Invest in the community energy fund

Will you help create a clean, green energy future?

The Community Energy Fund is open for investment.

We invite you to invest in our Community Energy Fund – the investment opportunity that makes community energy projects happen in Oxfordshire, and pays you interest in return for your support.

Thank you to everyone who has invested in the Community Energy Fund so far. Up to 9 December we raised £516,973.

Our ambition is to raise £2.5 million over the next three years with an initial target of £1 million for 2025.

You can apply for shares at any time. Shares are allocated on a regular basis. The next investment round deadline is midnight, Monday, 31 March 2025.

Total invested so far £0 of a target of £1,000,000
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Please read the Share Offer Document and supporting documents (available below) before investing. Capital is at risk; no returns guaranteed.

Details of investment

This round of the Community Energy Fund is seeking to raise money to support more renewable energy projects in Oxfordshire. You can apply for shares at any time and shares are allocated on a regular basis.

  • Minimum investment is £100 and the maximum is £100,000 (including existing investment)
  • Target interest rate is 5% (capped at 4% for the first four years of investment)
  • Interest accrues from the date shares are allocated
  • Next shares allocated April 2025. Deadline: midnight, 31 March 2025

Why invest?

This is your opportunity to set your money to work, accelerating the transition to an energy system that’s fossil fuel-free. We need your help to make it happen.

Be a part of the transition to a zero carbon energy system that’s good for people and good for the planet.

The benefits of investing in the Community Energy Fund include:

  • Helping to fund more renewable energy projects
  • A practical way to take action on climate change
  • Supporting the transition to a net-zero energy system.

Not only that, but 100% of our project surplus supports further action on climate change

Find out more about our existing projects and some of the projects supported with community benefit funding.

Please read the Share Offer Document and supporting documents (available below) before investing. Capital is at risk; no returns guaranteed.

It’s that combination of experience, knowledge, and idealism that makes the Low Carbon Hub so special.

Eleanor, Investor Member

What you will be supporting

We need your help to grow our portfolio of renewable energy projects. This includes:

  • An extension to the solar PV array with Norbar Torque Tools Ltd., a business based in Banbury.
  • The installation of a solar PV array over the Archimedes Screws at Sandford Hydro. This means the site will generate even more clean energy and have the added benefit of reducing algae build up on the screws.


How to invest:

Please read the Share Offer Document (download below) and supporting documentation to ensure you have all the information you need.

If you’d like to invest, you can:

  • Apply online using this simple form.
  • Or, you can fill in a paper application form and return it to us (see below).

How to pay:

You can pay for your shares:

  • Online – from the online application form, you can choose to pay ‘Online’ and you will be redirected to Gocardless to make a payment.
  • By BACS – from the online application form, you can choose to pay by ‘BACS’. This is our preference to reduce payment fees. You will receive the bank details in an email after you complete your application.
  • By Cheque – alternatively, you can send us a cheque. You will receive the details in an email after you complete your application.

Note: we can only take online payments to a maximum of £5,000. If you’d like to invest more, please choose the ‘BACS’ option.

Key documents to read:

Please read the Share Offer Document and supporting documents (available below) before investing. Capital is at risk; no returns guaranteed.

Paper forms:


Have a question?

If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone about the Community Energy Fund, please contact us on members@lowcarbonhub.org or call 01865 246099 and we’ll be happy to help.


What our investors say

Our investors choose us for lots of different reasons. They want their savings to be put to work for a positive impact, take action to tackle the climate emergency, support local projects, and many more. In the video below, meet some of our existing investors, members of our community groups, a teacher and students from our solar schools on why they joined with the Low Carbon Hub.

I chose to invest in the Low Carbon Hub because I wanted my money to be part of something really constructive, important, local and exciting! It’s lovely to be part of something like this.

Liz, Investor Member

Community Shares Standard Mark

Our share offer has been awarded the Community Shares Standard Mark which is awarded to community share offers that meet national standards of good practice. Find out more about this here.

1,773+
Investor Members
Up to 5%*
Return on investment
100%
Of our surplus is reinvested into climate-cutting projects
£9.8m
Already invested in the Low Carbon Hub
55
Renewable energy installations
4,000
tonnes of CO₂ saved each year