What we do

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.

Since 2010, we have positively impacted the lives of nearly 3 million people.

Our programmes

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 a great portfolio, selected from reviews of over 1,000, tackling social problems including educational disadvantage and elderly care. Additional social enterprises are in our SBT Design programme, getting support to create a plan for growth.

Our story

Social Business Trust was started in 2010 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.

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.
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 enterprises worlds together, creating lasting social impact in the areas of education, employment, and health and wellbeing.