Acorn.finance – a leading and established finance broker.
Founded 1997
Since 1997 we’ve been working with small businesses across the UK and further afield. Arranging funding for acquisition, growth, start-up or exits.
As a small business ourselves we’ve come through boom-times and recessions. We’ve seen competition come and go and we’re still here serving our growing customer base.
We believe in the value small businesses bring to communities and support them with the finance they need, especially when the established banks can’t or won’t help.
250 + Lenders
Our leading panel of lenders offers every form of business funding.
Wherever your business is, whatever you do, your business needs the right funding at the right time. Our panel of almost every funding source in the UK means we can help more businesses, more of the time.
Acorn.finance take the time to understand your plan and where you are on the journey and will work with you every step to ensure you get the most from your business or property, the right leverage and the best funding.
Award winning broker
6 Best UK Broker awards since 2013
Here at Acorn.finance we’ve always been 100% committed to providing the very best funding advice and products to our customers.
Being honoured six times by a variety of publications is testament to our work with UK businesses.
We’ve also been featured by BBC Inside Out – demonstrating how a finance broker should operate.
Supporting business in the developing world
Over 170 small businesses supported in the developing world
We at Acorn.finance believe that business should be a force for good in the world. It’s for that reason we’ve made a commitment to work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
For every business we fund in the UK, we’ve committed to funding one in the developing world. To support a business in the developing world click here for a $25 kickstart to your lending fund from Zidisha.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs, Co-founder, Apple
FUNDED – The Acorn.finance 6 step system to getting your business finance sorted.
Facts – Before we start it’s important for all the business facts, financials and background to be available.
Understanding – Only by understanding you and your business will the solution be the best for your growth plan.
Needs – By fully understanding your plans we’ll work with funders who will meet your needs both now and for the future.
Discuss – Working with our panel of the best funders in the market we’ll work through your case with them to ensure they understand your needs in detail.
Execute – By using Acorn.finance to arrange your funding you save hours of time spent on calls and applications. We work with the finance company to streamline every finance case.
Deliver – We work hard with the lender and all the professionals involved to ensure you get the business finance you need, when you need it.
Acorn.finance frequently asked questions
Commercial finance brokers have been working on behalf of the UK business community for many years. Brokers provide access to the whole market of finance providers not only the most well known high-street names but also many specialist business lenders who are exclusively broker facing.
Your Acorn.finance broker is skilled in knowing which finance company is likely to approve your application and ensuring that our submission covers all the points they will need to know. That saves you time and effort and lets you get on with running your business.
We believe in maintaining the highest standards of service and advice to our customers and having a published code of practice helps you understand the standards that are expected.
Nothing – we have fee options for you to pay on drawdown of the loan or on account (for a discounted fee). If you pay anything to us on account and we’re not successful in raising you the funding, you’ll get a refund of everything you’ve paid us so long as you were open and honest in your dealings.
Regulatory information
Property finance options from Acorn.finance
Bridging loans
- What is a bridging loan?
- Any short term finance product designed to meet a need which is not covered by a long term mortgage
- What can bridging finance be used for?
- Any short term need such as;
- Refurbishment
- Conversion
- Development
- Auction purchase
- Below Market Value purchase
- Business cash-flow purposes
- Debt consolidation
- VAT funding on commercial property
- Credit repair
- How is bridging finance repaid?
- Generally by sale of the property (or another property) or remortgage onto a long term product.
Buy to let mortgages & Commercial investment mortgages
- What is a buy to let mortgage?
- A mortgage on an investment property.
- What sort of property can be an investment?
- Almost any property which can be rented out can be bought as in investment;
- Residential property
- New build or existing
- Semi-commercial (often a shop with a flat above)
- Commercial of almost any type
- Residential property
- Almost any property which can be rented out can be bought as in investment;
- Who can get a buy to let mortgage?
- Almost anyone, you’ll need to know what you’re doing, have some form of income and credit score. Beyond that our range of lenders has a product for almost every circumstance.
- What if my business will occupy the premises?
- Even if you’re leasing the premises to your business this is a commercial mortgage.
Business finance solutions from Acorn.finance
Business Start-up loans
Start-up loans | New business growth | Cash-flow | Equipment
Getting your business going is all about cash – how much of it is coming in, how much is going out! With 50% of businesses failing in the first 3 years, you need all the help you can get.
Fortunately Acorn.finance can arrange funding through a variety of sources, the government Start-up loans scheme, main banks and other funders.
Buying a business
Avoid start-up failures
Would you rather avoid the risky early years and skip to the good times?
Buying a business lets you do just that, whatever your sector there are businesses for sale for a variety of reasons.
With established cash-flow the funding is available, just choose the right business.
Growing your business
Commercial mortgage | Asset finance | Invoice finance | Business loans
Growing your business needs the right finance to be in place.
The right amount, the right terms. By taking the time to understand your borrowing or cash-flow needs, our funding experts can arrange the perfect finance solution.
Cutting your business finance costs
Review your funding and save
As your business becomes more established, your credit reports improve and property prices increase so the interest rate you pay on your mortgage or loan can be reduced.
Our funding experts will provide a free consultation to cover all your existing funding and give you the option to refinance when it’s the right time.
Commercial mortgages
Moving into premises can be a complex undertaking, the bank doesn’t get the rationale – they don’t understand the figures.
Your Acorn.finance broker, using our FUNDED system will take the time to understand your business journey and where you are on it before making a recommendation to a particular lender or product.
Business loans
Unsecured loans offer funding quickly and efficiently. For trading businesses or new start-ups your Acorn.finance broker has access to a wide range of lenders to suit your particular circumstances.
Without legal conveyancing or valuations a business loan can draw down within days of application – great for opportunity finance or emergencies.
Cash-flow funding
Sorting out the peaks and troughs of your cash-flow is vital to business survival, after all – interest rates never sent anyone out of business, it’s all about meeting all the required payments at the end of each month.
Acorn.finance will source the right business finance products for you – enabling your business to grow from strength to strength.
Asset finance
Growing your business means investment, new equipment or vehicles, hardware of software.
As technolgy marches forward it never gets any less expensive to keep up to date.
At Acorn.finance we’ll enable your business to get the equipment it needs and pay while you use it. Growing your business more sustainably.
Commercial mortgages
Buying a business such as a pub, restaurant, hotel, care-home or shop is complex. There’s the property side and the business itself. Here at Acorn.finance we’re specialists in business purchase, simplyfing the process and getting your business purchase funded.
Business loans
Not all businesses have freehold premieses to secure a commercial mortgage against.
Here at Acorn.finance we work with leasehold businesses as well as those not needing premises at all.