In 2018 Co-op Loan Fund provided nine loans totaling £302,000. Since the fund started in 2002 it has lent nearly £5m to 166 co-operatives throughout the UK. When the loans are repaid the money is lent again to other co-operatives. 15 loans were fully repaid during 2018. At the end of the year the fund […]
In 2017 Co-op Loan Fund provided six loans totaling £190,000. Since the fund started in 2002 it has lent nearly £5m to 157 co-operatives throughout the UK. When the loans are repaid the money is lent again to other co-operatives. Six loans were fully repaid during 2017. At the end of the year the fund […]
Co-op Loan Fund has new branding but its unique lending – from co-ops to co-ops – remains the same. The new brand includes the international co-op marque, which is being used increasingly by co-operatives across the globe. The name has been shortened to Co-op Loan Fund (previously it was The Co-operative Loan Fund), and the […]
2016 was the year that Co-operative Loan Fund passed the landmark figure of £4m lent to co-ops. During the year we made nine new loans totaling £235,000. Since the Fund started in 2002 we have lent over £4m to 151 co-operatives throughout the UK. When the loans are repaid the money is lent again to other […]
The Co-operative Loan Fund has reached the milestone of £4m lent to co-operative enterprises with a loan to support the expansion of one of the UK’s longest established and most successful social enterprise development agencies. The Co-operative Loan Fund and Big Issue Invest have provided Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency (CGDA) with the capital it needs […]
2015 was another good year for the Co-operative Loan Fund. We made six new loans to co-operatives totaling £287,000. Since the Co-operative Loan Fund started in 2002 we have lent nearly £4m to 142 co-operatives throughout the UK. When the loans are repaid the money is lent again to other co-operatives. Ten loans were fully repaid […]
2013 was another good year for the Co-operative Loan Fund. We made 10 new loans to co-operatives totalling £335,000. The smallest was £10,000 and the largest £75,000. Since the Co-operative Loan Fund started in 2002 we have lent £3.3m to 124 co-operatives throughout Great Britain. When the loans are repaid the money is lent again […]
Two specialist co-operative funds are working together to help raise the final pounds needed before work can start on transforming an empty historic building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, into a community-owned cultural and business asset. The community co-operative set up to restore and run Unity Hall has already raised nearly £4m, had its plans approved […]
With the recent loans released to School Trends and Valley Organics cumulative lending since The Co-operative Loan started in 2002 has topped £3m. Although the fund was created to lend to co-operative business ventures that some lenders might regard as high risk, in fact the level of bad debt and write off is very low. […]