Proudly Supporting

Since 2017, we have invested in or provided financial support to a broad portfolio of businesses and social enterprises, demonstrating our commitment to affect real change in communities across the UK and USA.

Current portfolio companies and grant recipients:

School Space

School Space is a social enterprise that helps schools both build communities and generate much needed extra funding by hiring out their spaces to individuals, clubs, societies, and local businesses. School Space has generated over £8m for partner schools since 2018.

Tiney

Tiney’s mission is to enable affordable childcare for parents, high quality early education for children and amazing careers for childminders.  Since 2019, it has become the largest and most loved childcare community in the UK.

Tiney believes that childminders in the UK deserve better business tools and aims to help professionalise their interactions with parents, make their businesses more efficient and most importantly, give them their time back so they can focus on the children in their care.

Nattergal

Nattergal delivers nature recovery at scale to provide vital benefits for society  and sustainable financial returns.

Highlands Rewilding

Highlands Rewilding works to increase carbon sequestration, grow biodiversity, create new green jobs, and generate sustainable profit for purpose.

We Are Group

Supporting society by empowering people and providing them wth access to training, advice and guidance.

Zinc

Zinc builds new companies that work to solve the world’s toughest social issues.

what3words

What3words is the simplest way to provide the precise location for e-commerce, delivery, emergency services and navigation. Every three metre square in the world has been given a unique combination of three words. Now everyone and everywhere has a reliable address.

Mustard Seed Impact

Mustard Seed and Mustard Seed Maze (MSM) invest in and support  social business startups with the potential to generate commercial returns, alongside significant and sustainable positive outcomes in the areas of environmental sustainability, education, family and community health, and economic inclusion. The support is aimed at helping to grow businesses that fill gaps currently unaddressed by government and industry, and enable start-ups to transform into world-class businesses.

Clean Planet

Clean Planet takes what has traditionally been considered waste solvent and transforms it into reusable, valuable product, cutting waste by 80%.

States of Minds

States of Mind is a self-development movement led by young people and psychologists who give mental health new meaning through education and social action.  Promoting a world where mental health support is embedded within systems. The programme’s project-based learning model enables young people to identify key issues affecting well-being, and then design and lead social impact initiatives as a solution.

Shelter Box

Over 130 million people around the world have been made homeless by natural disaster and conflict. By providing emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by disaster, Shelterbox helps transform despair into hope.

Lensational

Lensational is a nonprofit social enterprise that aims to elevate the voices of under-represented women by whipping them with training and tools for photography.

Action for Happiness

Action for Happiness helps people take action for a happier and more caring world.

If you would like further information on how to apply for a Canterbury Partners investment or grant please contact: info@canterburypartners.co.uk