The UK impact investing market report 2024

Our research for the report drew on primary data collected through a market participant survey conducted in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). 

The survey gathered insights from 72 UK-based impact investors, combining quantitative responses with qualitative perspectives from 35 semi-structured interviews involving a diverse group of market participants and experts in the UK and globally.

This was the first time that the Impact Investing Institute had collaborated with GIIN on data collection and this was an important step forward in bringing together different impact investing market sizing efforts and improving the comparability of data across market

• The UK impact investing market has grown to £76.8 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of end-2023. This marks a £19.3 billion increase from the Institute’s inaugural report and represents a 10.1% compound annual growth rate from the beginning of 2021 until the end of 2023.

• Impact investing growth has significantly outpaced that of the broader UK asset management sector, which had an annual growth rate between ‑2% and 0% over the same period. We estimate that impact investing now accounts for just under 1% of the whole UK investing market.
• UK-based impact investors are supporting impactful companies, projects and assets in the UK (34%) and across the globe (66%). Two-thirds of survey respondents plan to increase or sustain their allocation of capital towards companies, projects, and assets in the UK in the next five years.