Our approach

SBT’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 leading corporate partners in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises. We know our approach works.

INVEST

We operate a disciplined venture-capital style model – to invest in high growth potential, with a highly selective due diligence process to pick winners. Our investments are tailored packages of business expertise and targeted cash grant support.

PARTNER

We build long term, strategic partnerships with corporates and social enterprises, with a rigorous approach to maximise value of corporate partner time. We focus on quality, impact and developing leadership.

SCALE

Our work together accelerates sustainable growth, increases impact and builds capabilities within the charities and social enterprises we work with.

Latest

Tom's time at SBT: a loan that paid off

On secondment at SBT, Tom Cooke from EY found fulfilment using his professional skills for good causes.
Building a volunteering programme that’s practical and purposeful

Claudia Buffini from Schroders finds the causes that matter to her colleagues and works out how their hard-won knowledge can be deployed in service of these causes. Here, she walks us through how Schroders are making volunteering practical and purposeful, combining doing good with career progression.
SBT backs Hestia: a long-term partnership for sustainable growth

The Social Business Trust is proud to welcome Hestia into our portfolio of charities and social enterprises. We will back them by providing a combination of professional expertise and funding as they continue building their organisational resilience.
Job: Executive Assistant to the CEO

We're looking for an experienced Executive Assistant who will use their first-rate organisational skills to support our CEO. Your dynamism and attention-to-detail will bolster our work. Your energy and skills will be put good use as we continue to bring the business and social enterprise worlds together, creating lasting social impact in the areas of education, employment, and health and wellbeing.