We focus on the impact themes most critical to achieving social justice. At a high level these are better health, gender equality, social inclusion, quality education, and economic development. We also address the inter-dependent threat of the climate crisis as we work with our partners to secure a socially just transition to a net zero world.
We believe the mainstreaming of blended finance vehicles, which bring together multiple sources of funding and investment, is critical to the mobilisation of impact capital and the delivery of social impact at scale. Our business model is designed to support the cross-sector partnerships which blended finance requires.
We identify market failures that prevent optimal levels of investment to deliver both economic and social outcomes. Then, we develop, and raise grant funding and investment capital for, the blended finance structures that mitigate these market failures and enable impact capital to flow. An important objective is to enable philanthropic funding to catalyse greater flows of commercial or concessional impact investment.
Our pioneering structure of three distinct but integrated entities – a not-for profit foundation, a consulting partnership and an impact investment bank – will enable us to partner effectively with clients whether they are building investment readiness, scaling their activities, raising philanthropic funding and investment capital or integrating impact considerations into their business models or investment strategies.
The Collington Capital Group is comprised of the following entities:
is a not-for-profit company facilitating the development and funding of blended finance impact investment vehicles. We work with aligned and ambitious partners towards a vision of philanthropic funding catalysing flows of new impact investment to transform the delivery of social impact at scale in the UK and internationally. The foundation’s medium-term goal is to mobilise US$150mn of catalytic philanthropic funding over five years.
is a consulting partnership advising on building readiness for impact investment, in particular, designing high-level impact investment propositions and integrating impact into business models and investment strategies. The partnership’s vision is for all participants in the impact investment chain to realise their potential to deliver social impact at scale.
The consulting partnership enables impact-led enterprises to be scalable, investable and sustainable. It does this by helping enterprises develop blueprints to attract impact investment including compelling high level impact investment propositions. Working with clients and their pro-bono lawyers, the consulting partnership has already developed two innovative grant linked investment propositions.
We also advise other participants in the impact investment chain, including asset owners, investment managers and wealth managers, on how to integrate impact considerations into their business models and investment strategies.
is an impact investment bank structuring impact investment vehicles and raising investment capital for impact-led enterprises including impact fund managers. The investment bank’s vision is for investment capital to be mobilised to transform the delivery of social impact at scale.
The impact investment bank collaborates with the consulting partnership, to test high-level impact investment propositions in the market and with the foundation, to raise both grant funding and investment capital into blended finance vehicles.
It also will act as the outsourced capital-raising function for European impact fund managers, representing them in the UK, North America, Singapore and Hong Kong and helping them to structure, market and distribute product and increase their assets under management.
How we are different:
- Our expertise includes both consultancy advice and capital raising. Our group structure comprises a not-for-profit foundation, a consulting partnership and an impact investment bank. This enables us to partner with our clients on the journey from investment readiness to capital raising.
- Our ability to raise grant funds and impact investment for blended finance. Our integrated capability, through our not-for-profit foundation and impact investment bank, enables us to raise both grant funding and investment capital for blended finance structures.
- Our global philanthropic funding and capital raising capabilities. We aim to source grant funding and impact investment in the UK, North America, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our particular focus is in the UK where we can conduct regulated activities as an investment arranger / adviser.
- Our leadership team of impressive breadth and depth of expertise. Our team includes senior people with deep knowledge of impact investing, and experience across financial services and the social sector in developed, emerging and frontier countries.
- Our culture reflects strong and genuine ethical partnership. We have an authentic commitment to our values of a shared purpose, a hunger to learn, a spirit of generosity, trustworthy relationships and a determination to achieve excellent outcomes.
