UK social impact investment market grows to more than £5bn

Social property funds account 42% of the market

There has been significant growth in social impact investing over the past decade, with social property funds accounting for the largest portion of the market, new figures show.

Social impact investing in the UK has risen from £830m in 2011 to £5.1bn in 2019, according to social impact investor Big Society Capital. Star asset management players launch impact investing platform with The Big Issue Its latest annual market estimate shows that most of the growth during this period came through alternatives to traditional bank lending, which increased from £169m to £3.3bn between 2011 to 2019. The diversity in the social impact investment market has enabled different types of investor to enter the market and increased the availability of finance options for soc...