Organisations

Organisations

Here you will find a list of Philanthropy Impact members (denoted by background colours) as well as resource organisations/umbrella bodies, for example EVPA (with clear backgrounds).

Big Issue Invest
Organisation

Started in 2005 as the social investment arm of The Big Issue, Big Issue Invest (BII) extends the Group’s mission by backing social ventures and charities that dismantle poverty and create opportunity for for people and communities across the UK.

Our vision is to create a “social merchant bank” - by social entrepreneurs,

for social entrepreneurs. We pay any dividends generated by our investments to The Big Issue Group, which is a social enterprise itself, to further our mission.

BII manages or advises on over £150m of social funds. Investments range from £50,000 to £3 million and take the form of early stage finance, loans, and equity.

Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Address:

113-115 Fonthill Road
Finsbury Park
London N4 3HH

Head of Communications and Marketing, Amelia Seeto, amelia@bigissueinvest.com, 020 7526 3448

Telephone:
0207 526 3440
Community Interest Companies Regulator
Organisation
The Community Interest Companies Regulator regulates the functioning of limited companies created to conduct a business for community benefit.
Greengage Global Holding Ltd
Organisation

 

Greengage aspires to be a digital merchant bank that provides a platform of relationship-based banking services to digital companies, SMEs, and HNWIs to the highest ethical, secure, and compliance standards. Bridging traditional financial services and digital innovations in crypto assets and blockchain, we provide access to the benefits of digitisation in finance.

Their tailored services are delivered by people, empowered by technology.

They offer:

• E-money solutions* to facilitate £, € and imminently $ payments and cards (coming soon)

• Wholesale crypto into fiat loans • Bespoke Salesforce-based solutions for financial services firms

• Access to other third-party services and providers

As part of its mission to be the best in class, Greengage aims to obtain a full banking license and add crypto-native solutions and additional technological solutions.

*E-money solutions are provided as an agent of Modulr FS Limited, Greengage is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) do not apply to the crypto asset activities carried on by Greengage.

Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Address:

Painters Hall

9 Little Trinity Ln,

London EC4V 2AD

Telephone:
+44 (0)208 6104427
More Partnership
Organisation
More Partnership, formerly Iain More Associates, has been providing guidance and support across the non-profit spectrum since 1991, helping organisations to realise their fundraising potential.
Prism the Gift Fund
Organisation
Prism the Gift Fund increases giving to charity by offering a personal service to individuals and foundations donating significant sums of money
Resonance Ltd
Organisation

We believe that one day, aligning profits with social impact will be the norm.

We are one of the UK's leading social impact investment companies. Since 2002 we have worked with over 165 social enterprises and charities, enabling them to raise capital to grow their impact, and make a greater difference to the communities they serve. We currently manage over £260m of investors' capital across eleven operational funds, with a team of forty across five locations – Launceston, Bristol, Manchester, London and Birmingham.

In 2019/2020 we mobilised £43m of useful capital into the hands of 30 social enterprises from 175 investors.

RESONANCE SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTMENT FUNDS

We have created and manage eleven social impact investment funds, which focus on tackling major societal issues, with particular expertise in homelessness, poverty, community-led projects, health & wellbeing and education. Our funds aim to deliver a financial return and a targeted social impact to investors.

Our largest funds are the Resonance Homelessness Property Funds, which have reached £258m of funds under management, and are housing over 2,533 people on their way out of homelessness.

Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Contact name:
Paul Handford
Address:

Launceston HQ, The Great Barn, Scarne Court, Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9LR

 
Telephone:
+441566457150
SharedImpact
Organisation

SharedImpact is the world's first global donor-advised fund - a network of charities created to foster strategic philanthropy and impact investment around the world, by making it easier for donors, investors and charitable organisations to connect, give and receive donations tax-efficiently.

We have a unified charity tax structure that allows philanthropists and family offices in the UK, United States and Hong Kong to seamlessly move donations internationally while retaining all their local tax benefits. We also offer our clients an online platform which not only enables access to impact investments but also acts as a global fundraising service for social-purpose organisations.

Organisation details
Contact details for this organisation
Contact name:
Paul Cheng/Bob North
Address:

19 Eastbourne Terrace, ...

Telephone:
01234 240152
Venturesome (CAF)
Organisation
Venturesome is the social investment arm of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). It provides risk capital and financial advice to small- and medium-sized charities and other social enterprises. Over £7.25m has been committed to 150 charities since its launch in 2002, of which £4.7m has already been recycled.