East Midlands

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.

https://thekeyfund.co.uk/funding/community-business-fund-2/

Funds

Northern Impact Fund 2

Key Fund

Northern Impact Fund 2

Active

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

https://thekeyfund.co.uk/funding/northern-impact-fund/

Funds

Grace Enterprises

Grace Enterprises run diverse social enterprises which employ and support people who would otherwise struggle to find and keep a job. Through a commercial cleaning company (Radiant Cleaners), a marquee hire company (Jubilee Events) and a biscuit-making company (Half the Story), they make a positive impact on those individual lives and to society at large.

Duration

5 Years

Cost of capital

7.5%

Turnover

£181,000

Investor Details

Social Investment Business

Amount invested

£60,000

Year of Investment

2024

Product type

Blended – part grant, part loan

Legal structure

Company limited by guarantee

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Hogan Lovells

HL BaSE is the law firm Hogan Lovells’ international impact economy practice. It provides legal advice to social enterprises, charities and other impact organisations.

Friends Provident Foundation

Friends Provident Foundation is an independent charity that makes grants and uses its endowment towards a fair, resilient and sustainable economic system that serves people and planet.

Investors

YMCA Robin Hood Group

YMCA Robin Hood Group

YMCA Robin Hood Group provide a range of frontline services across Greater Nottingham, York and East Riding, plus Newark & Sherwood, to encourage young people to belong, contribute and thrive. This includes residential settled care homes, supported housing and numerous support programmes. Explore how they used social investment to grow and innovate their service offering.

Duration

20 years

Cost of capital

Base + 2.8% for 3 years, then Base + 2.3% for 17 years

Turnover

£11.3m

Investor Details

Triodos Bank - Corporate Finance team

Amount invested

£9.75m

Year of Investment

2022

Product type

Charity bonds

Unsecured loan (incl. overdrafts)

Legal structure

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) / Charity

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Locality

Locality is the national membership network supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful. Locality provides paid specialist advice, support, and resources for community organisations, charities, social enterprises, local authorities, affordable housing providers, funders, and...

Stone King LLP

Stone King operates on a national scale, with an excellent reputation for giving expert legal advice to leading charities and social enterprises on a wide range of matters.

Sumerian Partners Ltd

Sumerian is an impact first investor where we seek to maximise the social or economic impact of our investments; financial returns are our secondary goal. We support pioneering social enterprises and charities to achieve their impact potential. As well as making investments, we provide business...

Eastside People

Eastside People offers a comprehensive social investment and fundraising service. Our specialist consultants help charities and social enterprises unlock grants and loans to facilitate sustainability and growth.

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