Community Benefit Society (BenComm)

Golden Lane Housing

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Two women stood outside a residential house

Golden Lane Housing is a leading provider of specialist supported housing for people with a learning disability and autistic people, providing high quality, safe homes to over 3,000 tenants across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They were established in 1998 by the charity Mencap in response to the widespread lack of suitable housing for people with a learning disability. At that time, housing options were severely constrained — with many people either living with ageing parents or placed in residential institutions that offered limited independence, choice or connection to the wider community.

Duration
10 or 20 years
Cost of capital
6% or 6.5%
Turnover
£41.4m
Investor Details
Resonance
Amount invested
£9m
Year of Investment
2023
Product type
Secured loan

Bramley Baths

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Historic Edwardian building

Bramley Baths is a community-led, not-for-profit centre for fitness, health and fun, which houses a public gym, swimming pool and space for community events, meetings and fitness classes.

Duration
60 months
Cost of capital
6.5%
Turnover
£1,048,981
Investor Details
Key Fund
Amount invested
£110,000
Year of Investment
2025
Product type
Community shares

Glan Yr Afon (Riverside Pub)

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Glan Yr Afon (Riverside Pub)

Glan Yr Afon is a valued pub within the community in Pennal, which came under hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is now community-owned after an initiative to save the pub.

Mae Glan yr Afon yn dafarn werthfawr o fewn cymuned Pennal. Bu trwy gyfnod anodd yn ystod pandemig Covid-19, ond mae bellach yn eiddo i'r gymuned ar ôl menter i achub y dafarn.

Duration
12 years
Cost of capital
7% for the bridging loan and 0% for the blended finance
Turnover
£nil - start up
Amount invested
£251,680
Year of Investment
2022
Product type
Blended – part grant, part loan