UK Social Venture Grants for Investment and Public Service Contracts

Grants made by the Investment and Contract Readiness Fund to support high-growth potential social ventures. The data includes the venture name, grant amount, and venture headquarters postcode, submitted by the fund manager, The Social Investment Business Group. A related data visualization is available via the Cabinet Office Investment Readiness Programme.

Use Cases

• Mapping the geographic distribution of funded social ventures based on the provided postcode data.
• Analyzing grant size distributions for ventures aiming to raise over £500k in investment.
• Studying the support pipeline for social ventures competing for public service contracts valued over £1 million.
• Correlating grant funding with regional economic development indicators.

Strengths

• Data is submitted by the fund manager, The Social Investment Business Group, indicating a primary source.
• Includes specific financial thresholds for venture goals: raising over £500k or winning contracts over £1m.
• Contains structured grant details: venture name, grant amount, and headquarters postcode.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-07-08 13:33:22.683659.

Provenance

Source

The Social Investment Business Group

Collection Method

Submitted by the fund manager.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.683659; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (inferred from platform 'uk_data' and postcode field)