Breakthrough's R&D activity helped Susie to finance her social purpose projects. She used profits from the company that would normally go to her as the 100% shareholder, to support her clients and partners instead. 

Her projects help them to get other funding, publicity or new business through her networks, awards, magazines, radio shows or partnership programmes. Susie saw it as their social purpose which is wrapped around the core aim of getting funding for small businesses.  

Concentrating on social impact doesn’t just mean helping their clients though. Susie pledged that they should also be a responsible corporate citizen:

• They gained the Planet Mark to ensure their environmental impact is kept to a minimum.
• They were an ethical buyer, using local suppliers where possible and paying 95% of creditors before, or on, their due date.
• They participated in the sharing economy by allowing other social enterprises and charities to use their facilities free of charge where practicable.
• They offered free training on R&D tax relief to spread the net of R&D claimants as wide as possible, even if that meant not doing the work themselves.