Loans like Fund Ourselves

Fund Ourselves offers peer-to-peer short-term loans up to £1,500 over 6 months months. Find out what similar lenders have to offer.

Warning: Late repayment can cause you serious money problems. For help, go to moneyhelper.org.uk.

Please note: High-cost short-term credit is unsuitable for sustained borrowing over long periods and would be expensive as a means of longer-term borrowing.

Online lenders that offer similar loans to Fund Ourselves

NameEstablishedLoan types
Fund Ourselves (Welendus) Short Term Loan Fund Ourselves (Welendus) Short Term Loan 2016 Peer-to-peer instalment loans More info
Creditspring Membership Creditspring 2018 Instalment loans through a membership scheme More info
Lending Stream Instalment Loan Lending Stream 2008 Instalment loans Go to site
Drafty Line of Credit Drafty 2015 Line of credit Go to site
Polar Credit Credit Line Polar Credit 2019 Line of credit More info
SteadyPay SteadyPay 2017 Instalment loans through a membership scheme More info

A closer look at these lenders

Creditspring logo

1. Creditspring

Creditspring (read review) is a direct lender (not a broker), which offers instalment loans through a membership scheme of up to £1,000 over longer terms of up to 12 months. That's £500 less than Fund Ourselves but with a higher representative APR of 54.6%. With credit membership schemes, you pay a weekly or monthly subscription fee and can then receive low-interest or no-interest loans when needed. You'll need to have been a member for a specified amount of time (often two weeks) before you can borrow money. As with Fund Ourselves, you can repay early at any point.

Creditspring representative example: Total amount of credit £1,000 repayable over 13 months. 12 monthly membership payments of £12. Rate of interest 0% p.a. (fixed). Representative 54.6% APR. The first repayment for each advance is £83.35, due 45 days after drawing, followed by 5 monthly repayments of £83.33. Total amount payable £1,144.

Lending Stream logo

2. Lending Stream

Next up, Lending Stream (visit site) is also a direct lender, which offers instalment loans of up to £1,500 over terms of up to 6 months. That's the same maximum as Fund Ourselves but with a lower representative APR of 1,271%. With instalment loans, you borrow for an agreed amount of time at a fixed interest rate, and pay back a set amount each month until the loan is cleared. You'll know in advance exactly how much your loan will cost and when it'll be cleared. You can repay early at any point.

Lending Stream representative example: Borrow £300 for 6 months at a rate of 292% p.a. (fixed). Representative 1,271% APR and total payable £578.36 in 6 monthly payments of £96.39

Drafty logo

3. Drafty

Drafty (visit site) is another direct lender, which offers an ongoing line of credit and could let you borrow up to £3,000. That's £1,500 more than Fund Ourselves but with a higher representative APR of 96.2%. A line of credit is a bit like an overdraft or credit card – you get a personalised credit limit and can borrow as much as you like whenever you like within that limit – so it's always available and, once set-up, is fast and convenient.

Drafty Representative Example: Assumed credit limit: £1200. Representative 96.2% APR (variable). Annual interest rate 69.4% (variable).

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4. Polar Credit

Polar Credit (read review) is a direct lender which offers an ongoing line of credit and could let you borrow up to £2,000. That's £500 more than Fund Ourselves but with a higher representative APR of 68.7%.

Polar Credit Representative Example: Amount of credit: £1,200, interest rate: 49.9% pa (variable) and 1.65% transaction fee. Representative 68.7% APR (variable)

SteadyPay logo

5. SteadyPay

Finally, SteadyPay (read review) is our last direct lender, which offers instalment loans through a membership scheme of up to £1,000. That's £500 less than Fund Ourselves but with a higher representative APR of 91.25%. You can repay early at any point.

SteadyPay representative example: Total amount of credit of £300. Subscription £90 over 120 days. Representative APR 91.25% and total payable: £390.

Check loan costs with multiple lenders

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How long do you need to borrow for?


Product Available Amounts Monthly repayment Total payable
Drafty logo
£50 to £3,000
Representative Example: Assumed credit limit: £1200. Representative 96.2% APR (variable). Annual interest rate 69.4% (variable).
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QuidMarket logo
£300 to £1,500
Representative example: Borrow £500 for 5 months - Interest payable £359.90 - Total amount payable: £859.90 in 5 instalments of £171.98 - Representative 1,301.8% APR - Interest rate 292% per annum (fixed). Repayment periods are 3 months to 6 months, Additional options may be available to you as a repeat customer. Total Maximum APR 1,612.0%
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The Money Platform logo
£100 to £1,000
Representative Example: If you borrow £500 over 6 weeks at a Representative rate of 497% APR and an annual interest rate of 23.1% (fixed), you would pay 1 payment of £615.50. The total charge for credit will be £115.50 and the total amount payable will be £615.50.
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Moneyboat logo
£200 to £1,500
Representative Example: Borrow £400 for 4 months: 3 monthly repayments of £156.09 followed by a final repayment of £156.07. Total repayment £624.34. Interest rate p.a. (fixed) 288.35%. Representative APR 1,267.9%.
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Lending Stream logo
£50 to £1,500
Representative example: Borrow £300 for 6 months at a rate of 292% p.a. (fixed). Representative 1,271% APR and total payable £578.36 in 6 monthly payments of £96.39
Go to siteView details
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