Grants
Trusts, foundations, National Lottery Community Fund and government pots — non-repayable money for your mission. The hard part is finding the right ones; that's what the portal is for.
Funding · Powered by Swoop
Grants, social investment and trading income — mapped in one search.
Our funding portal — powered by Swoop — matches your business against 1,000+ providers of loans, grants and finance. One profile, the whole market, no obligation.
How it works
From 'we need money' to real offers
- 1Build one profile
Ten minutes on the portal — who you are, what you need the money for, roughly how much.
- 2See your matches
Swoop's engine checks 1,000+ funding providers and shows what your business is actually likely to get — with no hard credit search.
- 3Sense-check with us
Before you accept anything, we look at the true cost against your numbers. Cheap headline rates with expensive strings get caught here.
- 4Get funded
Apply to the option you choose, with your paperwork and figures already in order — which is exactly what lenders want to see.
What's on the market
The funding landscape for social good
Social investment
Repayable finance from social lenders who measure impact alongside interest — bridging grants, buying assets, or scaling what works.
Community shares
For the right structures, raising patient capital from the community that benefits — we help you get the numbers investor-ready.
Trading income finance
Working capital and asset finance for the trading side of a CIC or charity's trading subsidiary.
Blended finance
Grant plus loan packages that de-risk growth — increasingly how ambitious social enterprises fund scale.
Reserves-smart planning
We help you fund without raiding reserves or breaching restricted-fund rules — the compliance side funders quietly judge you on.
Funding questions
Asked all the time
What is the Buzz funding portal?
It's our white-label version of Swoop, one of the UK's leading business-funding platforms. You build one profile and it matches you against 1,000+ lenders, grant schemes and equity providers.
Does searching affect my credit score?
No. Exploring your matches is a soft search — a full credit check only happens if you choose to proceed with a specific lender's application.
What kind of funding can it find?
Grant funding from trusts, foundations, the National Lottery and government schemes; social investment and repayable finance from social lenders; blended finance; and working capital for your trading activities — matched to your structure and cause.
Does it cost anything to use?
No — searching and seeing your matches is free with no obligation. If you take funding, the provider's normal terms apply, and we'll help you sanity-check them first.
Will you help me choose?
Yes. That's the point of having an accountant in the loop — we'll look at the real cost of each option against your cashflow before you sign anything.
