Asset-based Lending

• UK companies are increasingly looking to structured cashflow lending to drive their business growth, providing an alternative to traditional bank loans and overdrafts
• Asset-based lending (ABL) takes a holistic view of a business’s assets, such as receivables, inventory, property, and plant and machinery, to optimise its working capital and financing potential
• This can allow companies to raise and deploy funds against their assets rapidly, enabling them to take advantage of strategic opportunities as they arise.

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How can asset-based lending support your business?

• Asset-based lending can provide a flexible financing solution linked to the revolving nature of your business – often with less onerous debt servicing obligations than conventional debt
• Funding looks beyond your historical performance to consider specific short and longer-term business objectives – for example, acquisitions, loss of a major shareholding or resourcing for seasonal peaks
• Asset-based lending offers a powerful financing solution for mid-sized and larger companies seeking to maximize the value of their assets, achieve greater liquidity and pursue new growth opportunities
• Lending solutions are available in multiple currencies.

Is it right for you?

Asset-based lending can be particularly suitable for:

• Growth companies where funding requirement outstrips equity/retained earnings/EBITDA
• Businesses with distinct seasonality, for example where a build-up of inventory is required to support a seasonal selling period
• ‘Cash out’ or ‘long-term use’ situations, such as management buy-outs, funding dividends or acquisitions, export credit agency (ECA) financing
• Restructuring existing funding arrangements.

Important information

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