The Arcade Group Dewsbury Ltd is a Community Benefit Society registered with the Financial Conduct Authority, made up of shareholding members of the community. Each year the members elect a Board to run the first community led shopping arcade in the UK along with other town centre regeneration projects.
We have brought together people with business experience, energy and imagination to create a popular Arcade that will never close again. An Arcade that will be a springboard for young entrepreneurs, be a mix of retail, activity and culture, work with other Dewsbury projects and keep the money local.
Left to right – Peter Mason, Antony Oldham, Andi Eccles, Rosalind Arden, Gabriel Schinnerl, Graham Mitchell, Sarah Barnes, Jackie Ramsay, Chris Hill, Yunus Patel
In November 2023, we completed a successful community share issue gaining 200 shareholder members and raising £125,000 to see us through the start up phase of the business.
Every year in September, those members will elect the Board (one-member, one-vote) and determine its strategy, but we want members and volunteers to be regularly involved in the projects, events and policies of the Group.
