Invest in the community energy fund
Help to create a clean energy future
You’re invited to invest in our Community Energy Fund – making community energy projects happen in Oxfordshire, and paying you interest in return for your support.
Join nearly 2,000 people who have invested over £10 million, helping us to build 56 renewable energy projects, from solar on school roofs to the UK’s largest community-owned solar park.
Our ambition is to raise £2.5million over the next three years. We need your help.
Please read the Share Offer Document and supporting documents (available below) before investing. Capital is at risk; no returns guaranteed.
Details of investment
Our 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: £100
- Maximum investment: £100,000 (including existing investment)
- Target interest rate: 5%
- Next share deadline: Midnight, 30 September 2025
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.
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.
When you invest, you are:
- Helping to fund more renewable energy projects, protecting our environment from harmful fossil fuels.
- Taking practical action on climate change today.
- Supporting projects that tackle wider social and environmental issues, including fuel poverty.
Not only that, 100% of our project surplus is re-invested in local communities and driving even more action on climate change.
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
Our progress so far: delivering real impact
For over a decade, the Low Carbon Hub has been turning investment into action – building renewable energy projects, supporting local communities, and proving that community energy works. We have:
- Built the UK’s largest community-owned solar park at Ray Valley Solar generating 20million KWh of clean electricity a year, enough to power over 6,000 homes.
- Installed rooftop solar panels on 32 schools and 5 businesses, saving them around £130k in energy bills each year, and reducing their carbon emissions.
- Reinvested over £1million of project surplus to support local communities.
- Given grants to community groups, funding projects from installing simple energy saving measures in people’s homes through to running large sustainability events.
- Pioneered energy reduction programmes for SMEs and households, helping people save energy, money and cut carbon emissions.
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:
- Share Offer Document
- Community Energy Fund Guidelines
- Rules of the Low Carbon Hub IPS Limited
- Low Carbon Hub Annual Report and Accounts
- Low Carbon Hub Strategic Plan 2024 to 2035
- Low Carbon Hub IPS Limited Business Plan
Please read the Share Offer Document and supporting documents (available below) before investing. Capital is at risk; no returns guaranteed.
Paper forms:
- Paper application form [Download here]
- Nomination to hold shares on behalf of children form [Download here]
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.