CAF Venturesome
We offer social investment loans from £10,000 to £400,000 + at one of the lowest interest rates in the market. Our average loan size is £100,000 as we focus on making small social investments into charities and social enterprises needing less than £150,000 of affordable, repayable finance.
CAF Venturesome is the social investment team of Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Our mission is to provide social enterprises and charities with the affordable, repayable finance they need to sustain and grow their social impact. Since 2002 we have made over 600 social investments committing approx. £50m. We’ve supported hundreds of social enterprises and charities across the UK and overseas.
As well as affordable loans and social impact bonds through our Development Fund, we have a specialist community housing fund, CLT Fund, and a place-based fund, SE-Assist in Greater Brighton/Sussex, Croydon and Wales.
We are funded by individuals and their families, corporate foundations and grant-making trusts. All our funders embrace the concept of social investment as a way of maximising the social impact of their charitable funds.
We work in partnership with you to make the process as straightforward and painless as possible.
Our experienced team, with backgrounds in the commercial, financial and charitable sectors, offers social organisations a great customer experience with a straightforward approach to social investment.
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Our case studies
We were delighted to hear from Shaun Doran, CEO FRC Group, at a Let's Talk Good Finance event. Listen to this podcast to learn about their journey to social investment.
Duration
2 years
Cost of capital
5%
Amount invested
£400,000
Product
Secured loan