Scottish Social Growth Fund
Debt fund supporting social enterprises and charities in Scotland to increase their resilience and scale their operations and impact.
Debt fund supporting social enterprises and charities in Scotland to increase their resilience and scale their operations and impact.
Scotland
Social lending
Current
2019
18.5 years
The challenge
The growing social enterprise market in Scotland has created many opportunities, but there is still a need for education, support and appropriate finance.
Our approach
This fund investment builds on the success of the initial Social Growth Fund, making more capital available to the growing social economy in Scotland.
The Fund
The Fund supports social enterprises and charities to expand their activities and increase their resilience by providing flexible, long-term, fixed-rate debt funding.
£17 million
£8 million
Beneficiaries of SGF 2 borrowers (as of 2025)
Number of investees
Average loan size