Dean Organic Fund: Loan Applications
From June 2023 onward, the Dean Organic Fund will be accepting applications for new loans from its £450,000 revolving fund.
- Applicants must be UK-based companies, partnerships or individuals, active in organic-certified and/or ecologically sound farming and food businesses
- Loan amounts will be between £5,000 and £25,000
- Loans will be interest-free and unsecured
- Loans will be repayable over periods of no more 5 years. Repayments will normally be in monthly installments starting after the first year of the loan.
- Loans must be used for transformational investment in training, equipment, stock, or other working capital, not to finance land or for short-term cashflow support or to cover normal operating expenses
More detail is available here: The Dean Organic Fund - The Organic Research Centre.