James Perry is currently Chief Executive of Panahpur, where he has led the transition of a traditional grant making charitable trust into a sustainable social impact investor. He has been in this role since 2009, having first been Managing Director of Cook, a fast growing premium prepared food manufacturer. He was then Executive Chairman and now remains non-executive Chairman. Since 2012, Deputy Chairman of the Social Stock Exchange; James chaired the UK Mission Alignment Working Group for the UK Advisory Board of the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce . He is currently managing the programme to launch B Corporations in the UK. James brings a wealth of experience to Access, not least on how a foundation can use all its resources to maximise positive impact.
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MBE for Seb Elsworth, Chief Executive of Access
Seb Elsworth, chief executive of Access – the Foundation for Social Investment, has received an MBE for services to social investment in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The honour recognises Seb’s various voluntary sector roles, where he has spent his whole career, including as the first chief executive of Access, from 2015 onwards. Designed to ‘disrupt’ […]

£20 million from dormant assets to expand reach of social investment
Scheme will target smaller charities and social enterprises based in deprived areas. Access – The Foundation for Social Investment is set to receive £20m from dormant assets to extend its support for charities and social enterprises in England, it was announced today. The £20m from dormant assets will enable finance to flow to charities and […]

Response to publication of the Adebowale Commission on Social Investment
Chief executive of Access – the Foundation for Social Investment, Seb Elsworth said: ‘This is a substantive, thoughtful and timely contribution. The call for more “enterprise-centric” finance for social enterprises is key to delivering the outcomes we all want to see. The good news is that we know how this can be done. As the […]

£10 million top up for investment readiness fund
Access – the Foundation for Social Investment (Access) and Social Investment Business (SIB) have announced that the Reach Fund, the pioneering grant programme which supports charities and social enterprises to increase their resilience by taking on social investment, will continue for a further four years. Access plan to make at least £10 million available over […]
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