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The Birmingham Small Business Loan Fund offers local businesses and social enterprises access to the finance they may need to survive and thrive, protecting or creating jobs and boosting the local economy in Birmingham in the process.

We lend up to £100,000 to all manner of business people to enable their enterprise to grow and thrive.

A loan to a charity or social enterprise can  enable the organisation to grow,  thrive and do more for your community. We lend across the wider West Midlands from £10,000- £150,000.

We lend to organisations that are owned and democratically controlled by their members, who are usually either employees, customers or members of a community.

Communities Investment Fund (CIF) is a long running fund that has supported dozens of social businesses in Wales to grow through the provision of millions of pounds of social investment loan finance.

The fund has recently been launched and is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Welsh Government.

We offer alternative funding to trading charities and social enterprises who don't qualify for mainstream bank loans.

This CDFI fund was created partly with investment from East Midlands Development Agency in 2008. 

We understand that many social enterprises and charities struggle to access the finance they need to grow and achieve their social goals. Facilitated by the Community Investment Enterprise Facility (CIEF), we offer loans from £10,000 to £100,000 to social enterprises and charities in the West...

The Community Investment Fund was launched in February 2014.  The Fund invests between £250,000 and £2 million in community based, locally led organisations which are providing essential support and services to improve the well-being of local residents, developing the local economy and creating...

The Cost of Living Fund (COLF) provides grant funding alongside Recovery Loan Fund (RLF) loans to eligible charities and social enterprises who are supporting people in the 30% most deprived areas of England and delivering products and services to people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. 

If you’re an organisation supporting positive social or environmental change, the Triodos crowdfunding platform can support you to raise capital to grow.

The Triodos online crowdfunding platform enables investors to find and invest in organisations.

The Energy Resilience Fund is finance to enable community and social enterprises to retrofit energy generating/saving technology on community owned or managed buildings, with an initial focus on stabilising or reducing energy costs.

Resonance's Growing Enterprise team have been pioneers in the UK social enterprise investment space for more than eight years. 

Esmee Fairbairn makes social investments into social impact organisations and funds that are achieving impact in line with the Foundation's Impact Goals - Our Natural World, A Fairer Future and Creative Confident Communities. 

We take an impact-first approach to social investment. We start with...

The Fair By Design Fund is managed by Finance Birmingham and Ascension Ventures, bringing nationwide reach and infrastructure for companies looking for funding in this space.

The Flexible Finance Fund is for established community and social enterprises, to complement our existing blended funds. This is a revolving facility, available up to £150,000 that can be drawn and repaid flexibly as needed, for an initial period of up to 5 years.

Any balance at the end of five...

The Flexible Finance Fund is a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Ubele Initiative and Create Equity. It will be providing £4m of funding and support to 15-25 Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England with a material package of funding and support to...

Launched in May 2017, the Homeless Link Social Investment Fund has, over three years, £4.5m to invest in charities and social enterprises working to reduce homelessness across England.

Through our Impact Loans England programme, Big Issue Invest is offering loan finance between £20,000 and £400,000 to social enterprises and charities in England. Some of our funds also have non-repayable grant layers included of up to 20%.

At the Real Farming Trust we understand the challenges that agroecological food and farming enterprises face in raising finance. We support all types of agroecological and community-based food and farming businesses, from micro-dairies and bakeries to ethical supermarkets and veg box schemes. We...

With support from the Greater London Authority, Big Issue Invest launched a £10 million Fund to finance the provision of new affordable housing in London. 

The Fund is investing a total of £6 million in small loans until 2022, with Social Investment Cymru managing access to these fund for social businesses in Wales.

Business loans from £25,000 - £150,000 for small and medium sized businesses in the West Midlands. 

The £27 million Innovation Fund is focussed on backing scalable, innovative businesses throughout County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

The North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) invests in charities and social enterprises in the North East of England.

The £1.7 million Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund is focused on backing scalable, innovative spin-out companies from the four Northern Accelerator partnership universities – Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland.

This fund aims to support the development and growth of creative and cultural businesses across the North, that deliver social impact.

Businesses must be incorporated and operate within one of the 11 most Northern Local Enterprise Partnership areas; Cheshire and Warrington, Cumbria, Greater...

Providing finance to support the development or growth of trading activity, including cash-flow, working capital, and asset development or purchase.

Northstar EIS Growth Fund is a tax-efficient fund created to incentivise investors and unlock the opportunity for you to invest in innovative businesses with high growth potential.

This fund aims to support social enterprises over 1 year old looking to purchase or develop
properties in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

To access this fund, you will need to have clear social
aims and objectives and fit one of the following descriptions – Not for private profit, asset locked...

If you are a social enterprise or charity that needs additional property to be able to grow and thrive - this could be for housing refugees or those at threat of homelessness - Resonance may be able to help.

Investment for community led housing, spots facilities and renewable energy to help with pre-development, feasbility, land acquistion and construction costs. 

Revive loans provide flexible unsecured finance up to £50,000.

Small Business Loans can provide flexible finance up to £250,000.

Social and Sustainable Housing (SASH) was launched in May 2019. The successor fund, Social and Sustainable Housing II (SASH II) was launched in November 2022.

The fund invests between £2 and £10 million in small - medium sized charities, who provide accommodation and support to vulnerable people...

The Social Business Growth Fund (SBGF) will support social businesses in Wales financially to enable them to grow and create job opportunities.

SBGF part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Welsh Government

The Big Issue Invest Social Enterprise Investment Fund II LP (SEIF II) is the successor to SEIF I, our first social impact investment fund launched in 2010, and now having invested over £8 million into 21 social enterprises.

Foundation Scotland's Investing in Enterprise fund offers blended grant and loan investment to social enterprises, community organisations and charities working across Scotland.

The City of London Corporation has established a £20m fund to support charitable organisations that want to access funding through social investment and to develop the social investment market in the UK.

Start Up Loans can provide personal, unsecured finance up to £25,000 per applicant.

Start-up Loan is a national scheme which First Enterprise has been engaged as a delivery partner on behalf of the Government by the British Business Bank

The Stepping Stones Fund is a social investment readiness facility for charitable organisations in Greater London. It is delivered in partnership with UBS.

A three-month intensive support programme to help launch and grow early-stage start-ups.

The Third Sector Investment Fund was re-launched in July 2017 and is fully deployed.  The Fund invests between £250,000 and £3 million in charities and social enterprises across the UK.  The Fund can support organisations across all social sectors, focused on improving the economic and social well...

Blended fund (75% grant; 25% loan) for social businesses needing support of up to £100,000 to survive the effects of COVID19, or to improve or diversify their operation

The Thrive Together Fund (TTF) provides between a funding package between £25k-£150k which is made up of loan (75%) and grant (25%) to eligible charities and social enterprises in England.  

Triodos finance organisations working towards becoming more sustainable - socially or environmentally. 

Unity Trust Bank focuses on financial sustainability and positive social impact. They offer loans to organisations seeking finance that will create jobs or bring wider economic, social or environmental benefit.

We want to create a society that is better able to meet the needs and aspirations of people distant from the labour market. To do this we want to support social entrepreneurs to create solutions at scale.

The Wolverhampton Independent Retail Loan Fund offers loans from £1,000 to £10,000 to retailers in Wolverhampton who are unable to secure finance from traditional lenders.