials from finding investment and funding to deciding on the most suitable legal structure for your social enterprise. Throughout the guide they’ve provided some words of wisdom from social entrepreneurs – what they wish they’d known when they were starting out.

Here are our ten steps to starting a social enterprise: