Products & Services Business Planning Support & Consultancy (Business Planing) Wicked Spreadsheet for the Co-operative Management of Community Assets"If only I had a Wicked Spreadsheet” [1:34]
The Wicked Spreadsheet is an interactive tool that provides you with a broad overview of financial viability and projections for a project including a building take over. This smart tool provides a mechanism to help you look quickly at the financial viability and income projections of a potential space, place, property for long-term community wealth generation and ownership and it allows you to easily explore variable options. The Wicked Spreadsheet compiles learning from many previous similar exercises and is designed to remove the drudgery and technicality from the process. It assumes a Community Benefit Society is the vehicle and allows for one 'community share offer' which is repaid over time but in reality there could be more, which would be covered in more detailed financial projections.
Members of groups considering taking on community assets of any kind and officers of local authorities or infrastructure organisations facilitating community wealth building and opportunities for community ownership will find this tool very useful.
You can watch a webinar about it here [26:31].
If you would like to use this tool then join the open source community of users, either as an individual or corporate body. You will then be provided with a copy of the latest version, a license to use it in perpetuity, the ability to report bugs and suggest improvements and access to other users via a lively and growing WhatsApp group. This is entirely free of charge.
To apply to join the open source community of users, download this form (.odt) or this form (.doc), enter your details and return it to John Merritt, Product Development Team Leader, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
In addition, you can access support according to your need, as follows:
To purchase this service or make an enquiry please contact Deana Wildgoose, CAN Associate, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To purchase this service or make an enquiry please contact Deana Wildgoose, CAN Associate, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To purchase this service or make an enquiry please contact Chris Funnell, Business Planning Product Area Team Leader at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Brian’s top tips [5:58]
Austen’s guide to the open source license and community [2:03]
The Wicked Spreadsheet for the Co-operative Management of Community Assets was developed by Co-operative Assistance Network Limited in partnership with TH!NK FC and with financial support from The Hive.
