Callout for investment

Update (July 2025): We’ve had more loanstock offers than we need, so don’t need loanstock at the moment. If you have spare money, please consider investing in Radical Routes, who will then use it to make loans to support new (and existing) co-ops. Or ask us for a list of other co-ops seeking loanstock that we know of.

We wouldn’t exist as a housing co-op without the investors that helped us get started by lending us their money. These investments are called ‘loanstock’.

Although loanstock is usually for a fixed period of time, an investor can ask to be repaid early, and we will do our best to help with that if we can.

At the moment, one of our original loanstock investors has asked to be repaid early because their circumstances have changed unexpectedly.

So we are looking for replacement loanstock to allow us to help out someone who helped us get set up – by investing, you’ll be contributing towards a culture of solidarity and mutual aid.

We are currently seeking around £3000 in loanstock, will consider any amount of £500 or more, for periods in the region of 2-6 years*, at between 0-3% interest.

It’s worth noting that, at the time of writing, our housing co-op has already been housed for over 3 years so you’d be investing in an established business that already has a track record. Please feel free to ask us for more details of our financial history and future projections if you’d like.

If you (or someone you know) might be interested, get in touch or see our FAQ.

(* Note that a previous version of the article mistakenly said that we needed the loanstock for 5-10 years. We have now calculated that we could actually release the money sooner, so this has been updated).