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Asset Finance & HP

Hire-purchase, lease and refinance for plant, vehicles, kit.

Acquire or refinance hard assets — from CNC machines to commercial fleets — across 38 specialist asset funders.

Ticket size

£10K – £15M

Turnaround

Decision in 48h

Capital partners

38+

Composes with

3 sectors

Key highlights

What sets this apart.

HP & lease

Sale & leaseback

Soft & hard assets

The problem

Why this capability exists.

Asset finance via the dealer network is consistently 200–400 bps more expensive than going to market.

Our approach

  1. 01

    Quote across the 38-funder panel with one application.

  2. 02

    Layer sale-and-leaseback for capital release on owned assets.

  3. 03

    Match soft assets (IT, software) to specialist funders.

Outcomes you can expect

  • Average rate improvement: 220 bps vs dealer
  • 38 asset finance funders
  • Sale-and-leaseback live in 7 days

Typical structures

How asset finance & hp deals are commonly built.

Indicative structures we orchestrate across our capital partners. Final terms depend on borrower profile, asset and exit.

01

Hire Purchase / Lease

Asset-secured, balance-sheet or off-balance-sheet treatments.

02

Invoice Finance

Confidential or disclosed; advance rates 80–90% of debtor book.

03

Revenue-Based Finance

Repayments flex with monthly revenue — ARR or e-commerce backed.

Library OS

Live signal · stack ideas · audience fit.

Three modules that turn this capability page into an orchestration view, not a brochure.

Lender appetite right now

What our desk is seeing on this capability this week.

  • up

    Independent funder · Soft asset finance (tech)

    Re-focusing on mid-ticket; sub-£25k routed to platform partners.

    Min ticket lifted to £25k (was £10k)

  • flat

    Two clearing banks · Working capital RCF

    Leverage covenants relaxed by 0.25x for £5m+ revenues with audited accounts.

    Margins held; covenants softened

  • down

    Alt-fintech lender · Revenue-based finance

    Second consecutive quarter of arrears uptick in casual dining cohort.

    Pulled appetite for hospitality

Who this fits

Audience fit, scored from the brief.

  • SME founders & CFOs

    100%

    Working capital, growth funding, asset finance, invoice finance.

  • Property developers & investors

    60%

    Bridging, development finance, BTL portfolios, refurb-to-let.

  • Brokers & intermediaries

    0%

    Lender intel, criteria shifts, packaging playbooks.

  • HNW & family offices

    0%

    Structured credit, complex cases, cross-border, tax-efficient capital.

Test the fit

Two interactive tools, no credit footprint.

Score your eligibility and model the deal economics before you ever talk to us.

Eligibility quick-check

Get an instant indication.

Five quick questions. No credit footprint. We'll show you a fit score and what to do next.

  • Can you identify the asset (make / model / serial / yard)?
  • Will the asset be based / used in the UK or EU?
  • Can you contribute 10%+ deposit?
  • Trading entity 12+ months (or HNW personal balance sheet)?
  • Will the asset be fully insured throughout the term?
0

0/5 answered

Answer to see your fit score

Scenario calculator

Model the deal.

Indicative only — final pricing reflects your actual lender quote.

£350k
8.25%
60 mo

Monthly

£7.1k

Total interest

£78k

Arrangement fee

£3.5k

Effective APR

8.45%

What happens next

Lender panel preview & document checklist.

Indicative lender match

Who we'd quote on day one.

Anonymised preview from our 90+ lender panel. Real allocations are tuned to your file.

  • Asset Finance Bank LTier 1

    HP / Lease

    Indic. BoE +2.5%

  • Specialist Marine House MSpecialist

    Marine HP

    Indic. 7.95% pa

  • Aviation Finance Desk NSpecialist

    Aircraft loan / lease

    Indic. SOFR +2.7%

  • Lombard Private OPrivate

    Luxury Lombard

    Indic. BoE +1.85%

  • Plant & Yellow Goods PSpecialist

    Heavy plant

    Indic. 8.45% pa

  • Fleet Lease QAlt

    HGV / van fleet

    Indic. 9.25% pa

Document checklist

What we'll need.

Indicative pack to get you a credit-quality answer in days, not weeks.

  • Photo ID + proof of address
  • Asset invoice / schedule / valuation
  • 3 months personal & business bank statements
  • Latest filed accounts (if business)
  • Insurance binder confirming cover
  • Yard / berth / hangar agreement (where applicable)
  • Source of deposit evidence

FAQs

Frequently asked

The questions clients always ask.

  • Yes — including classic cars, fine art, marine and aviation. We use specialist Lombard and asset-house structures.

  • All three are available. We'll model TCO and tax position before recommending.

  • Yes — staged drawdowns against build certificates with the relevant specialist house.

  • 5–10 working days for vanilla HP; 2–4 weeks for marine / aviation / luxury Lombard subject to valuation.

Short enquiry

Tell us about your asset finance & hp requirement.

A specialist will respond within one business hour. No credit footprint.

Linked to Asset Finance & HP. No credit footprint.