Our annual report, covering the financial year 2022/23, includes a breakdown of our finances and
outlines the progress we’ve made in our mission to ‘support the doers and makers who change lives
and grow Britain’.
Through the report we track and measure CFE’s impact across each of the key areas of our work:
- Entrepreneur development programmes: Our flagship NEF+ programme, launched in 2011
has delivered thirteen cohorts, supporting over 400 alumni who have gone on to launch and
scale more than 300 live businesses.
Tracking the long-run impact of NEF+ alumni is a great proof point for the efficacy of the
effectiveness of the learning programme that CFE delivers. To date, those 300 businesses
have created more than 5,800 new jobs, raised over £300m in early-stage fundraising and,
for those companies which have completed at least one external funding round, resulted in
a collective valuation in excess of £800m. - Networks and communities: building upon research findings, CFE has launched and grown
two significant member networks: the Incubator and Accelerator Network (IAN) and the
Refugee Entrepreneurship Network (REN). - Research: our programme of research publications provide insight, analysis and data which
highlight the positive opportunities that entrepreneurship provides to create new
opportunities, economic growth and employment. Recommendations from CFE’s research
are used to inform policy development – in the UK and beyond.