If you’re visiting this website it’s probably because you were thinking about social investment and wanted to understand more about it.

The Enterprise Toolkit from Key Fund provides practical information for your business. Learn about business planning, running a business and more.

Last year Cass Business School published some practical research into social investment, specifically focused towards charity and what they want from it.

As always, it was fantastic to be at Social Enterprise UK ’s Social Enterprise Awards in November to celebrate the achievements of so many organisations.

What makes an organisation suitable for social investment? This is a question we’re often asked by potential investees. As providers of simple finance for UK charities and social enterprises, we do of course receive many applications for finance from organisations who simply aren’t ready for...

I spent seven years looking after my mum before she died. Caring for someone with dementia is a lot harder than most people realise. I often felt lost and overwhelmed by the task ahead and soon realised I had to find new ways to keep Mum busy and give her a sense of purpose, otherwise she’d spend...

Social investment is no fairy tale, but you might need to kiss a few frogs before you get the right deal.

Phil Caroe, Director of Social Finance at Allia, with a tongue-in-cheek guide to help us navigate the language barriers to considering finance. Jargon is a social divider, separating the knowledgeable insiders from the confused outsiders. Now, with this bluffer’s guide, you too can impress your...

The 2017 State of Social Enterprise Report, supported by Santander, is the largest, most representative survey of social enterprises in the UK.