Understanding the Demand for and Supply of Social Finance

Understanding the Demand for and Supply of Social Finance

The Big Society Bank should start making investments in the third quarter of 2011. The aim of this research is to:"set out the nature of current and future demand for capital from social finance intermediaries and to develop an understanding of the mix of financing the Big Society Bank will need to support." This report presents the findings of research delivered by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). NPC was asked to consider the demand for capital in three target markets: social finance, financial inclusion, and social housing. In our report, the first of these, social finance, covers the demand from social finance intermediaries to supply capital to charities, social enterprises and businesses with a social purpose. The second, financial inclusion, explores demand for capital from non-profit providers of affordable loans in the UK. The third, social housing, looks at demand for capital from housing associations.