Red Shed provides flexible, patient, impact-first social investment, usually with loans or equity.  We also invest in social impact bonds and funds that tackle big systemic social issues.

If you are a social impact organisation, funder or investor interesting in talking to us about social investment, please get in touch at socialinvestment@comicrelief.com. 

Our criteria for making investments are that investees:

• Are a relevant registered entity

• Achieve social change in at least one of our key issue areas

• Work in the UK and/or at least one of Comic Relief’s international priority countries

• Have at least 6 months’ proof of revenue for their social business

• Have a clear need for taking on repayable finance and a business model that includes repayment plans