Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has expanded its senior team with the appointment of experienced finance professional, Simon Sotomey as Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance and operations functions which were merged last year. Simon joined SASC in July 2021 as interim CFO and has now taken on the role permanently. He has substantial [...]
SASC is delighted to be part of a cohort of social investors that was chosen by MHCLG and Big Society Capital to receive investment to support the Everyone In crisis. SASC has been responding to the pandemic by supporting borrowers that deliver homelessness services to expand to meet the increased challenge. We are grateful for [...]
12th August 2021 - Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) continues with its growth plans and has expanded its team. Miki Vyse joins as SASC’s first Business Development Manager and Rahul Rattan as a Portfolio Analyst – making a total of 10 new recruits this year. Miki is part of SASC’s investment team and will develop [...]
Emerging Futures, a not for profit organisation that provides emergency and transitional supported housing for vulnerable people, including those experiencing problems with substance misuse, low-level mental health and homelessness, and/or involvement with the criminal justice system, has received a £2.3m social investment loan from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), from its Social and Sustainable Housing [...]
CEO Ben Rick and Board Chair Nat Sloane feature in Social Business Builder's podcast with Craig Dearden-Phillips MBE discussing SASC’s story and it’s mission to provide flexible financing to charities and social enterprises across the UK. "From Bond Trader to Social Business Builder: The amazing story of Ben Rick founder of Social and Sustainable Capital who [...]
Affinity Trust, a charity that supports people with learning disabilities across the UK, has repaid its £150K social investment loan from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) early. The loan enabled the charity to successfully move into delivering children’s services for the first time and become a leading provider of Positive Behavioural Support (PBS)[i] in England. [...]
Ben Rick's interview with Dutch Impact Investor Magazine, June 2021. Interviewed and written by Pirkko Juntunen - originally published here. The optics of sustainable and impact investing are appealing. Increasing numbers of mainstream asset managers are now offering impact investing funds in order to take advantage of the zeitgeist of ‘levelling up’ or ‘building back better’. [...]
Simon Community Scotland, an award-winning charity that helps people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland has received £5m of social investment from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), from its Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) to purchase homes to help vulnerable people move away from homelessness. The charity [...]
As part of their ambitious growth plans, Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), an award-winning UK fund manager and social enterprise, has expanded their team with several new appointments this year: Azmin Mistry joins as Finance and Operations Administrator from Westcor where she worked as a Commercial Business Analyst. Chloe Kopala joins as Investment Associate from [...]
