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Social Enterprise Loans

DSL is an active supporter of the social enterprise sector in Scotland and provides loans to social enterprises of various types. The nature of the trading entity will largely determine eligibility and which fund it may be possible to use to support the proposition.

As there are a wide variety of social enterprise types, please contact us to discuss how we may be able to assist, what sort of lending support may be available and the basis on which we may be able to proceed.

Our parent company, CEIS, is a social enterprise providing advice, tailored programmes and other types of support to the sector. To find out if CEIS may be able to assist with your own social enterprise venture, check out their website.

You can also ask our team to find out more.

Please note that we will undertake our standard credit and fraud checks on all applicants.

Make An Enquiry

Get in touch to find out more.

All applicants are assigned a Loan Officer throughout the process and receive face-to-face, pre and post loan drawdown support. Our friendly team are here to advise and support you every step of the way.

CEIS

CEIS is the UK’s largest and most experienced social enterprise support agency. Established in 1984, CEIS has developed a series of training, support and investment programmes that have been widely adopted and replicated. Whether supporting or financing social enterprises, organising events or delivering innovative employability programmes to help people back into work, the staff at CEIS are driven to enable individuals, organisations and communities.

CEIS’s mission is to tackle inequality, strengthen communities and improve the performance and impact of businesses which contribute to our society. For more information, please visit their website.

Representative Example

You could borrow £10,000 over 60 months with 60 monthly repayments of £193.33 each
Total amount repayable will be £11,599.68
Representative 6.1678% APR
Annual Interest Rate (Fixed) 6.00%
This representative APR applies to loans of £1,000 to £25,000 over 1 to 5 years. Other terms and loan amounts are available at different rates. The maximum APR you could be offered is 16.072% APR.

The representative APR is the rate that at least 51% of people are expected to receive when taking out a loan within the stated amount and term range.

Enquire about Social Enterprise Loans

Please complete the below enquiry form and a member of our team will be in touch.

Social Enterprise Loan Application Form
Should you wish to apply for a loan then please complete the following questions:
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Here at DSL Business Finance Limited we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your application and to provide the products and services you have requested from us. Please tick the box below to indicate your consent to us processing your data in accordance with our privacy policy.
Should you wish to apply for a loan then please complete the following questions:
Here at DSL Business Finance Limited we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your application and to provide the products and services you have requested from us. Please tick the box below to indicate your consent to us processing your data in accordance with our privacy policy.