£100-250k

Home Kitchen

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 The image shows a cosy fine-dining restaurant

Home Kitchen is a not-for-profit restaurant and social impact programme. Developed with top chef Adam Simmonds, they’re serving the finest quality food while transforming the perception of homelessness and making a positive impact on the UK hospitality sector. Their mission is to help socially vulnerable people get out of poverty and into work. 

Duration
3 years
Cost of capital
10%
Turnover
£0 (Pre Trading)
Investor Details
Big Issue Invest
Amount invested
£210,000
Year of Investment
2024
Product type
Unsecured loan (incl. overdrafts)

TLC: Talk Listen Change

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The image shows a woman with short, light brown hair wearing a mustard-coloured jumper, smiling as she engages in conversation. In the background, another woman with dark hair, dressed in a denim shirt, looks on with a gentle expression. The scene appears casual and friendly, with a relaxed atmosphere.

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a relationships charity that has supported people in the North of England for over 40 years. Their aim is to ensure everyone within their community benefits from good emotional wellbeing, and they believe the key to this is maintaining safe, healthy and happy relationships.

Duration
5 years
Cost of capital
5.6%
Turnover
£5m
Amount invested
£180,000 (£36,000 grant and £144,000 loan)
Year of Investment
2024
Product type
Blended – part grant, part loan

Handcrafted Projects

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The image shows a man smiling in a workshop environment. He is wearing a blue jacket with the logo "HC Handcrafted" on the left side of his chest. The workshop is filled with various tools and equipment in the background. The environment appears to be focused on creating or repairing items.

Handcrafted Projects aims to empower those who have been disadvantaged or faced social exclusion due to crime, alcohol or substance abuse, poor mental or physical health, unemployment, or having experienced abuse or been in the care system. They work with individuals to help them make positive steps to turn their lives around, be part of a community and start to give back.

Duration
5 years
Cost of capital
6.5%
Turnover
£1,200.000
Investor Details
Key Fund
Amount invested
£150,000 (Loan £115,500 Grant £34,500)
Year of Investment
2024
Product type
Blended – part grant, part loan

We Are Juno

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Front room in a Juno children's home

We are Juno is a not-for-profit children’s residential service, creating a sustainable alternative to profit-driven models that dominate the children’s residential landscape. 

Duration
7 years
Cost of capital
7%
Turnover
£596,750
Investor Details
Postcode Innovation Trust
Amount invested
£250,000 (£125,000 grant, £125,000 loan)
Year of Investment
2023
Product type
Blended – part grant, part loan

Lightning Reach

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Lightning Reach team photo

Lightning Reach is a financial support portal which makes it easy for people to find and apply for a wide range of personalised support (including grants, benefits, help with bills and other resources) in one place. The platform can be used by organisations to streamline or enhance the support they offer to vulnerable customers, using innovative technology like open banking and ID verification, or by individuals seeking to improve their financial wellbeing. Lightning Reach has registered >100,000 users and enabled >£10m in funding to individuals. Partners include The Royal British Legion, Lambeth Council, British Gas Energy Trust, TSB and more.

Duration
NA
Cost of capital
NA Equity (2% of business)
Turnover
£330,000
Investor Details
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Amount invested
£100,000 (part of £1m package)
Year of Investment
2023
Product type
Equity investment

Club Capital

Club Capital is a social impact investment fund, backed by British Gymnastics, Sport England, Big Society Capital and the Bank Workers' Charity, and is the first of its kind to focus specifically on gymnastics.
Investors

Corsham Gymnastics Academy

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Corsham Gymnastics Academy

Corsham Gymnastics Academy (CGA) is an established gymnastics club based in Wiltshire. The club offers programmes that are inclusive to all from baby gym, pre-school, recreational and disability gymnastics which provide the opportunity for everyone to learn gymnastics.

Duration
5 Years
Cost of capital
4%
Turnover
£419,000
Amount invested
£173,000
Product type
Secured loan