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ELIGIBILITY FOR INVESTMENT

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Social investment eligibility criteria

Foundation Scotland carries out due diligence on all applications we receive to check eligibility for the funds we manage, assess risk and prevent fraud. Please carefully read through the criteria before submitting an application for investment.

Are you an incorporated organisation? To answer ‘yes’ to this question, you should be one of the following:

  • Incorporated co-operative (including Community Benefit Society)
  • Company limited by shares
  • Company limited by guarantee
  • Community Interest Company, Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 (Schedule 3 Community Interest Companies are not currently eligible to apply for investment).
  • Charitable Company
  • Industrial & Provident Society
  • Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation
  • A Trust

Other eligibility checks:

  • Do you have charitable, social or environmental objectives stated in your organisation’s governing documents?
  • Do you have a minimum of three unrelated directors?
  • Does your organisation have an Asset Lock or Charitable Dissolution Clause?
  • Is your organisation prevented from distributing profits for private/individual benefit or have a cap on the distribution of profits?
  • Will your organisation have assets of sufficient value to provide security for the loan?
  • Confirmation that you are unable to secure commercial lending for a similar amount to that requested (we may require you to provide evidence of this by way of a letter or email from your bank/lender