SCE is a Community Benefit Society that has an experienced and diverse team of people who have been working closely together to develop this share offer and project.
A community benefit society operates under the rule of one member, one vote no matter how many shares are owned. In addition the Society's Rules prevent the sale of assets to commercial organisations.
Rules of the Society are available here.
SCE aims to issue 3,000,000 shares in total, worth £1 each
The first Annual General Meeting that all investors are entitled to attend will be held in September 2018.
SCE is represented by a set of qualified directors who have been working closely together on this project.
Tim Crisp
Tim has been a Director of Sustainable Charlbury since 2008, he brought forward the idea of a community solar farm and has been actively involved throughout its development. He is a pragmatic and highly experienced project manager with an impressive track record leading projects in both the commercial and community sectors. Having spent 30 years working in the advertising and printing industry, Tim is a qualified workplace mediator and is working for the Low Carbon Hub developing solar PV schemes for businesses that deliver benefits to local communities. Tim is a Director of Charlbury and Overseas Projects, a fund-raising charity supporting both local and overseas organisations delivering projects that support their own communities.
Liz Leffman
Liz is a director of international clothing and textile consultancy, Clothesource, which she founded in 1992. Prior to that she worked for Courtaulds Textiles as marketing and business development director. She is a founder member of Sustainable Charlbury, and is currently Vice Chair of Citizen’s Advice West Oxfordshire, and a trustee of Young Dementia UK Homes. Liz is also a councillor on West Oxfordshire District Council.
Nicola McConville
Nicola is a solicitor who specialises in advising community groups on governance and raising finance. She has advised on schemes for the Low Carbon Hub, Osney Lock Hydro, West Oxford Community Renewables and ONCORE. She is also a nonexecutive director, and the company secretary of, Westmill Solar. She joined Penningtons Manches as a corporate partner in February 2016.
Als Parker
Originally trained as a geologist, Als has worked in the community renewables sector since graduating in 2001. Her first role was at Good Energy where she became familiar with the green electricity market, working with small scale solar, hydro and wind generators to provide specialist supplier advice. Als then joined E.ON Renewables as a Wind Farm Developer with the remit to work with communities to deliver benefits back to the local area. During this time she identified and developed a wind farm in North Norfolk, which has maintained its commitment to deliver a substantial fund back to the community. In 2010, Als joined Low Carbon Solar and working to develop some of the UK’s first large scale solar farms, building 9 solar parks during 2011. Als currently works for Oxford’s Low Carbon Hub, working with businesses and communities to generate renewable energy and bring the income back to the local area to fund more carbon reduction projects.
Liz Reason
Liz was one of the founder directors of Sustainable Charlbury in 2006 and has been active in the development of Southill Solar for the last three years. She has worked in energy and energy consultancy for most of her career, including having been a founder director of ILEX Energy Consulting Ltd, one of Europe’s leading energy markets specialists. Through the 1990s, she was managing director of a successful wind developer. During the last decade she has been involved in mainstreaming the knowledge and skills for low energy buildings, amongst all those involved in the buildings cycle. Liz has been a trustee of the National Energy Foundation since 2006. She has been a Charlbury town councillor for eight years.
Solarcentury
SOLARCENTURY is a trusted, respected and longstanding solar company. It was founded in 1998, the early days of the solar industry and has been part of the evolution that has made solar PV the attractive investment it is today. Solarcentury has put solar on more types of sites than any other company in the industry, and has won multiple awards for product innovation. It has social objectives consistent with our own aims to provide community benefit, contributing part of its net profits each year to the charity it founded, SolarAid.
The directors do not receive any remuneration for their services.
| Director | Current loan to SCE | Proposed investment |
| Tim Crisp | £3,000 | £9,000 |
| Liz Leffman | £3,000 | £3,000 |
| Nicola McConville | £250 | £250 |
| Als Parker | - | £2,500 |
| Liz Reason | £3,000 | £10,000 |
| Total | £9,250 | £24,750 |
Female directors: There are currently 4 female director.
SCE has no direct employees.
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