Our Vision

We believe that major social change is possible if we invest in social capital.  Our vision is to see a growing capital market where every investor and saver is a social investor.

If charities are to be effective they must have the resources to hone their strategies and have the incentive and ability to grow if they wish. Charities and community organisations have specific financial needs which are often too small or complex for commercial banks to fulfil. 

Charity Bank is not a full service bank – we do not serve the day-to-day banking needs of the general charity sector. We are different. We are more like a development bank, financing projects and organisations that we consider to be viable, but which are not always commercially bankable, or where the organisation has been offered terms that are not appropriate to its situation.

Our Mission

We have a mission to tackle marginalisation, social injustice and exclusion, and facilitate social change through investment.  And we want to change the perceptions of how personal and corporate wealth can provide finance for the benefit of society. 

Our Values

Charity Bank finances charities and other civil society organisations that address society’s needs, with the support of depositors and investors who want to encourage a more responsible and transparent use of money.

We deliver the mission as a team, underpinning our work with a set of agreed core values, which define Charity Bank and which are: 

- Honest
- People Focused
- Responsible
- Innovative
- Committed

These values run throughout the organisation, from back office to customer-facing staff, and are incorporated into everyone’s role, so that they inform all our processes and decisions. They are also used to measure both individual performance and the overall delivery by the team of a unique, caring, creative and passionate organisation.