In memory of Mike Britten, Founder and CEO of Goodwill Solutions CIC.

While there is plenty of research available on the demand from investors for social investment opportunities there’s far less knowledge and understanding of what charities and social enterprise want from the social investment market.

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...