About us

Futurebuilders England is a government-backed fund offering investment and support to third sector organisations to develop their capacity for delivering public services.

Download the Futurebuilders England 2008-2011 Investment Plan (PDF format)

Investment - loans, grants and professional support

We provide sustained, flexible and individual support to organisations that are delivering public services. We ensure that they have the right financial, managerial and governance structures to take on investment loans and to compete successfully for contracts in the public sector.

Third sector involvement in delivering public services

By offering investment to organisations that want to increase their capacity to bid for - and win - public sector contracts, Futurebuilders promotes third sector involvement in delivering public services.

We provide a range of products including:

• Full Investment Fund loans, which are often offered with additional grant funding and professional support
• Tender Fund loans, which are smaller, over a shorter time and interest-free
• Small Organisation Tender Fund grants
• Consortia Fund investments, which are a combination of loan finance and professional support

Futurebuilders often provides additional professional consultancy support to applicant organisations that need to develop skills or knowledge in a certain area, prior to, or while, acquiring contracts for delivering public services.

Is Futurebuilders for you?

Search our database of investments to read some examples of what your Futurebuilders investment package might look like, or have a look at which of our products would be best for your organisation.