North East
- Ultimate Finance — 4
- Sallyport Commercial Finance — 3
- Time Finance — 3
- eCapital Commercial Finance — 1
- Bibby Finance — 1
September recorded 424 new IF charges, down 57 (-11.9%) versus September 2025. Cumulative 2026 stands at 3,543, down 290 (-7.6%). Bibby set another record with 77 charges, while Sallyport (11) and Shire (9) also reached records.
Simon Carter, CCO · Invoice Finance Intelligence
September 2026 Total
424
new IF charges
Headline Var.
-11.9%
vs September 2025
Cumulative YTD
3,543
-290 (-7.6%) vs prior year
Top Lender
77
Bibby Finance (+15)
September registered 424 new IF charges, compared with 481 in September 2025. Cumulative activity is 3,543 against 3,833. Removing 187 ABN Amro and 41 HSBC-to-4SYTE transfers from the 2025 base leaves an underlying gap of 62 (-1.7%). The adjusted position has drifted lower each month since July.
Banks recorded 84 charges (+4), led by HSBC with 31. Large independents recorded 199 (-2); mid-tier independents 87 (-67); and specialists 42 (+6). Bibby reached 77 (+15) and led the refactoring matrix with 10 wins. Sallyport and Shire recorded 11 and nine charges respectively. eCapital and Optimum combined stand at 353 year-to-date against 388.
Notable registrations include Madigan Gill Group, Berkmann Family Holdings and Titan Data Solutions. Historical figures below reflect the September source snapshot and may differ from previously published monthly reports.
| Month | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2026 vs 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 340 | 371 | 366 | 353 | 371 | +18 |
| February | 374 | 420 | 411 | 409 | 372 | -37 |
| March | 451 | 510 | 436 | 461 | 388 | -73 |
| April | 359 | 366 | 434 | 429 | 448 | +19 |
| May | 384 | 454 | 434 | 439 | 366 | -73 |
| June | 403 | 421 | 388 | 398 | 436 | +38 |
| July | 427 | 401 | 455 | 453 | 380 | -73 |
| August | 423 | 363 | 396 | 410 | 358 | -52 |
| September | 429 | 402 | 374 | 481 | 424 | -57 |
| October | 385 | 368 | 421 | 422 | — | — |
| November | 405 | 423 | 389 | 404 | — | — |
| December | 307 | 297 | 354 | 379 | — | — |
| Cumulative to September | 3590 | 3708 | 3694 | 3833 | 3543 | -290 |
Monthly registrations and cumulative activity for the named lender groups in the source. These groups total 412 September charges and 3,428 year-to-date; the source does not allocate the remaining 12 monthly and 115 cumulative headline charges to these groups.
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. | YTD 2026 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 47 | 23 | 25 | 27 | +2 | 247 | +16 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 26 | 31 | 18 | 21 | +3 | 224 | -62 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 21 | 21 | 27 | 31 | +4 | 186 | -27 |
| Metro Bank IF | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 32 | -19 |
| Investec Capital | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 24 | -10 |
| Total — Bank | 102 | 82 | 80 | 84 | +4 | 713 | -102 |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 419 | 212 | 231 | 247 | +16 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 316 | 373 | 286 | 224 | -62 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 171 | 170 | 213 | 186 | -27 |
| Metro Bank IF | 56 | 60 | 51 | 32 | -19 |
| Investec Capital | 20 | 24 | 34 | 24 | -10 |
| Total — Bank | 982 | 839 | 815 | 713 | -102 |
| Lender | Specific IF refactor | Bank charges | No existing IF / bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 19% | 52% | 29% |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 29% | 10% | 61% |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 23% | 61% | 16% |
| Metro Bank IF | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| Investec Capital | 100% | — | — |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. | YTD 2026 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 48 | 51 | 62 | 77 | +15 | 543 | +26 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 41 | 36 | 36 | 36 | — | 344 | +64 |
| Close Brothers | 20 | 31 | 22 | 26 | +4 | 219 | -56 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 13 | 14 | 19 | 10 | -9 | 84 | -66 |
| Novuna | 19 | 14 | 20 | 10 | -10 | 98 | -27 |
| Time Finance | 11 | 12 | 11 | 16 | +5 | 121 | +16 |
| Ultimate Finance | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | +4 | 100 | -10 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | -10 | 55 | -13 |
| IGF | — | — | 5 | 2 | -3 | 28 | -6 |
| Praetura | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 21 | +4 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 14 | -4 |
| Leumi ABL | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | -11 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 21 | — |
| FGI Finance | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Total — Large independent | 173 | 181 | 201 | 199 | -2 | 1663 | -83 |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 429 | 515 | 517 | 543 | +26 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 306 | 310 | 280 | 344 | +64 |
| Close Brothers | 243 | 248 | 275 | 219 | -56 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 161 | 147 | 150 | 84 | -66 |
| Novuna | 145 | 148 | 125 | 98 | -27 |
| Time Finance | 74 | 84 | 105 | 121 | +16 |
| Ultimate Finance | 79 | 82 | 110 | 100 | -10 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 91 | 73 | 68 | 55 | -13 |
| IGF | 24 | 24 | 34 | 28 | -6 |
| Praetura | 34 | 25 | 17 | 21 | +4 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 18 | 21 | 18 | 14 | -4 |
| Leumi ABL | 20 | 25 | 24 | 13 | -11 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 17 | 12 | 21 | 21 | — |
| FGI Finance | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Total — Large independent | 1642 | 1717 | 1746 | 1663 | -83 |
| Lender | Specific IF refactor | Bank charges | No existing IF / bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 14% | 10% | 76% |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 14% | 3% | 83% |
| Close Brothers | 31% | 15% | 54% |
| Skipton Business Finance | 30% | 10% | 60% |
| Novuna | 10% | — | 90% |
| Time Finance | 19% | 13% | 68% |
| Ultimate Finance | 57% | 14% | 29% |
| Cynergy Business Finance | — | — | 100% |
| IGF | 50% | 50% | — |
| Praetura | 100% | — | — |
| Secure Trust Bank | — | 50% | 50% |
| Leumi ABL | — | — | — |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 67% | — | 33% |
| FGI Finance | — | — | — |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. | YTD 2026 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Business Finance | 15 | 18 | 22 | 22 | — | 194 | +41 |
| Team Factors | 9 | 16 | 12 | 16 | +4 | 131 | +17 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 5 | 9 | 12 | — | -12 | 9 | -99 |
| 4SYTE | 2 | 6 | 81 | 10 | -71 | 136 | -75 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | -4 | 56 | -4 |
| Simplicity Finance | 2 | — | 5 | — | -5 | 11 | -8 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | +11 | 55 | +31 |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | +7 | 57 | +39 |
| Castlebridge Finance | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 16 | -1 |
| Wedo Finance | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 41 | +14 |
| Peak Cashflow | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 25 | -3 |
| Regency Factors | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | -2 | — | -9 |
| TP24 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | -8 |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | — | 2 | 2 | — | -2 | 14 | +2 |
| GRENKE | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | +5 | 20 | -6 |
| FI Capital | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | -3 |
| Total — Mid-tier independent | 54 | 72 | 154 | 87 | -67 | 768 | -72 |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Business Finance | 115 | 107 | 153 | 194 | +41 |
| Team Factors | 101 | 148 | 114 | 131 | +17 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 76 | 94 | 108 | 9 | -99 |
| 4SYTE | 36 | 49 | 211 | 136 | -75 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 59 | 51 | 60 | 56 | -4 |
| Simplicity Finance | 13 | 10 | 19 | 11 | -8 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | 15 | 19 | 24 | 55 | +31 |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 17 | 15 | 18 | 57 | +39 |
| Castlebridge Finance | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | -1 |
| Wedo Finance | 42 | 34 | 27 | 41 | +14 |
| Peak Cashflow | 30 | 31 | 28 | 25 | -3 |
| Regency Factors | 27 | 11 | 9 | — | -9 |
| TP24 | 23 | 27 | 8 | — | -8 |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | +2 |
| GRENKE | 12 | 24 | 26 | 20 | -6 |
| FI Capital | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | -3 |
| Total — Mid-tier independent | 609 | 660 | 840 | 768 | -72 |
| Lender | Specific IF refactor | Bank charges | No existing IF / bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Business Finance | 5% | — | 95% |
| Team Factors | 13% | 6% | 81% |
| Optimum SME Finance | — | — | — |
| 4SYTE | 60% | 10% | 30% |
| Paragon Business Finance | 33% | 33% | 34% |
| Simplicity Finance | — | — | — |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | 73% | — | 27% |
| Shire Invoice Finance | — | — | 100% |
| Castlebridge Finance | — | — | 100% |
| Wedo Finance | 100% | — | — |
| Peak Cashflow | 13% | — | 87% |
| Regency Factors | — | — | — |
| TP24 | — | — | — |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | — | — | — |
| GRENKE | — | — | 100% |
| FI Capital | — | — | — |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. | YTD 2026 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quba solutions | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 107 | -3 |
| Sonovate | 19 | 1 | 4 | 17 | +13 | 78 | +45 |
| Zodeq | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 50 | -53 |
| Liquid Link | — | 5 | 11 | 1 | -10 | 21 | -27 |
| Giant Finance | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 22 | -1 |
| Bourne AI | — | — | — | 1 | +1 | 6 | +6 |
| Total — Specialist | 43 | 28 | 36 | 42 | +6 | 284 | -33 |
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quba solutions | 71 | 101 | 110 | 107 | -3 |
| Sonovate | 63 | 86 | 33 | 78 | +45 |
| Zodeq | 71 | 125 | 103 | 50 | -53 |
| Liquid Link | 21 | 32 | 48 | 21 | -27 |
| Giant Finance | 15 | 8 | 23 | 22 | -1 |
| Bourne AI | — | — | — | 6 | +6 |
| Total — Specialist | 241 | 352 | 317 | 284 | -33 |
| Lender | Specific IF refactor | Bank charges | No existing IF / bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quba solutions | — | — | 100% |
| Sonovate | 6% | 12% | 82% |
| Zodeq | 25% | — | 75% |
| Liquid Link | — | — | 100% |
| Giant Finance | 25% | — | 75% |
| Bourne AI | 100% | — | — |
The 25 SIC sectors shown in the source report, rather than an exhaustive allocation of the headline total. £1m+ debtors refers to borrowers with disclosed trade debtor books over £1m.
| Sector | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Var. | Var. % | £1m+ debtors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment activities | 68 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 65 | -13 | -17% | 3 |
| Wholesale trade | 31 | 38 | 26 | 37 | 43 | +6 | +16% | 8 |
| Specialised construction activities | 34 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 42 | -10 | -19% | 2 |
| Transportation | 34 | 25 | 29 | 43 | 39 | -4 | -9% | 4 |
| Office admin and business support | 25 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 17 | -11 | -39% | 3 |
| Services to buildings and landscape activities | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | +2 | +18% | — |
| Manufacture of fabricated metal products | 15 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 7 | -9 | -56% | 1 |
| Retail trade | 12 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 8 | -3 | -27% | 1 |
| Manufacture of food products | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | +2 | +25% | 3 |
| Other personal service activities | 10 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 | -4 | -40% | 1 |
| Technology - programming, software etc | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | +9 | >+100% | 2 |
| Human health activities | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | +60% | 1 |
| Printing and associated activities | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -2 | -40% | — |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | -3 | -38% | — |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | -1 | -11% | 1 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | -7 | -88% | 1 |
| Construction of buildings | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | +3 | +50% | — |
| Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | -6 | -100% | — |
| Security and investigation activities | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | +1 | +20% | — |
| Wholesale and retail trade | — | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | +5 | >+100% | 1 |
| Civil engineering | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | +5 | >+100% | 1 |
| Residential care activities | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | -1 | -13% | — |
| Architectural and engineering activities | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | +5 | +100% | — |
| Other manufacturing | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | -2 | -20% | 3 |
| Rental and leasing activities | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -1 | -25% | — |
Leading named lenders by Spark sales region, as shown in the source; these are not complete regional totals.
Trade debtor-book bands, not confirmed facility amounts. The detailed distributions below cover bank and large-independent providers only. Blank count cells in the source are displayed as zero.
| Lender | New incorporation | Debtors not disclosed | £1–50k | £50–100k | £100–250k | £250–500k | £500k–£1m | £1m+ | Total | >£250k % | >£1m % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 63% | 37% |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 57% | 19% |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 84% | 65% |
| Metro Bank IF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25% | 0% |
| Investec Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Total — Bank | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 84 | 68% | 40% |
| Bibby Finance | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 19% | 4% |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3% | 0% |
| Close Brothers | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 46% | 19% |
| Skipton Business Finance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 30% | 10% |
| Novuna | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20% | 10% |
| Time Finance | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19% | 13% |
| Ultimate Finance | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 36% | 21% |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50% | 0% |
| IGF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 100% |
| Praetura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Secure Trust Bank | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| Leumi ABL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0% |
| FGI Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Total — Large independent | 47 | 58 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 199 | 23% | 9% |
| Lender | New incorporation | Debtors not disclosed | £1–50k | £50–100k | £100–250k | £250–500k | £500k–£1m | £1m+ | Total | >£250k % | >£1m % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 16 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 44 | 89 | 247 | 68% | 36% |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 24 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 224 | 50% | 17% |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 109 | 186 | 83% | 59% |
| Metro Bank IF | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 34% | 9% |
| Investec Capital | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 67% | 38% |
| Total — Bank | 62 | 65 | 37 | 22 | 64 | 96 | 118 | 249 | 713 | 65% | 35% |
| Bibby Finance | 129 | 141 | 67 | 31 | 51 | 56 | 41 | 27 | 543 | 23% | 5% |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 112 | 87 | 38 | 16 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 344 | 15% | 3% |
| Close Brothers | 35 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 219 | 48% | 19% |
| Skipton Business Finance | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 84 | 35% | 12% |
| Novuna | 17 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 98 | 17% | 4% |
| Time Finance | 30 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 121 | 23% | 7% |
| Ultimate Finance | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 100 | 42% | 15% |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 55% | 29% |
| IGF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 68% | 54% |
| Praetura | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 57% | 29% |
| Secure Trust Bank | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 43% | 29% |
| Leumi ABL | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 54% | 38% |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 48% | 10% |
| FGI Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 100% |
| Total — Large independent | 387 | 370 | 156 | 89 | 179 | 175 | 143 | 164 | 1663 | 29% | 10% |
The September switching matrix records 79 transfers between specific IF providers. Bibby led with 10 wins; Close Brothers and Sallyport each recorded eight. Sallyport’s total included seven transfers from Liquid Link. Matrix counts and rounded source-category percentages are reproduced separately and should not be treated as interchangeable.
| New provider | Wins |
|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 10 |
| Close Brothers | 8 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | 8 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 7 |
| 4SYTE | 5 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 5 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 5 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | 5 |
| Ultimate Finance | 4 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 3 |
| Time Finance | 3 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 2 |
| Team Factors | 2 |
| Zodeq | 2 |
| Apollo Business Finance | 1 |
| Giant Finance | 1 |
| Investec Capital | 1 |
| Metro Bank IF | 1 |
| Novuna | 1 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 1 |
| Peak Cashflow | 1 |
| Praetura | 1 |
| Sonovate | 1 |
| Wedo Finance | 1 |
| New provider | Previous provider | Charges |
|---|---|---|
| 4SYTE | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| 4SYTE | Cynergy Business Finance | 1 |
| 4SYTE | eCapital Commercial Finance | 1 |
| 4SYTE | TP24 | 1 |
| 4SYTE | Ultimate Finance | 1 |
| Apollo Business Finance | eCapital Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Bibby Finance | 4SYTE | 1 |
| Bibby Finance | Close Brothers | 1 |
| Bibby Finance | eCapital Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Bibby Finance | HSBC Invoice Finance | 2 |
| Bibby Finance | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Bibby Finance | RBS Invoice Finance | 2 |
| Bibby Finance | Skipton Business Finance | 2 |
| Close Brothers | Cynergy Business Finance | 1 |
| Close Brothers | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 2 |
| Close Brothers | RBS Invoice Finance | 3 |
| Close Brothers | Sonovate | 2 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | Apollo Business Finance | 2 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | Close Brothers | 1 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | Liquid Link | 1 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | Quba solutions | 1 |
| Giant Finance | Zodeq | 1 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | Close Brothers | 1 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | IGF | 1 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 3 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | Sonovate | 1 |
| Investec Capital | Cynergy Business Finance | 1 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | HSBC Invoice Finance | 1 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | Novuna | 2 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | Praetura | 1 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | Ultimate Finance | 1 |
| Metro Bank IF | eCapital Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Novuna | Sonovate | 1 |
| Paragon Business Finance | Novuna | 1 |
| Peak Cashflow | Ultimate Finance | 1 |
| Praetura | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 4SYTE | 1 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | Close Brothers | 1 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | HSBC Invoice Finance | 1 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | Skipton Business Finance | 1 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | Sonovate | 1 |
| RBS Invoice Finance | Team Factors | 1 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | Liquid Link | 7 |
| Skipton Business Finance | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Skipton Business Finance | Novuna | 1 |
| Skipton Business Finance | RBS Invoice Finance | 1 |
| Sonovate | Team Factors | 1 |
| Team Factors | Apollo Business Finance | 1 |
| Team Factors | Novuna | 1 |
| Time Finance | 4SYTE | 1 |
| Time Finance | HSBC Invoice Finance | 1 |
| Time Finance | Sallyport Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Ultimate Finance | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| Ultimate Finance | Close Brothers | 1 |
| Ultimate Finance | Skipton Business Finance | 1 |
| Ultimate Finance | Zodeq | 1 |
| Wedo Finance | Bibby Finance | 1 |
| Zodeq | Lloyds Commercial Finance | 1 |
| Zodeq | Team Factors | 1 |
Financial figures refer to filed accounts, not new lending amounts. PBT figures are estimates reported in the source.
| Borrower | Lender | Region | Filed-account details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madigan Gill Group Holdings Limited | Close Brothers | London | Company 07795892; last filing Sep-2025. £84.1m turnover; £20.9m trade debtors; £8.2m net assets; 233 staff (+1194.4%); estimated PBT £2.7m. Employment activities. |
| Berkmann Family Holdings Limited | HSBC Invoice Finance | London | Company 00790103; last filing Mar-2025. £121.2m turnover; £16.4m trade debtors; £23.4m net assets; 251 staff (+5.9%); estimated PBT £2.2m. Wholesale trade. |
| Titan Data Solutions Ltd | RBS Invoice Finance | London | Company 11631618; last filing Mar-2026. £36.7m turnover; £12.2m trade debtors; -£526k net assets; 31 staff (-6.1%); estimated PBT £505k. Wholesale trade. |
| SQE Energy Limited | RBS Invoice Finance | London | Company 09812682; last filing Dec-2024. £128.1m turnover; £9.9m trade debtors; -£10.4m net assets; 15 staff (+7.1%); estimated PBT -£2.7m. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply. |
| Flair Flooring Supplies Limited | HSBC Invoice Finance | Midlands | Company 01663400; last filing Jun-2025. £48.4m turnover; £7.0m trade debtors; £4.8m net assets; 178 staff (0.0%); estimated PBT -£663k. Manufacture of textiles. |
| Tiffin Sandwiches Limited | HSBC Invoice Finance | Yorkshire / Humber | Company 04010883; last filing May-2025. £57.2m turnover; £6.4m trade debtors; £7.7m net assets; 698 staff (+26.0%); estimated PBT £4.6m. Manufacture of food products. |
| Wells Farm Dairy Limited | HSBC Invoice Finance | Midlands | Company 04859976; last filing Mar-2025. £57.4m turnover; £6.2m trade debtors; £3.7m net assets; 146 staff (+9.8%); estimated PBT £1.6m. Manufacture of food products. |
| Social Personnel Limited | Bibby Finance | London | Company 11409621; last filing Dec-2025. £5.2m trade debtors; £897k net assets; 67 staff (-9.5%); estimated PBT £77k. Other personal service activities. Turnover not disclosed in this report. |
| Cotswold Energy Group Ltd | Bibby Finance | South West | Company 11563035; last filing Mar-2026. £21.4m turnover; £5.2m trade debtors; -£952k net assets; 115 staff (-3.4%); estimated PBT -£1.5m. Specialised construction activities. |
| Mitras Automotive (UK) Limited | IGF | North West | Company 02849455; last filing Dec-2025. £25.9m turnover; £4.8m trade debtors; £6.7m net assets; 160 staff (-6.4%); estimated PBT -£734k. Manufacture of rubber and plastic products. |
This report analyses September 2026 invoice finance charges registered at Companies House, including submissions to 7 October 2026. It reproduces the September Spark Finance IF report’s snapshot, including revisions to earlier months.
IF charges are identified from directly identifiable charge-holders or predictions using charge-holder names and charge descriptions. Some lenders, including Barclays and Santander, cannot be reliably matched and are excluded. This is identified charge activity, not a complete measure of lending volumes or facility values.
A charge across a group of companies counts once. Some facilities relate to companies that never become operational. Phoenix companies are not treated as refactors. Regions are Spark sales regions allocated by AI from HMRC or Companies House registered addresses.
Refactor rates use specific IF charges. Generic bank charges count only where satisfied within 100 days of the new IF charge or left open. “No existing IF / bank” means neither a specific IF charge nor a generic bank charge; other charge types are excluded from that classification.
Borrower trade debtor books are not facility limits. Lender groups, selected sectors and regional leaders are subsets of the report’s headline activity; no missing allocations have been inferred. Percentages are rounded as in the source.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Analysis © Spark Finance Group Plc.