Co-operativesUK is "the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK", a co-operative federation founded in 1869 as the Co-operative Central Board, before changing its name to the Co-operative Union and finally becoming Co-operativesUK following its merger with the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM) in 2002. Historically associated with the consumer co-operatives, the merger broadened its scope to include worker co-operatives and it now exists to support and promote the values of the whole UK Co-operative Movement.