They also provide an important income stream to community regeneration organisations such as Development Trusts. They are organised by their members, who band together with the common purpose of providing a shared service from which they all benefit. Their major focus is on 'Value-Added' processing rather than limiting themselves to marketing 'Commodities'. An organisation which takes on an audit makes itself accountable to its stakeholders and commits itself to following the audit's recommendations. Social businesses often focus on providing an income or employment opportunity for disadvantaged groups, or providing a service to the community.
Social capital enhances the benefits of investment in physical and human capital.
It includes not only Social Enterprise organisations but also voluntary organisations, foundations, trade unions, religious bodies and housing associations. An entrepreneur has imagination to identify new opportunities and determination to bring them to fruition. A social entrepreneur does so for public good rather than private profit. It is a business which uses its market- oriented production of goods and services to pursue its social mission. A significant number of its employees will be people with a disability or other disadvantage in the labour market.