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Join us for the Seghu launch!

First UK platform to help you choose the right legal structure, the right governance, to unlock the funding needed to grow.

Launches 21 October at Birmingham Tech Week

Supported by leading organisations across the UK social economy

McKenzie Brown ConsultancyhibretOneAccess FoundationAston UniversityFundsurfer

THE CHALLENGE

The UK social sector is structurally stuck.

Early social founders make legal decisions with little to no guidance. Later finding the wrong structure blocks funding, fails due diligence, and requires restructuring costing £1000's they cannot afford. The support landscape is fragmented: strong players at every stage, but nothing connecting legal formation to capital access. Until now.

0%

of CICs, Charities and CASC's cannot legally accept social investment, locked out by their incorporation structure.

30–45%

of social enterprises fail due to structural misalignment to funding

£0bn+

lost from grants & charitable donations over the last decade; the sector needs new capital pathways.

Three engines. One platform.

Legal Structure Decision Engine

A guided AI wizard that determines your optimal legal form (CIC, charity, CBS, co-operative) and produces the governance documents to match.

Funding Stack Builder

Creates your personalised funding strategy with readiness scoring, identifies gaps in your approach, and provides actionable next steps tailored to your structure.

Funder Matching Engine

Profiles 80+ UK social and ethical funders, scores each against your profile (0–100), and produces a ranked shortlist with engagement guidance.

Seghu replaces the fragmented, expensive journey of advisers, solicitors, and guesswork with a single, structured pathway. At a fraction of the cost.

See the platform in action.

SEGHU dashboard showing the journey roadmap with structure, funding and governance fit
Dashboard, your journey end to end
Structure assessment results with scored legal structures
Legal structure, scored
Funder matching showing the ranked funders with fit scores
Funder matching
Summaries page confirming the organisation is ready to incorporate
Summaries & exports

Built and partner-validated, in live closed beta.

Trusted by founders and the institutions that back them.

Oliver Mochizuki

Oliver Mochizuki

CEO, Fundsurfer

Partner

Our partnership with Seghu helps us ensure clients seeking crowdfunding or any other investment have a better understanding of the investment options and the legal structures needed to access them.

Founder

I was unsure whether to incorporate as a CIC or anything else. There were very few places I could go for truly independent, affordable advice. The platform helped me find the right structure, but also the aligned funding to deliver my social impact.

Belinda K

Belinda K

Founder, BK Networks

Founder

Through a peer insight session we decided a hybrid legal structure was right for us. We also learned about a grant that helps with due diligence for a Community Centre purchase.

Aftab Rahman

Aftab Rahman

CEO, LegacyWM

Founder

We were looking into social investment to help us grow and sustain the business. The platform helped educate us on the different structures available and helped create the required documents.

David Abosch

David Abosch

CEO, Recognition Circular

Partner

As specialists in corporate governance, we are honoured to be part of this initiative, which aligns with our daily advocacy for equality and diversity. Founders able to incorporate the right way from the outset is critical to deliver for the impact economy.

Prof Inez Brown

Prof Inez Brown

Founder, McKenzie Brown

Built by social sector leaders

The expertise behind the platform.

hibretOne CIC

hibretOne CIC

Developer of socio-economic enterprise infrastructure and solution

WMCA

WMCA

Comprising ~9,314 organisations, employing over 103,000 people

McKenzie Brown

McKenzie Brown

Corporate governance & compliance, leadership empowerment

Fundsurfer

Fundsurfer

Funding ecosystem integrator, over £70m directed to social impact founders

Seghu is a product of hibretOne CIC, a community interest company that reinvests all profits into the social sector.

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