Co-operative Press

Co-operative Press Limited

Holyoake House in Manchester.
Formerly	Co-operative Newspaper Society (1871–1921) National Co-operative Publishing Society (1921–1935)
Company type	Registered Society (1585R)
Industry	News media Co-operative movement
Predecessor	North of England Co-operative Printing Society (1869),
Founded	1871; 153 years ago (1871). Incorporated 19 March 1873.[1]
Headquarters	Holyoake House, Manchester, England
Key people	Elaine Dean (Chair) Richard Bickle (Secretary)
Revenue	£252,372[2] (2018)
Operating income	(2018)
Total assets	£315,531[2] (2018)
Members	565[2] (2018)
Number of employees	5[2] (2018)

The Co-operative Press is a co-operative whose principal activity is the publication of Co-op News. The society's stated mission is to "connect, champion and challenge the global co-operative movement".^[3] The co-operative's members are the subscribers of Co-op News.

Founded in Manchester in 1873, the Co-operative Press is still headquartered in the city, at Holyoake House.^[1]

The society was first incorporated as the Co-operative Newspaper Society by a group of co-operative societies to take on the publishing of The Co-operative News. Printing was carried out by the Co-operative Printing Society.

In 1921 the society merged with the Scottish Co-operative Newspaper Society and renamed itself as the National Co-operative Publishing Society, before taking on its current name – the Co-operative Press – in 1935.

In 1971 the Society took over the co-operative Birmingham Printers, and in 1972 merged with the Co-operative Printing Society.^[4]