Invoice Finance Charges
Analysis - August 2025
Analysis of new invoice finance debentures registered at Companies House for August 2025. August 2025 recorded 410 new IF charges, a change of +14 versus August 2024 (+3.5%).
Spark Intel Research Team
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Aug 2025 Total
410
new IF charges
Headline Var.
+3.5%
vs Aug 2024
Change
+14
vs Aug 2024
Banks
84
vs 94 in Aug 2024
Summary
August 2025 recorded 410 new IF charges, a change of +14 versus August 2024 (+3.5%).
Cumulative activity remains ahead of 2024 - but without ABN / HSBC(4Syte) the picture would be different.
Key Insights
- Headline: 410 new IF charges - activity rose +3.5% versus August 2024.
- Banks registered 84 charges (vs 94 in August 2024).
- Bibby Finance led the large independents with 56 charges.
- Cumulative activity remains ahead of 2024 - but without ABN / HSBC(4Syte) the picture would be different
Lender Analysis
Detailed breakdown of IF charge registrations by lender category for August 2025.
Banks
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 39 | 25 | 21 | -4 | 206 | +16 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 30 | 44 | 29 | -15 | 268 | -74 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 18 | 16 | 23 | +7 | 186 | +37 |
| Metro Bank IF | 5 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 45 | -11 |
| Investec Capital | 1 | 1 | 6 | +5 | 30 | +9 |
| Total - Banks | 93 | 94 | 84 | -10 | 735 | -23 |
Large Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 40 | 56 | 56 | - | 455 | -9 |
| Close Brothers | 24 | 30 | 26 | -4 | 253 | +36 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 33 | 32 | 31 | -1 | 244 | -30 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 15 | 13 | 13 | - | 131 | -2 |
| Novuna | 16 | 9 | 19 | +10 | 105 | -29 |
| Time Finance | 6 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 94 | +22 |
| Ultimate Finance | 5 | 8 | 9 | +1 | 100 | +28 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 10 | 5 | 7 | +2 | 56 | -14 |
| IGF | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 29 | +5 |
| Praetura | 3 | 2 | - | -2 | 16 | -7 |
| Secure Trust Bank | - | 8 | 1 | -7 | 17 | -1 |
| Leumi ABL | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 24 | +1 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 5 | 2 | - | -2 | 19 | +9 |
| FGI Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Total - Large Independents | 162 | 184 | 180 | -4 | 1543 | +9 |
Mid-tier Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Factors | 14 | 19 | 13 | -6 | 102 | -30 |
| Apollo Business Finance | 9 | 12 | 15 | +3 | 131 | +42 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 5 | 14 | 10 | -4 | 96 | +11 |
| 4SYTE | 2 | 5 | 48 | +43 | 130 | +87 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 53 | +8 |
| Wedo Finance | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 23 | -10 |
| Peak Cashflow | 5 | 8 | 1 | -7 | 25 | -5 |
| TP24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 8 | -17 |
| GRENKE | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 25 | +4 |
| Castlebridge Finance | 6 | - | - | - | 16 | +1 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | - | 2 | 5 | +3 | 24 | +9 |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 16 | +2 |
| Satago | 1 | 1 | - | -1 | 1 | -17 |
| FI Capital | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | -4 |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | - | 3 | 1 | -2 | 10 | -1 |
| Funding Alternative | - | 3 | - | -3 | 10 | -2 |
| Total - Mid-tier Independents | 54 | 86 | 111 | +25 | 676 | +78 |
Specialists
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zodeq | 7 | 11 | 5 | -6 | 97 | -21 |
| Quba solutions | 7 | 8 | 12 | +4 | 98 | +10 |
| Sonovate | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 29 | -56 |
| Liquid Link | 1 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 37 | +10 |
| Giant Finance | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 20 | +14 |
| Total - Specialists | 21 | 23 | 24 | +1 | 281 | -43 |
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This analysis uses AI-driven classification to identify invoice finance charges registered at Companies House. Charges are matched based on the charge-holder name or a combination of the name and the nature of the charge description.
For some lenders (e.g. Barclays, Santander), it is not feasible to produce a strong enough pattern to reliably match charges to invoice finance. Where a group of companies has a charge, this is counted as one event. Multiple charges registered by the same company within the reporting period are not counted separately. Refactors are based on IF charges where a previous IF charge was satisfied within 100 days of the new charge or was left open.
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About This Data
This report is produced by the Spark Intel Research Team using data derived from invoice finance charge registrations filed at Companies House. All source data is publicly available under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
For full details on how this data is collected, classified, and analysed, see the Methodology, Data Sources, Definitions, and Caveats pages.
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