A social enterprise is a business that is driven by a social conscience that uses commercial activities to achieve their social or environmental mission.

Addressing issues like unemployment, environmental issues, and disadvantage, they prioritise people and planet alongside profit to create systemic change. A social enterprise derives most of their revenue through trade rather than grants, donation, or gifts and reinvest a majority of their resources and efforts back into their mission, effectively combining business acumen with a charity heart – profit for purpose.