Co-operative & Community Finance

Co-operative & Community Finance

At a glance

Causes

  • Arts
  • Black, asian and minority ethnic groups
  • Gardens and parks
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Local / community
  • Museums / heritage
  • Social care
  • Voluntary sector support
  • Young people

Other details

Organisation type: 
Society, cooperative or credit union
Geographical remit: 
National - Britain

Objectives

CCF is the Lender for Social Purpose lending to ethical businesses since 1973. We provide loan finance to a range of organisations and community businesses that are democratically owned controlled by their members.

Over the years we have provided hundreds of  loans to community businesses and co-operatives of all shapes and sizes and become a specialist lender to Community Shops, Pubs, Hubs and Community Food and Farming in particular.

Activities

We offer fair, supportive  finance tailored to meet the needs of individual enterprises. Our rates are competitive and we never ask for personal guarantees. Our flexible finance offer ranges from £10,000 to £150,000 for a term typically between 2 - 20 years.

We provide both secured and unsecured finance for a range of purposes, be that purchasing a property, refurbishment, buying equipment,  refinancing or working capital.

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