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Top 25 Social enterprise investors based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 346 social enterprise investors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,243 professional contacts across them, including 1,682 with verified work emails and 260 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers social enterprise investors headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
346Companies
4,243Contacts tracked
1,682Verified emails
260Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest social enterprise investors based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 346 social enterprise investors based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to social enterprise investors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000843 contacts →

“For more than 35 years, the Growth Company has operated as a social enterprise, reinvesting our success to deliver inclusive and sustainable growth for people, businesses and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200141 contacts →

“Lightrock is a global investment platform supporting the growth of technology-enabled companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200119 contacts →

“UnLtd's mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200116 contacts →

“Better Society Capital is the UK’s leading social impact investor.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20096 contacts →

“Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20090 contacts →

“We believe that our investments should deliver not only for our investors but also create a positive impact for the communities in which we operate.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20084 contacts →

“We finance social change.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5074 contacts →

“Sustainable Development Capital LLP (“SDCL”) is a multi-national investment and financial advisory firm, which specialises in environmental infrastructure.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5073 contacts →

“Bridges is a specialist private markets investor.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20068 contacts →

“ThirdWay Partners operates as an impact investment and advisory firm focused on creating inclusive sustainable development and impact.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20063 contacts →

“RIVER GLOBAL HOLDINGS (RGH) WAS ACQUIRED BY LIONTRUST ON 30 JUNE 2026.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5062 contacts →

“Temporis was founded in 2011 by three seasoned investment industry professionals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5050 contacts →

“We are the UK’s strong voice for social enterprise, offering membership and network building for businesses with a social or environmental purpose.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Strong evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5049 contacts →

Social Investment Scotland (SIS) is a charity and social enterprise that provides loans to other charities, social enterprises and community groups across Scotland.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5046 contacts →

“Big Issue Invest is the investment arm of the Big Issue Group, founded by visionary impact entrepreneurs John Bird and Nigel Kershaw.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20045 contacts →

“Tailored investment services, delivered sustainably.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a43 contacts →

“We select the highest-potential small charities and social enterprises.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5042 contacts →

“Fig provides a pragmatic new approach to supporting and investing in high-growth early-stage companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5040 contacts →

“PURPOSE-DRIVEN RESEARCH & ADVICE SERVICES We are a social enterprise, committed to generating social value impacts and helping our clients have a more positive impact on place…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Indirect evidenceExeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20040 contacts →

“Oxygen House focuses on impact investment in data analytics, education, sustainable property development, renewable energy, and city planning, leveraging patient capital for a…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Partial evidenceBradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5038 contacts →

“The Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) champions small and medium-sized (SME) businesses across the North by unlocking access to flexible finance to help them begin, expand, and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Strong evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5037 contacts →

“Firstport is Scotland’s development agency for start-up social entrepreneurs and social enterprise.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5034 contacts →

“Tribe is the UK’s first dedicated Impact Wealth Manager and offers discretionary and advisory portfolio management.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5034 contacts →

“Growing enterprise in communities.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20032 contacts →

“Simply put, we invest in relationships to amplify the success of the people, businesses and projects we support.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Social enterprise investors based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
39.6%Verified-email coverage
6.1%Mobile-number coverage
12.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
60.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
238
11-50
80
51-200
20
201-500
4
1,001-5,000
3

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among social enterprise investors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “social enterprise investors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names social enterprise investors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among social enterprise investors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,682 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Social enterprise investors by metro

  • Social enterprise investors in London209

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names social enterprise investors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many social enterprise investors are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 346 social enterprise investors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Growth Company, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most social enterprise investors?

London leads with 209 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (10) and Edinburgh (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,682 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 346 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.