About BEF
Since 2004, BEF has helped businesses across the North start, sustain and grow. Businesses are more than sets of numbers. That's why we take a different approach to business finance. We're a not-for-profit CDFI providing fair, relationship-led finance to businesses across the North.
Finance with a purpose
BEF exists to help businesses access the finance they need to start, sustain and grow.
As a not-for-profit Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI), we believe fair finance can do more than support individual businesses. It can create jobs, open up opportunity and strengthen the communities and economies we serve.
That's why our purpose goes beyond lending.
Why BEF takes a different approach
Getting business finance isn't always straightforward.
That's why we take a different approach. Our experienced teams use human judgement to understand your business, your circumstances and the wider context behind your application.
We believe a lending decision should be based on more than numbers alone.
Our impact since 2013
Invested directly into small businesses
Generated for the region's economy
Jobs created or safeguarded
Clients supported and funded
Meet our team
Meet the people delivering BEF's relationship-led approach across the North.
Meet our team