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Arts & Culture Finance

Our social investment funds support cultural and creative organisations that benefit individuals, communities and society through their work.

Formerly part of Nesta, the Arts & Culture Finance team specialises in repayable finance, working with a mix of public, philanthropic and private investors. Find out about our current and past funds below.

Generally, our interest rates range from 3%-9%. Specific eligibility criteria and terms of investment are available on each fund’s page.

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Repayable finance

Arts & Culture Impact Fund

£150,000 – £1,000,000

An £18 million social impact investment fund for socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations registered and operating in the UK. The Arts & Culture Impact Fund provides affordable repayable finance that can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams. Currently accepting applications.

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Inactive
Repayable finance

Cultural Impact Development Fund

£25,000 – £150,000

The Cultural Impact Development Fund offered small-scale repayable finance to socially driven arts and cultural organisations working with the people and communities in greatest need. This fund is now closed.

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Inactive
Repayable finance

Arts Impact Fund

£150,000 – £600,000

The Arts Impact Fund was the world’s first impact investment fund specifically for the arts and cultural sector. The Fund offered unsecured finance repayable over a period of three to five years. Between July 2015 and September 2019, we committed £8.8 million across 27 organisations. This fund is now closed.

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Example Case Studies

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Bow Arts Trust

The educational arts charity used a £600,000 credit facility to purchase and develop property.

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Central School of Ballet

The School used a bridging loan to provide working capital to open its new London premises in Paris Gardens.

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Royal Shakespeare Company

The theatre company trialled a pay-for-success donor programme underpinned by a co-produced impact framework, enabling the expansion of their schools programme.

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The National Holocaust Centre and Museum

The historic institution developed new programmes preserving the voice of Holocaust survivors using novel technology.

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Speak To Our Team

Rachel Green CFA

Chief Investment Officer

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Dominika Cazamea

Investment Manager

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James Cross

Investment Associate

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Katie Pattinson

Investment Associate

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Our Work

We raise and manage funds, support philanthropy, run programmes and offer research and advisory services tailored to the cultural and creative sector.

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Advisory

Get bespoke support to realise your investment, business or impact goals.

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Arts & Culture Finance

Explore our open funds and find out if social investment is right for your organisation.

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Philanthropy

Expand your philanthropic networks and local partnership opportunities

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Research

Browse our research library exploring how finance, culture and impact intersect.

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Image credits:

Birmingham Royal Ballet, Nutcracker auditions. Photo by Andy Paradise. Find out more about our work with the organisation here.