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Social Business Trust's mission is to support high growth potential social enterprises to scale-up their impact. We do that by investing professional support and cash grants from our corporate partner organisations in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises.
Since 2010 we have positively impacted the lives of 2.7 million people, providing £24 million worth of cash and in-kind assistance, including more than 47,000 hours of high-quality volunteer support.
We work with established social businesses with revenues of c.£1 million or more that have strong growth potential. Our aim is to help develop a number of social enterprises to national scale or significance.
Currently we work with great social enterprises, tackling social problems including educational disadvantage and elderly care. They include London Early Years Foundation, Career Ready, Catch22, Challenge Partners, Brightside, Twining Enterprise.
Our corporate partners are Bain & Company, Charles Russell Speechlys, Clifford Chance, EY, Permira, Permira Credit, Refinitiv, Schroders and Thomson Reuters.
Social Business Trust was founded by Sir Damon Buffini, founding partner of Permira, the global investment fund and Adele Blakebrough MBE, a leading social entrepreneur. They share a belief in the importance of social enterprise in addressing society's problems and in the benefits that working in partnership with business can deliver.
http://www.socialbusinesstrust.org/
https://twitter.com/SBT_UK
Since 2010 we have positively impacted the lives of 2.7 million people, providing £24 million worth of cash and in-kind assistance, including more than 47,000 hours of high-quality volunteer support.
We work with established social businesses with revenues of c.£1 million or more that have strong growth potential. Our aim is to help develop a number of social enterprises to national scale or significance.
Currently we work with great social enterprises, tackling social problems including educational disadvantage and elderly care. They include London Early Years Foundation, Career Ready, Catch22, Challenge Partners, Brightside, Twining Enterprise.
Our corporate partners are Bain & Company, Charles Russell Speechlys, Clifford Chance, EY, Permira, Permira Credit, Refinitiv, Schroders and Thomson Reuters.
Social Business Trust was founded by Sir Damon Buffini, founding partner of Permira, the global investment fund and Adele Blakebrough MBE, a leading social entrepreneur. They share a belief in the importance of social enterprise in addressing society's problems and in the benefits that working in partnership with business can deliver.
http://www.socialbusinesstrust.org/
https://twitter.com/SBT_UK
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2010
Mentions in press and media 2
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| Jan 22, 2019 | Getronics partners with UK’s Social Business Trust | Aims to develop staff while helping to transform lives London, UK – 22nd January 2019 – Global ICT services provider Getronics has partnered with UK charity Social Business Trust (SBT) in an initiative intended to promote Getronics’ staff d... |
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FAQ about SocialBusinessTrust
When was SocialBusinessTrust founded?
SocialBusinessTrust was founded in 2010.
What has the press written about SocialBusinessTrust?
Parsers VC has collected 2 articles mentioning SocialBusinessTrust, among them “Getronics partners with UK’s Social Business Trust” (Jan 22, 2019).
Is SocialBusinessTrust still active?
Yes, SocialBusinessTrust is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 20, 2024.