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Our impact at a glance

Our story so far

How we’ve helped social investment reach organisations, places and communities that were previously excluded

Access programmes in numbers

  • £57 million

    Access grant deployed

  • £96 million

    repayable investment deployed

  • £153 million

    total investment deployed to VCSEs

  • 122

    partners

  • 11

    programmes

  • 2700+

    charities and social enterprises supported

Cumulative grant and investment over time

This graph shows the deployment of Access grant over time since our inception in 2015 and the total investment unlocked.

Reaching into communities

How our work, alongside our partners, leads to lasting impact and positive change

  • 65%

    of Access grant goes to 40% most deprived areas

  • 24%

    of Access grant goes to 10% most deprived areas

  • 44%

    goes to VCSEs that have not been funded by other major funders or social investors

Total Investment by IMD

We measure how much money reaches more deprived places and communities using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). 

IMD 1 represents the most deprived areas whilst IMD 10 represents the least deprived. 

62% of the total investment — including both grants and repayable finance — reached the 40% most deprived areas (IMD 1–4), with 24% going to the 10% most deprived areas (IMD 1).

We measure how much of our money reaches more deprived places and communities using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). 

IMD ranks areas in England from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). While it’s not the only way to measure deprivation, it gives us the most consistent data.

We know IMD has limitations, so we’re also exploring other ways to understand our reach This includes looking at other measures such as rural communities, and if we have a good geographic spread to our funding. 

We will build this work into future versions of data dashboards and our impact report.
 

 

Explore the impact report

  1. Chapter 1 Our impact at a glance
  2. Chapter 2 Driving change together
  3. Chapter 3 The problems we are trying to solve
  4. Chapter 4 Using all the tools in our toolbox
  5. Chapter 5 What we measure and why
  6. Chapter 6 Reaching charities and social enterprises
  7. Chapter 7 Resilient charities and social enterprises
  8. Chapter 8 Our impact on our social investment partners
  9. Chapter 9 Our impact on the wider financial system
  10. Chapter 10 Spotlight on 2024
  11. Chapter 11 Spotlight on Dormant Assets
  12. Chapter 12 Where things haven’t gone to plan
  13. Chapter 13 Looking ahead