Apply for shares

Odiham Community Interest Company launched a share issue of 2500 shares in November 2024 and some are still available for purchase by members of Odiham Community for £200 per share.

To buy a share(s) please follow these easy steps:

1. Download an application form, print, complete and sign it.

2. Scan and send your application form to community@thebellinthebury.com

3. Transfer payment to Odiham Community Interest Company (details on the Application Form).

Download a share form >

The following qualify as eligible to buy shares:

  • Resident or property owner in the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you are (or were) a resident or own property in the ward of Odiham.

  • Association with Royal Air Force Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you serve(d), work(ed), or live(d) on patch, for RAF Odiham.

  • Attended School in the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you attend(ed) a school in the ward of Odiham: Robert Mays School, Mayhill School, Buryfields School or Lord Wandsworth College.

  • Club, Association or Society - registered in or for the benefit of the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you are or were a member, director, trustee of any Odiham club, association or society.

  • Work or own a Business operating in or for the benefit of the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you work(ed) for or own(ed) a business operating for the benefit of the ward of Odiham.

  • Work at or own a Farm in in the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you work(ed) for or own(ed) a farm in the electoral ward of Odiham.

  • Work or own a Business registered in the electoral ward of Odiham
    You are a member of Odiham Community and are eligible to purchase shares if you work(ed) for or own(ed) a business registered in the electoral ward of Odiham.

A map of the electoral ward of Odiham is available from the Office of National Statistics. The electoral ward of Odiham includes Odiham, North Warnborough, Greywell, Broad Oak, RAF Odiham, South Warnborough, Long Sutton, Well, Crondall, Dogmersfield.

The small print

This website is intended for current and previous residents, property and business owners in the ward of Odiham, who in the period Summer 2022 - 2026, might reasonably be regarded as having an existing and common interest with each other, the affairs of Odiham Community Interest Company and what is done with the proceeds arising from any investment in Odiham Community Interest Company.

The directors of Odiham Community Interest Company have taken all reasonable care to ensure that every statement of fact or opinion included in the communication is true and not misleading given the form and context in which it appears.

Any person who is in any doubt about the investment in Odiham Community Interest Company should consult an authorised person specialising in advising on investments of the kind in question.

The directors of Odiham Community Interest Company have taken all reasonable care to ensure that any person belonging to the Odiham Community Common Interest Group (and associated professional advisers) can have access, at all reasonable times, to all the information that they would reasonably require, and reasonably expect to find, for the purpose of making an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the company and of the rights attaching to the investments in question.

Such information can be accessed via this website and includes the following documents:

Download the Share Sale Supporting Information Document

Download the Articles of Association

Download the Community Interest Company Objectives

Download the Strategy to Save The Bell In The Bury

Download the Research and Governance Documentation

HMRC has provided Enterprise Investment Scheme Advanced Assurance that they are likely to be able to authorise the company to issue compliance certificates under Section 204(1) of the Income Tax Act (ITA) 2007. This may provide 30% tax relief for eligible investors. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/venture-capital-schemes-tax-relief-for-investors

Any person considering subscribing to buy shares in Odiham Community Interest Company should regard any subscription as made primarily to assist the furtherance of the Odiham Community Interest Company’s objectives (other than any purely financial objectives) and only secondarily, if at all, as an investment.

Shares in Odiham Community Interest Company are offered for sale to current and previous residents, property and business owners, members of organisations in the ward of Odiham, who in the period Summer 2022 - 2026, might reasonably be regarded as having an existing and common interest with each other, the affairs of Odiham Community Interest Company and what is done with the proceeds arising from any investment in Odiham Community Interest Company i.e. members of “Odiham Community Common Interest Group”.

If you are not a current resident, property or business owner in the ward of Odiham, but would like to support the campaign, then please contact us.