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Social Impact Loans

Social Impact Loans are loans of £20,000 to £4,000,000 for incorporated charities and social enterprises that have traded for at least two years, based in the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Big Issue Invest

Checked against the official page (bigissue.com) on 5 Oct 2026.

Loans from £20,000 to £4 million for social enterprises and charities at every stage of growth, shaped around each organisation's plans and finances.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

£20,000 to £4,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Charities and social enterprises that have been trading for at least two years, are incorporated, demonstrate clear social purpose and positive social impact, can repay from traded income rather than grants, and have a minimum of two directors.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Social enterprises

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Submit an enquiry through the Big Issue Invest contact page and an investment manager will be in touch.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

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 United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Page does not say whether ordinary private businesses can apply; eligibility is for social enterprises and charities.
  • Deadline and opening status not stated.

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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 (bigissue.com) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Big Issue Invest before you apply.

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