Grosmont Village Shop

Grosmont Community shop – next steps.

In September 2025, our village shop closed.

We’ve set up a group to look at setting up a community and volunteer-led shop. In August 2025, we held a public meeting, and there was a good level of support for a community shop. We’ve held other consultations since. See below, or click here to see more.

Can you help? Let us know if you’d like to be part of:

the steering group;
a group surveying the village;
visiting other community shops (to understand how they did it);
or any other way you can help.

Latest News

Surveying the village

Thank you to everyone who came along to the options appraisal meeting (on 15 October), and who completed the first questionnaire. We appreciate the time you gave to do these.

We had a stall and an exhibition at the village market on 29 November and talked talk about what you said.

Community Benefit Society

Our application to set up a community benefit society has been accepted by the Financial Conduct Authority (the regulator). Scroll down for more information about community benefit societies.

Bank account

We’ve opened a bank account.

Steering Group

The Steering Group has set up work strands

Survey group: asking the village for its views on the future shop;
Learning from others: visiting and building links with other community groups that operate village shops;
Legal structure: the group setting up a community benefit society that will run any future shop.

The Steering Group meets monthly to check in with these three groups and the discuss other matters.

At its meeting on 3 October 2025, the Steering Group:

had an update from each group;
decided to set up a community benefit society and appointed the initial directors;
had an update on other matters such as meetings with potential funders.

Any questions or comments? Please email the Steering Group.

The Steering Group is:

Mary Bartlett
Richard Brown
Jan Chatfield
Jo Chatt
Karen Farr

Jo Hampson
Daisy Learmond
Linda Mintowt-Czyz
Andrew North
Mark Potter
Maxine Powell
Helen Raywood

Dave Whiting
Charlotte Wilson
Lowri Wynn Morgan

Surveying the village

We’ve undertaken a number of surveys and consultations. We want to know what residents and visitors want from the next village shop.

What is a Community Benefit Society?

A Community Benefit Society (CBS) is a type of co-operative. It operates for the benefit of the community and can issue community shares, to raise money.

Operating on the basis of one member, one vote, regardess of the number of shares held, a CBS cannot pay dividends to shareholder members; all surpluses (or profits) have to be reinvested in the Society, or in the local community.

Want to know more? Here are some links:

What is a Community Benefit Society?

Community Benefit Societies