Our Operating Companies
Each of our Operating Companies has a clear social mission and Theory of Change that they are pursuing.
Better Society Capital is the UK’s leading social impact-led investor, and their mission is to grow the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK.
They do this by investing themselves and enabling others to invest for impact too. Since 2012, Better Society Capital have helped build a market that has directed more than £9 billion into social purpose organisations tackling issues from homelessness and mental health to childhood obesity and fuel poverty, a ten-fold increase in ten years.
Working with expert partners, they seek to understand people’s needs first. Then, using their knowledge and capital, they collaborate and invest with fund managers who also want to create a better, sustainable future.
Better Society Capital, and the social enterprises and charities they invest in, create the impact. Thier role is to bring the most relevant experts from their network to the table, generating ideas and connecting capital to where it’s most needed.
Theory of Change
Better Society Capital intend to grow the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK. Their Theory of Change illustrates how they intend to achieve such change, by building an enabling environment for more investment to flow to impact-led organisations.
Access want to see a social investment ecosystem that works for all charities and social enterprises.
Through their programmes and advocacy work, they ensure that charities and social enterprises can access the finance they need to sustain or grow their impact.
They target those most in need of patient and flexible investment through:
Funding enterprise development and blended finance programmes in England.
Sharing knowledge and data and translating it into practical insight that others can use.
Mobilising others who share our goal of making capital work for communities.
Theory of Change
Fair4all Finance are a not for profit organisation working to boost financial inclusion. They make sure that everyone has access to the right financial products and services, whenever they need them.
Fair4all Finance were set up in 2019 through the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Thier core funding comes from The Dormant Assets Scheme which makes it possible for money from forgotten bank accounts and other financial products to be used for good causes.
Theory of Change
Youth Futures Foundation are the national What Works Centre for youth employment, with a specific focus on marginalised young people.
Across the UK,900,000 – 1 in 8 – of young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The situation is especially acute in the North and the Midlands, and for marginalised young people who experience significant systemic barriers.
The exclusion of these young people from the labour market has a significant impact for UK economic growth now and in the future.
Youth Futures’ current strategy is expected to be revised during 2024 and the revised strategy will be launched in 2025.
