Investment
Tailored to fit your needs.
Social investment is money designed to help you take impactful actions and achieve meaningful outcomes. You could use it to achieve your growth ambitions, ease cash flow along the way or buy assets and vital equipment.
For Social Enterprises
We create tailored funding packages to suit individual customers, accessing finance from a range of active funds.
Fund
SIS Community Finance
Our core loan fund provides a range of flexible loans from £10,000 to £375,000, including our bridging loan product.
Fund
Scottish Social Growth Fund
A £13 million partnership between the Scottish Government, Big Society Capital, and The University of Edinburgh, providing loans from £100,000 to £1.3 million.
Fund
Net Zero Transition Fund
The Net Zero Transition Fund, has been created with £5million from the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Growth Fund.
Fund
Recovery Loan Scheme
The new iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) launched in August 2022 and is designed to support access to finance for UK small businesses as they look to invest and grow.
Access to finance
For Community Development Finance Initiatives (CDFIs)
SIS acts as a fund manager, mobilising and deploying funds into other responsible finance providers who, in turn, offer finance to enterprises and individuals who are unable to secure them from mainstream financial lenders.
SIS Ventures
For Impact-Led Business
Investment Readiness Tool
Investment Readiness Tool
Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your organisation is an essential step towards accessing social investment. Find out if your organisation is ready.
A Guide to Social Investment
Our Head of Credit & Compliance, Alistair Johnstone, answers our most frequently asked questions.