Theatre Tax Relief Cashflow Loans
We offer loans to support non-profit theatres waiting for Theatre Tax Relief claims to be paid – so you can focus on strategic objectives rather than short-term cash management.
News and Events
Keep up to date with new announcements and sign up to a range of online and in-person events.
Find out about our latest work along with upcoming opportunities to get involved, meet the team and have your say. We host a wide range of events, from webinars and podcast recordings to open house events and report launches. You can find recordings of past events in our Resources library.
On 23 July, around 20 practitioners working to finance culture and creativity around the world met to compare two very different approaches to lending in the cultural and creative sectors.
Following earlier posts on financial resilience and how our investment has been used, we wanted to look squarely at what our money has pulled in alongside it.
On 2 July, around 20 practitioners working to fund culture and creativity around the world met to discuss the strengths and challenges of impact measurement and outcomes-based funding models.
In the second of our new Meet the Team series, we meet Theoni Androulidaki, Figurative’s Investment Analyst, to learn about her background and work.
We’re hitting the road this July to meet socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations in Cambridge and the South East.
Seva Phillips introduces a new series encouraging candid conversations between practitioners financing culture in different parts of the world.
This second session in our global peer learning series brings together practitioners from Latin America and the UK to discuss how to price finance, blend capital and share risk, and support borrowers.
This first session in our global peer learning series brings together practitioners from Latin America and the UK to discuss how they measure impact in practice
Analysis of seven sustainable retrofit projects found a simple average return on investment of 10.7%, with projects typically paying back their costs through savings in under 10 years.
Repayable finance is sometimes characterised as a tool for organisations in distress, but the dominant story across our portfolio is one of growth and strategic ambition rather than survival.
Since launching the Arts Impact Fund in 2015, we’ve been tracking whether affordable, flexible repayable finance can help arts organisations become more resilient. Here’s what we’ve learnt so far.
A webinar explaining the changes and new financial reporting requirements for charities and companies.
Take part in our short survey as Figurative looks to develop a new type of finance for the cultural and creative sector. Win a £250 donation to a charity of your choice.
We’re launching Meet the Figurative Team – a regular short Q&A – offering a closer look at some of the brilliant people behind our work.
Over 13,500 donations raised over £3.2m for 280 charities across the UK using the arts for social impact
Figurative Philanthropy for Arts & Culture recently (March 10th) hosted its second annual philanthropy conference, The Power of Place: Cultural Philanthropy in 2026 in Manchester. Find out more about the event here.
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Image courtesy of Key Changes. Find out more about our work with the organisation here.