Big Issue Invest social enterprise investment
Big Issue Invest
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Social investment through loans and equity to social enterprises and mission-led businesses. Ticket sizes range from tens of thousands of pounds for early-stage lending to several million for growth capital.
Big Issue Invest (Big Issue Group)
private · national
Deadline: Open all year — Applications assessed on a rolling basis; specific funds (for example the Impact Loans England programme) may have their own windows.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: social
- Stage: seed, Series A and growth
- Locally registered entity required
UK social enterprises, charities and mission-locked businesses that can demonstrate social impact and repayment capacity.
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Verified on 14 August 2026
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