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Key Fund Social Investment

Key Fund Social Investment is a loan of £5,000 to £300,000 for social enterprises with up to 249 employees, based in the North of England. Open, no fixed deadline.

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Checked against the official page (thekeyfund.co.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Grants and loans for social enterprises in the North and the Midlands.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

£5,000 to £300,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Social enterprises in the North and the Midlands, with up to 249 employees, can apply for grants and loans.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

agriculture and food, business and finance, construction, education, health, hospitality and catering, information technology digital and creative, manufacturing, real estate and property, science and technology, service industries

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How to apply

Contact the team on 0330 202 0559 or email info@thekeyfund.co.uk, or visit the provider website.

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Where it is open: the North

The North of England

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across The North of England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Northern Impact Fund 2 is named as the main fund; other funds are available but not detailed

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (thekeyfund.co.uk) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. A person last checked it on 5 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Key Fund before you apply.

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