Coniston Co-operative Society

{{Short description|Consumer co-operative in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Coniston Co-operative Society Limited

| image = Coniston Co-operative Society shop.jpg

| former_name = Sawrey Co-operative Society

| type = Consumer co-operative

| founded = {{Start date and age|1875}}

| revenue = £0.8m (2018)

| assets = £1.3m (2018)

| members = 735 (2018)

| website = {{URL|http://www.conistonco-op.co.uk}}

| footnotes = [https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/19024 2018 Annual Returns]

}}

Coniston Co-operative Society is a small consumer co-operative in Furness, Cumbria, England. It is one of the few retail societies operating a single village store to remain independent.

Founded as Sawrey Co-operative Society in 1875, a branch was opened in nearby Coniston in 1898. The present name was adopted when the Far Sawrey store ceased trading in 1905.[http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/millom/Unique-records-on-show-at-village-talk-e587cc93-4e5b-43d0-bdbe-3170d3e94db4-ds Unique records on show at village talk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009211624/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/millom/16499048.unique-records-on-show-at-village-talk/ |date=9 October 2022 }} North-West Evening Mail, 23 July 2012{{Cite news|date=7 October 2005|title=Village store turns 100|work=The Westmorland Gazette|url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/638068.village-store-turns-100/|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419135638/https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/638068.village-store-turns-100/|url-status=live}}

Coniston Co-op is a registered society, democratically controlled by its members.{{Cite web|title=Mutuals Public Register: Coniston Co-operative Society Limited|url=https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/19024|access-date=2021-04-19|website=mutuals.fca.org.uk|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419135638/https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/19024|url-status=live}} It is a member of Co-operatives UK, The Co-operative Group and the Federal Retail and Trading Services buying group.