Our Impact Report assesses the economic impact of the British Business Bank’s activities in 2024/25
£1.2bn
Of public funding was deployed by the Bank into smaller businesses
£2.6bn
Of lending guaranteed
£3.0bn
In additional private sector capital also invested alongside our own funding
This enabled us to fund smaller businesses across the UK’s Nations and regions
24,000
Newly funded 24,000 smaller businesses with follow on funding to 4,000 more
84%
Of businesses supported were outside London
17%
Supporting deals which accounted for 17% of total UK smaller business equity investment
We expect the funding to produce substantial long-term economic impacts over the lifetime of the finance deployed
267,000
Existing jobs supported
4.2%
Our 5-year combined commercial and development adjusted rate of return
£8bn
Expected increase in UK economic output
38,000
Expected number of additional jobs created