The story
Abundance launched to the public in April 2012 as the first crowdfunding platform to be authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Abundance’s aim is to let people use their money to create change by investing in councils and projects “that are transforming the places we live for the better”. In its first 12 years, Abundance raised around £140m from predominantly retail investors for over 45 sustainable infrastructure companies in the form of bonds, known on the platform as debentures.
The bonds or debentures offered by Abundance are higher risk than the low risk councils loans which are backed by council revenues. 14 councils had used the platform by March 2025 as a way to raise funding from their citizens and the wider general public, and to raise awareness of the actions they are taking to help the transition to a low carbon economy.
It is a founding member of the sector’s trade association, the UK Crowdfunding Association.
From Wikipedia’s article on Abundance Investment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4