Key stats
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Number of social enterprises and charities receiving money from Big Society Capital and other investors
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Total amount of signed Big Society Capital investments
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Total amount from other investors alongside us
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Our investment approach
We work with expert partners to understand people’s needs first. Then using our knowledge and capital, we collaborate and invest with fund managers who also want to create a better, sustainable future.
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Creating new ideas
We work with expert partners to create and design new investments.
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Apply for investment
We invest in fund managers who want to create a better future.
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Focus areas
We work in three areas where our experience has shown us that social impact investment can help create a better, sustainable future.
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Early action
We want to tackle social issues at an early stage, either to stop them occurring or to prevent them from worsening.
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Homes
We want to create a more inclusive housing market, providing high quality, safe and affordable homes so people can lead better lives.
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Place
We want to build partnerships that can help communities develop vibrant, local social economies which reduce poverty and iron out inequality.
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Support and networks
We have a vision where every investment helps improve people's lives. Through our networks and partners, we can provide access to specialist knowledge and support to help social enterprises and charities, fund managers and investors fulfil their aims.
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For social enterprises and charities
We know that it’s the social enterprises and charities creating social impact, along with the fund managers who invest in them.
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Portfolio management
We take an active role after we make an investment to achieve impact.
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For investors
We have a vision where every investment helps improve people’s lives. We want to help more investors make investments that have a positive impact on people.
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Annual Review
We know that investment can help charities and social enterprises achieve more. Alongside other investors, we have made over £1.9 billion of new capital available to organisations with a social mission, through investments into fund managers and social banks. Find out more in our 2018 Annual Review.