Buying a business or starting up?
Every business needs to grow
From equipment and cash-flow to opening additional sites
Starting on the right track
Buy to Let mortgages for specialist borrowers and property
Commercial and semi-commercial property
From a quick “flip” to a major development
Grow without limits
Specialist lenders for individuals, companies and trusts.
Don’t know what funding is out there or where to look?
Have you got a business plan but don’t know where to go next?
Our knowledge of the lending market and 21 years experience putting applications together means that we know which lenders to approach with your funding requirement and what information they will need to approve your application.
Don’t have the time to research the market, put a full application pack together and manage it with multiple lenders?
Is your business poised to grow or do you need help with payments?
Taking the time to understand your business needs and aspirations means that we approach the best lender for your needs first time. That’s from a panel of more than 250 lenders available to us.
Dealing with the right lender first time saves time and gets your funding in place when you need it.
While we’re dealing with the lender you’re running your business, there’s nothing worse than taking your eye off the ball.
The right mortgage is just as important as the right property. How do you know what’s affordable? What sort of property to start with and how to arrange the best buy to let mortgage?
We’ll work with you so that we understand your aspirations and the reasons you are investing in property. Then we can match you with the best lenders for your circumstances.
Working with Acorn.finance means that all the specialist buy-to-let mortgage lenders are available to you so limited company lending, first-time buyers or difficult properties are all within reach.
One to two, two to ten – some lenders have restrictions to stop your growth. Our panel of lenders is perfect for the growing property investor, whether it’s your main business or a sideline to boost your retirement.
Acorn.finance have extensive experience working with property trusts, limited companies, pensions and offshore vehicles. Our property funding experts will work closely with you to ensure your funding matches your plan.
Spending time on site means funding the next project can be forgotten, going back to the same lender is often an expensive option.
What are the funding options for purchasing, developing or at the end of a development?
Our property funding experts will work to understand your project and working with the best funders in the bridging, development finance or mortgage market we’ll ensure your funding fits the needs of your property project.
acorn.finance is an award winning finance broker, here are a few testimonials from our clients;
Commercial Broker of the Year – 2017. (Corporate LiveWire)
UK Commercial Mortgage Broker of the Year – 2016, 2015 & 2014. (M&I International)
Commercial Mortgage Broker of the Year – 2013 (Business Moneyfacts)
Shortlisted – Commercial Mortgage Broker of the Year – 2014 & 2015 (Business Moneyfacts)
Acorn Commercial Finance (Acorn.finance) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – #660207
We are also full members of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers.
Although most of the commercial mortgages, business loans, buy to let mortgages, bridging finance and property development loans acorn.finance arrange are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority we take our responsibilities as a professional broker very seriously and apply the highest standards of customer service and advice to every case, regulated or not.
As members of the NACFB since 1997, our ethos has always been to adhere to their Code of Practice in every aspect of our business.
The NACFB has operated an industry recognised Code of Practice since 1992 which endorses best practice in the industry. All NACFB brokers agree to abide by the Code of Practice which ensures that you have the guarantee that Acorn.finance will always operate professionally and in your best interest.
Founded in 1997 by father and son team Tom and Paul Thompson, Acorn Finance have long been one of the leading finance brokers in the small business and property sectors.
We’re a multi-award winning team with 7 “best UK broker” awards in the last 6 years and have been featured on the BBC Inside Out programme to show best practice in the commercial lending sector.
Acorn’s specialist knowledge of small businesses marked us out as the “go to” broker for any trading business but especially those in the hospitality sector which resulted in Acorn Commercial Finance becoming the only finance provider asked to join the BIIAB (British Institute of Innkeeping Advisory Board).
Acorn.Finance (Acorn Commercial Finance previously) have been funding commercial and investment property since 1997.
As a small business just like you, the Acorn.finance team understands the needs and time pressures of the buy to let property investor, developer or business owner.
Our mission is to give every business owner, property investor or developer access to the finance they need to thrive and grow. In a broad and fragmented market with more lending sources than ever, it is no longer an option to rely on the products of just one lender for the life of a business, lenders are many and varied. Our role is to help you find the very best funding package to fill your needs, and to have the funding available to you, just when you need it. To do that we work across the whole of the finance market, from the high street banks and challenger banks through to crowdfunding providers (including our own) and sometimes private equity and businesses angel investors.
Whether you are growing your business or investment portfolio or just starting out then finance is of vital importance and getting the best deal can easily be the difference between growing or not or even failure. Our experts take time to understand your needs and aims in both the long and short term before recommending you a product which we believe is the best one to achieve your aims. By taking that time to understand your needs we also work more closely with our lenders than most brokers, that means we have a market leading level of success with more applications going through to a successful completion and more of our clients go on to long-term success.
London
344-354 Gray’s Inn Road
London
WC1X 8BP
Leeds
2 Wellington Place
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 4AP
Bristol
Redwood House
Brotherswood Court
Almondsbury Business Park
Bristol
BS32 4QW,
Edinburgh
Conference House
152 Morrison Street
The Exchange
Edinburgh
EH3 8EB
Manchester
Peter House
Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 5AN
Your property business is unique so doesn’t it make sense to have property finance which fits perfectly?
Reject the one size fits all mentality of the big banks and open up to bespoke funding solutions for your future aims and objectives.
With over 21 years experience funding experience working everyone from small investors and developers to large trusts and institutional borrowers Acorn.finance’s access to the whole market and our bespoke approach to each case means our experts to work with you to meet your immediate needs and to work towards your long-term goals.
A bridging loan is a short-term funding product secured against property. Bridging loans are repaid from the sale proceeds of the property or by moving onto another finance product, a long-term mortgage or development finance.
Being a short-term finance product a bridging loan has different lending criteria to a mortgage and thus can be used in many different circumstances;
Buy to let mortgages & commercial investment mortgages
A commercial mortgage is a loan secured on your business premises or on a business or property you are purchasing.
Working with Acorn.finance is like working with your own bank manager but to the power of 250!
We have a wide variety of lenders to choose the best commercial mortgage for your specific circumstances. So if you are looking for the best commercial mortgage interest rate or the lowest deposit for a purchase we have a lender to suit your business needs.
Acorn.finance can arrange a commercial mortgage for any purpose including;
If you are developing or improving property then the funding needs to fit your needs and not the other way around.
Working with a full range of specialist lenders means that once we understand your plans for the property, how much you will need and when then we’ll work with a lending source to develop a bespoke financial package.
Since 2017 portfolio borrowers (those with 4 or more residential investment properties under mortgages) have a number of stringent criteria to meet with most lenders in the market.
Acorn.finance – working with a wide variety of lenders are able to work to arrange finance quickly and efficiently and to meet your individual needs.
Where there’s a shortfall between development funding, the owner’s capital and the requirement to finish the development, mezzanine funding can fill the gap.
If you have a successful track record in property development and a funding gap – talk to us about mezzanine finance.
There are almost 5.5 million small businesses in the United Kingdom and Acorn.finance are on a mission to ensure every one of them gets the funding they need to grow and thrive.
Acorn.finance have more than 21 years funding small businesses just like yours and have access to the whole funding market.
Working with small businesses is a huge range of lending requirements and amounts – so it’s only once we’ve got to know you and your business needs that we’ll recommend a business finance package to you.
Secured or unsecured, large or small. The funds your business needs, when you need funding.
With Acorn.finance arranging your finance your loan will be approved quickly and efficiently with the funds in your account when you need them.
Find out more about our business loans offering or get a free quotation.
There are many forms of invoice finance available through Acorn.finance the main two being Invoice Discounting and Factoring.
A major factor in growth finance for businesses, invoice discounting is perfect for almost any “business to business” (B2B) sale where the customer is granted payment terms. Through invoice discounting a lender will advance up to all of each invoice value as soon as it is issued. Thus a growing business has an increasing line of credit rather than a loan which would be decreasing gradually. You keep all your credit control in-house so in most cases your customers needn’t be aware of it (Confidential Invoice Discounting)
Factoring typically releases 90% of the value of an invoice back into your business. So – when you are growing and taking orders cash-flow is keeping up with demand.
More flexible than an overdraft and available for more businesses than invoice discounting, factoring is truly funding for growth.
Find out more or arrange a free quotation now.
The traditional way of purchasing assets and vehicles, perfect if you want to retain the asset at the end of the term. You’ll have to cover the VAT up front but the monthly repayments are lower.
To keep an asset long term but off your balance sheet, the finance (or capital) lease is perfect. The term is flexible but will normally have a discounted purchase option at the end.
If the requirement for the asset is less than it’s useful life then the operating lease will reduce monthly payments.
A great option to inject some capital into the business or reduce high-interest charges.
Find out more or request your free quotation
The “wunderkind” of the finance world, Crowdfunding has come into it’s own since the Global Financial Crisis since when business owners have found it more difficult to raise finance from traditional sources and savers have looked for better returns on their cash.
With the variety forms of finance (equity investment, crowd lending, rewards lending etc) and providers our experience with the market since the first lenders appeared on the funding scene is paramount to get you the best finance deal for your business.
Find out more about Acorn.finance and crowdfunding or get a free quotation today
If you have funds locked in a pension plan but your business needs funding then Pension Led Funding could be the answer.
By using a Self Invested Pension Plan (a SIPP) or a Small Self Administered Scheme (SSAS) your pension can invest in your business or property in a variety of different ways, unlocking your savings and helping your pension provision grow for the future.
Find out more about funding through your pension or contact us now for a free quotation
A revolving credit facility works like an overdraft giving your business a pre-defined credit facility which can be used, repaid and then used again for it’s pre-arranged term (normally a year).
Having a flexible facility means only paying interest on the amount you are using, so repaying the facility cuts your interest payments, then when you need funding again, it’s ready for you.
Find out more about a revolving finance facility or get a free quote
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Phone: 0808 164 2364
Email: info@acorn.finance
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