Membership

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Only £45 p.a. Full membership of ShareSoc gives you ALL^* the benefits for less than 90p per week! Entitling you to 6 Premium events including Masterclasses in 2023 (saving you at least £105 on events alone!).

If you would like to support ShareSoc but do not wish to become a member you can click here to make a donation.

Full Members’ complete range of unique and valuable benefits are shown in the table below and examples include:

Comprehensive 16 page + newsletter at least 4 times a year, focused on topics of particular interest to private investors, including unique reports on companies
Exclusive company research tool
AGM reports
Voting guidance for FTSE30 companies
Priority booking at events
Exclusive on-line Forums
Discounted membership of SIGnet – a national network of individual investor groups across the UK
PLUS special discounts available from partner organisations. See: Member Offers
Only Full and SIGnet Members have ShareSoc voting rights and elect the directors.

Associate Membership is FREE but your benefits are reduced e.g. a summary newsletter, may be unable to attend / charged more for ShareSoc events etc. All we ask of Associate members is that you have an interest in stock market investment and support our aims.

We strongly encourage you to join as a Full Member as we are a not-for-profit organisation and your membership fees fund the operations of ShareSoc, our campaigning activities and allow us to serve our members more effectively.

^*Except SIGnet exclusive membership benefits, as described below. You can obtain these additional benefits by upgrading to combined ShareSoc/SIGnet full membership for only £15 p.a. in addition to the ShareSoc full membership fee.

SIGnet membership (or a combined ShareSoc Full+ SIGnet membership) offers access to the SIGnet investor group network. Through this network, you have the opportunity to gain experience and expand your knowledge through meeting other investors in friendly self-managed groups. SIGnet members also benefit from an exclusive newsletter and dedicated SIGnet member forums. Go here to learn more about SIGnet. Membership of SIGnet costs just £25 p.a. (with a special discounted rate of £15 p.a. for ShareSoc Full members). We also offer a NO QUIBBLE GUARANTEE: If you are not satisfied with your SIGnet membership and advise our office within the first four months of joining, your SIGnet subscription will be refunded and your membership of SIGnet will be terminated. No further debits will be made from your card. Please see the SIGnet Rules for full details. SIGnet membership alone includes all the benefits of associate membership of ShareSoc and carries voting rights in ShareSoc.

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Member Entitlements

Member Entitlements	Associate Member (Free)	Full Member (£45/year)	SIGnet Member (£25/year)	Combined ShareSoc/SIGnet Member (£60/year)
Masterclass & Exclusive Premium events – free of charge		✓ Save at least £75		✓ Save at least £75
"Informer" newsletters: min. 4 per year	Short Version	Full Version	Short Version	Full Version
Monthly SIGnet newsletter			✓	✓
Access to experienced investment experts	Limited	✓	Limited	✓
Participation in Campaigns on behalf of private investors	✓	✓	✓	✓
Networking with fellow investors	Limited	Limited	✓	✓
Participate in SIGnet investor groups			✓	✓
Access to investor resources on web site including: investor educational pages, links to "useful services for investors", recommended reading list for investors and AIM company evaluation scorecard.	Limited	✓	Limited	✓
Opportunities to participate in working groups and consultations	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free priority access to ShareSoc Company Growth webinars / seminars (subject to availability)		✓		✓
Free priority access to ShareSoc Suppers: single company events. (subject to availability)		✓		✓
Free access to ShareSoc company visits (subject to availability)		✓		✓
Discounts on various investor services e.g:
Stockopedia		✓		✓
ShareScope		✓		✓
Research Tree		✓		✓
Mello Investor Shows		✓		✓
Access to exclusive online resources:
Private investor discussion Forums (excluding dedicated SIGnet forums)		✓		✓
Dedicated SIGnet Private investor discussion Forums			✓	✓
Newsletter archive		✓		✓
SIGnet Newsletter archive			✓	✓
Company AGM report library		✓		✓
Presentations & reports from company seminars		✓		✓
Executive remuneration reports		✓		✓
Book Reviews		✓		✓
Voting rights at ShareSoc General Meetings		✓	✓	✓

Group description:	This group is open to all levels of investor and is particularly popular because it meets after working hours in central London. The meeting usually has a presentation or group discussion on aspects of investing and also runs a Buys & Sells session which gives everyone the chance to see what the other group members are buying or selling and why.
Meeting Type/Venue:	The venue is near Victoria Station in a pub where the group also enjoy a meal from a typical pub menu.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	This group meets in the evening in London. It is a face to face group that meets every third Tuesday in the month from 6.30pm to 9pm.

Group description:	This group is for those interested in investing in the USA. It is open to all investors with a special interest in this area and all levels of experience are welcome. A typical meeting will have a discussion on a particular market issue or a presentation by a member or external speaker on a subject of interest to the group. All members are expected to play a part in presenting and to take an active role in making the group of value to all its members.
Meeting Type/Venue:	As a specialist group with a wide geographic spread of members, our meetings are held on zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are monthly and are held on the third Tuesday in the month from 11-12.30PM.

Group description:	This group was set up as a forum to discuss companies in detail, each company is introduced by a member and discussion may last one or two hours. Membership is by invitation only.
Meeting Type/Venue:	The group meets at a venue in Waterloo, London.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are from 11.00 until 16.30 and at two month intervals.

Group description:	This group was set up as a forum to discuss companies in detail, each company is introduced by a member and discussion may last one or two hours. Membership is by invitation only.
Meeting Type/Venue:	The group meets at a venue in Waterloo, London.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are from 11.00 until 16.30 and at two month intervals.

Group description:	Group focused on active investing, primarily in small / medium cap UK equities.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on Saturdays at 10am.

Group description:	Our group is a broad church that contains investors of varying age and experience. We discuss stocks and investment trusts that we have bought, sold or are interested in and the reasons behind our decisions, and try to make sense of the ever changing investment environment. Our members backgrounds are diverse and include corporate banking, engineering, teaching and the leisure industry. Discussions are robust and challenging but tend to be to be informal, and do not generally involve agendas, presentations or detailed preparation.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Our meetings are held on Zoom, although we are all based around London so try to meet centrally for lunch from time to time.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	We meet every 2 months, generally midweek at 10.30am.

Group description:	Experienced investors who have been members many years and newer members wanting to learn about investing. Members discuss portfolio content and reasons why they have certain assets and investments. Buys and sells discussed along with interesting shares being considered along with current issues in the market of local or international influence.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Physical face to face meetings held in a central pub in Easton in Gordano.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Usually monthly to 6 weekly, mid week 12 noon to 2pm with lunch.

Group description:	We are a relatively small group, but have a wide range of interests so always start every meeting with a discussion about world issues and the “investing environment” generally. We always discuss individual members market activity and any interesting opportunities on their watchlists. There is currently a lot of expertise in the small cap value area of the market within the group.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Our preference is for a physical meeting and a hotel in Meriden (Coventry) is the usual location, but we do have on-line meetings when weather and/or health issues make that the most suitable option. We rotate the chair and this is agreed at the previous meeting.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Our preference is to meet every 4 weeks on a Thursday evening, but the exact details are agreed at the previous meeting.

Group description:	The Options group has been meeting monthly for some 20+ years and new members who are either trading or interested in trading options are always welcome. Our members trade options predominately on both UK and USA shares, indices, currencies and commodities.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Prior to Covid all monthly meetings were at a west London golf club, close to an underground station, where we had a one course lunch prior to our meetings in a private room. Since Covid all meetings have been via video and some new members have joined who are too far from west London to meet face to face. However, it is intended that future meetings will be both in person and via video link.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are monthly, on the 4th Wednesday of each month, normally from 12:30 to 2:30 and sometimes run over.