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ShareSoc Full Membership Benefits

Full Membership of ShareSoc, which costs less than 90p per week, gives you access to a huge range of tools to support you throughout your investing journey, including:

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

Please see the table at the bottom of this page for a full membership benefits comparison.

As a not-for-profit organisation, by joining as a Full member you will also be supporting ShareSoc financially, enabling us to achieve our goals in championing, empowering and supporting individual shareholders.

Combined Membership includes both membership of SIGnet and Full membership of ShareSoc. SIGnet aims to create an environment in which the individual investor can increase their investment performance through membership of SIGnet groups – informal social groups whose members meet to discuss and exchange investment knowledge. You can find further details about SIGnet and what it offers here: https://www.sharesoc.org/signet/

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Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time by emailing info@sharesoc.org and don’t worry, we’ll always send a reminder about your subscription before your next payment is due.

*Use discount code VALUE23 before midnight on 14th April 2023 for a £15 reduction on your first year’s ShareSoc annual membership fee. This means that your first year of membership will cost you only £30. Your card will automatically be debited at our normal rate (currently £45 p.a.) annually thereafter, unless you cancel your membership by contacting us at info@sharesoc.org.

Member Entitlements	Associate Member (Free)	Full Member (£45/year)	SIGnet Member (£25/year)	Combined ShareSoc/SIGnet Member (£60/year)
"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 private investor campaigns	✓	✓	✓	✓
Networking opportunities with fellow investors	Limited	Limited	✓	✓
Participation 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 entry to ShareSoc company growth seminars		✓		✓
Entry to Masterclass Educational events at discount rates		✓		✓
Free entry to ShareSoc Suppers (single company events)		✓		✓
Free access to ShareSoc company visits		✓		✓
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:	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.

Group description:	Most members are experienced investors. The main focus is on equity investments (single stocks or investment trusts). Other asset classes are discussed. Meetings involve presentations from members who are expected to lead discussions from time to time.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meeting quarterly, physically in Central London. Other months (8 months per year) on Zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are generally held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Quarterly physical meetings are from 11am-4pm (with approximately 1 hour break for lunch), the Zoom meetings (during the other 8 months) tend to last up to 2 hours (11am – 12:45pm).