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This repository contains a clean HTML translation of the Model governing document for a Worker Co‑operative Company Limited by Shares provided by Co-operatives UK.

The model documents provided by Co-operatives UK are in PDF format which makes it difficult to keep track of the changes an individual co-operative makes when adopting them.

The original PDF as downloaded from Co-operatives UK is included in this repository for completeness - but you should check that it is current before use.

Provenance

I downloaded the PDF model document for a "Worker Co-operative Company Limited by Shares" from the Co-operatives UK website on 2017-05-19. This document doesn't seem to have any version metadata associated with it. The dates attached to the PDF (visible in General Info in Preview on OS X) are:

  • Creation date: 20 Jan 2012, 15:47
  • Modification date: 29 May 2012, 10:31

A somewhat-usable HTML conversion of the PDF was generated by

  1. brew install qpdf
  2. brew cask install adobe-acrobat-pro
  3. Strip the copy-protection from the supplied file using qpdf --decrypt worker_co-operative_cls_0.pdf worker_co-operative_cls_0_decrypted.pdf
  4. Open Adobe Acrobat Pro, jump through the registration hoops to get a 30 day trial. Export the decrypted PDF to HTML

The HTML was then edited by hand to clean it up. I verified that the automatic numbering in the rendered HTML matched the paragraph numbering in the original.