Our members provide responsible finance across the UK. Otherwise known as community development finance institutions (CDFIs), they tailor their services to meet the needs of their customers.
To quickly find your nearest Responsible Finance provider, you can search at www.findingfinance.org.uk
A full list of our members is given over the proceeding pages:
Enterprise Answers
Enterprise Answers is Cumbria’s only Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) and is the only rural CDFI in England with an appetite to assist the country’s agricultural sector. It is a sustainable, independent organisation providing financial services across the region with the aim of creating social improvement and business development returns.
- https://www.enterpriseanswers.co.uk/
- @EnterpriseAns
Enterprise Northern Ireland
ENI provides Start Up Loans of up to £10,000 across Northern Ireland. It offers loans to individuals starting a business or those trading for less than 12 months. Through the NI Small Business Loan Fund, ENI provides loans for start ups (£1,000 to £15,000) and existing enterprises (up to £50,000).
- https://www.enterpriseni.com
- @EnterpriseNI
Fair Finance
Fair Finance provides personal loans of up to £3,000 and debt advice in London. Loan assessments are based on affordability, not credit scoring algorithms. It offers a free debt advice service .
- https://www.fairfinance.org.uk
- @fairfinance
Finance For Enterprise
Finance For Enterprise provides business loans from £500 to £150,000 across South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire & The Humber, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire; other parts of the North & Midlands. Established for over 25 years, it provides finance and advice to new start, early stage and established businesses unable to…
- https://www.finance-for-enterprise.co.uk
- @FinanceFE
First Enterprise - Enterprise Loans
First Enterprise – Enterprise Loans (FEEL) proudly provides business loans from £500 to £250,000 to SMES across the East and South East Midlands that are unable to borrow from high street lenders. Established in 1989, we have a wealth of experience in raising finance to support you and your business.
- https://www.first-enterprise.co.uk
- @1st_Enterprise
Five Lamps
Five Lamps provides personal, business and home improvement loans in the North East and Yorkshire. Personal loans of £50 to £1,000 are available to financially excluded individuals. Business loans of £250 to £25,000 are available to new and existing enterprises. Five Lamps also provides employment support and a youth service.
- https://www.fivelamps.org.uk
- @Five_Lamps
GC Business Finance
GC Business Finance provides business loans across the North West of England ranging from £500 through to £500,000 to help start-up or growing businesses who have been refused loans from mainstream sources such as high-street banks.
- https://www.growthco.uk
- @GC_BizFinance
Fair For You Finance CIC
Fair for You CIC is a flexible credit provider. It is award-winning and offers a new way to buy essential items for the home, with affordable, flexible credit and repayments tailored to one’s income, through its online high street. It covers the whole of the UK and Northern Ireland.
- https://www.fairforyou.co.uk/
- @FairforYouCIC