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Raising finance for your business

A major barrier to business growth and start-up is lack of finance. Due to inadequate preparation and insufficient advice, a mere fraction of business plans successfully raise finance. We provide the appropriate advice and assist you in the preparation of customised, professional business plans that will achieve your objective of raising funds or achieving success.

We can connect you to our network of investors, funding organisations and funding streams.

Types of funding

Funding sources within our remit include:

1. Equity finance: venture capital trusts, business angels, incubators, Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Funds, etc.
2. Debt finance
1. Soft loans: sometimes with low or zero interest rates, and with no collateral required.
2. Commercial loans, e.g. bank loans, overdrafts, Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme, etc.
3. Grants: usually from local authorities, central government, EU, grant making trusts, etc.
4. Financial instruments: leasing, hire purchase, factoring, invoice discounting, contract hire, etc

Variety of uses

The funds we raise have a variety of uses, including:

1. Start-up funding
2. Purchase of a business
3. Buy out of a partner
4. Fund for growth
5. Refinance of a business
6. Refurbishment/expansion of premises
7. Outstanding VAT
8. Finance for mergers and acquisitions
9. Finance for turnaround, re-financing, or restructuring
10. Bridging finance

Up to £2m can be raised under our funding services. However, raising the higher figures requires analysis of some of the key criteria such as:

1. Management team: this is absolutely vital for the success of the organisation. Investors and funding organisations 'invest in the management team' and rate this more highly than other criteria. You need to assemble a strong and experienced management team with relevant operational and/or sector experience.
2. Market: this of necessity must be attractive. A large, growing and hungry market, with a global potential is often viewed favourably.
3. Competitive advantage: investors and funding organisations will be impressed if your company has a clear and sustainable competitive advantage in areas such as technology, supply chain, high entry barriers, brand equity, etc.
4. Growth potential: a high growth company is attractive to investors and gives funding organisations confidence to invest. If your company can demonstrate growth and scalability, then it stands a chance of securing high levels of investment.

We charge a small percentage (up to 2.5%) of the amount of money we raise for your business.

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