Regional Impact — United Kingdom
38% of UK adults experience loneliness. The robin sings through the harshest winters.
Adult population: 53M | COLHYBRI Potential: ★★★★★
of adults experience chronic loneliness
KFF / The Economist 2025
of adults trust most people
Pew Research Center 2025
of adults with limited financial access
UK FCA Financial Lives Survey 2024
Key Insight
The United Kingdom faces a loneliness epidemic that led to the creation of a Minister for Loneliness in 2018 — the first in the world. Despite relatively high banking penetration, social isolation has deepened since 2019, particularly in post-industrial communities and among the elderly. The closure of local bank branches has removed critical social hubs from high streets.
The COLHYBRI Answer
COLHYBRI brings the mutualist model to UK communities — like the robin that never abandons its territory, we stay present where banks have left, rebuilding social bonds through local commerce at GBP2.50/month.
Key Numbers
Loneliness rate
Trust rate
Unbanked rate
Data Sources
- •KFF / The Economist Loneliness Survey 2025
- •Pew Research Center 2025
- •UK FCA Financial Lives Survey 2024