Finding Finance

Lloyds Bank is partnering with Responsible Finance

To help businesses access the finance they need to grow and better serve their communities.

Who can apply for a Community Development Finance Institution loan?

Each CDFI has its own eligibility criteria, but generally you’ll need to:

  • Share financial information such as management accounts and cashflow forecasts (the CDFI can help you with this)
  • Have no significant unresolved credit or insolvency issues (historic or low value CCJs are not necessarily an issue)
  • Provide a personal guarantee or other security for some loans, but these do not always need to cover full loan amount, government-backed guarantee schemes may also be available