Our loans: bridging loans, commercial mortgages and development finance

Standard Rental Loans

Standard Rental

Up to 70% LTV

From 0.87%

£1M - £25M

Business Bridge

Business Bridge

Up to 70% LTV

From 0.87%

£1M - £25M

Heavy & Light Refurbishment

Heavy & Light Refurbishment

Up to 70% LTV

From 0.87%

£1M - £25M

Ground-up Development

Ground-up Development

Up to 70% LTV

From 0.87%

£1M - £25M

Our lending process

ENQUIRY

We receive a request indicating whether the client wishes a bridging loan, commercial mortgage or development finance, and which covers all the key loan requirements, as well as information on the borrower, the proposed security and the exit strategy.

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IMMEDIATE RESPONSE

We provide feedback immediately, including confirmation of where the request falls within our pricing matrix. You will be assigned a dedicated relationship manager. For more complex and bespoke transactions, you will receive direct input from one of our specialists on the same day.

02
PROPOSAL

We issue a term sheet based on the information you have provided and circulate legal, valuation and, if applicable, project monitoring quotes. This allows the borrower to decide whether to proceed with the application.

03
INSTRUCTION OF SOLICITORS

You instruct your solicitor to provide an undertaking and to deliver the required information as per our lender requirements.

04
ASSET VALUATION

We instruct a surveyor to value the asset which will serve as security for the bridging, commercial or development loan.

05
ONBOARDING AND DUE DILIGENCE

We perform due diligence on you and/or your company, including anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer checks. We request information on your financial status and track record.

06
EXECUTION OF FINANCE DOCUMENTS – RELEASE OF FUNDS

We issue and you sign the full suite of legal documents, such as the facility agreement, debenture, legal mortgage, guarantees and other applicable finance documents. Our solicitors then release the agreed loan amount.

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Our lending process

01

ENQUIRY

We receive a request indicating whether the client wishes a bridging loan, commercial mortgage or development finance, and which covers all the key loan requirements, as well as information on the borrower, the proposed security and the exit strategy.

02

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE

We provide feedback immediately, including confirmation of where the request falls within our pricing matrix. You will be assigned a dedicated relationship manager. For more complex and bespoke transactions, you will receive direct input from one of our specialists on the same day.

03

PROPOSAL

We issue a term sheet based on the information you have provided and circulate legal, valuation and, if applicable, project monitoring quotes. This allows the borrower to decide whether to proceed with the application.

04

INSTRUCTION OF SOLICITORS

You instruct your solicitor to provide an undertaking and to deliver the required information as per our lender requirements.

05

ASSET VALUATION

We instruct a surveyor to value the asset which will serve as security for the bridging, commercial or development loan.

06

ONBOARDING AND DUE DILIGENCE

We perform due diligence on you and/or your company, including anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer checks. We request information on your financial status and track record.

07

EXECUTION OF FINANCE DOCUMENTS – RELEASE OF FUNDS

We issue and you sign the full suite of legal documents, such as the facility agreement, debenture, legal mortgage, guarantees and other applicable finance documents. Our solicitors then release the agreed loan amount.

Why use secured credit?

ionicons-v5-c ionicons-v5-c Supporting rapid business expansion

Growth in itself can tie up quite some capital; secured bridging or development finance can help to overcome this constraint until traditional bank finance lines have been increased.

Taking advantage of opportunities

As every entrepreneur knows, opportunities are sometimes short-lived and require fast action. The opportunity may simply have gone by the time the entrepreneur has obtained a traditional bank loan after a lengthy application process.

Reducing long-term financing costs

It may be difficult and expensive to take out a traditional bank loan on short notice, particularly when a track record still has to be established. Hence it may be more economic to first take out a bridge loan, and once one or two years of financials are available to replace this bridge loan with a competitive traditional bank loan or commercial mortgage.

Large loans

Whilst it may be easy to obtain small unsecured business loans through peer-to-peer platforms, when financing needs are larger the most efficient way to obtain a business loan is by providing security.

Strategic flexibility

Many entrepreneurs only want to dispose of certain assets when they are certain they no longer strategically need them or when the time is right. Secured credit allows them to raise money against such assets in the meantime. Furthermore, many entrepreneurs do not want to rely solely on their bank line and therefore want to diversify funding sources.

Dealing with information asymmetry

For small and medium-sized enterprises it is sometimes difficult to gain investor confidence. Investors often do not have the time to properly analyse the financials of small and medium-sized enterprises. Secured loans offer a way to overcome such investor concerns.

Chain breaking

Once you acquire a new asset you may be able to dispose of another asset, however you may need temporary finance to bridge between the acquisition and disposal.

Second charge lending

It may be economically more attractive to take a second charge over a certain asset instead of renegotiation the first-charge loan if the financing need is short-term.