Welcome to London Rebuilding Society
London Rebuilding Society provides loan finance for social enterprises in the Greater London Area.
LRS has made a total of 120 loans since its launch in 2001, amounting to over £3 million, with an average loan size of £25k-£30k. Loans have been made across all industry sectors, from creative industries to waste management. Many of these loans were to customers who had already successfully borrowed from LRS, demonstrating LRS' ongoing support for the Social Enterprise sector.
LRS is also joint manager of the LDA's Social Enterprise Loan Fund, which has lent £1.8million. For further details - please go to our Clients section. We also provide a range of tools and training courses to help social entrepreneurs and their advisers (see Business Support).
Our funds come from individuals, companies, charitable sources, and local and central government, as well as from interest earned on the loans that we make.
London Rebuilding Society itself is a social enterprise and specialises in developing innovative forms of finance to address specific areas of need (see Housing and MAF).
- Room Hire
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Up to 50% discount on room hire
LRS has a well-located training room (max 35 people) and a meeting room (max 10) for hire by the day or half-day. Please call 020 7682 1666 or email info@londonrebuilding.com for further details.
- Better Banking
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LRS is one of the organisations running the Better Banking Coalition, which campaigns for legislative and regulatory changes to the banking system to ensure that fair and affordable finance is available to all.
- Office Space
LRS also currently has space in our centrally located offices in Bonhill Street, either a separate room(s) or hot-desking. Please contact 020 7682 1666 or info@londonrebuilding.com for details of accommodation available and rates.
- Borrowers
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Are you looking for finance to grow your enterprise? Do you have a good idea for starting one?
- Investors
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Do you have funds to invest? Would you like your capital to help London whilst still earning a reasonable rate of return?
LRS can offer a return equivalent to 6.25% gross per annum for basic rate tax-payers, 8.33% for higher rate tax-payers and 7.1% for corporations; this compares very favourably with the returns currently available commercially.