Invoice Finance Charges
Analysis - January 2025
Analysis of new invoice finance debentures registered at Companies House for January 2025. January 2025 recorded 350 new IF charges, a change of -19 versus January 2024 (-5.1%).
Spark Intel Research Team
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Jan 2025 Total
350
new IF charges
Headline Var.
-5.1%
vs Jan 2024
Change
-19
vs Jan 2024
Banks
99
vs 75 in Jan 2024
Summary
January 2025 recorded 350 new IF charges, a change of -19 versus January 2024 (-5.1%).
Cumulative.
Key Insights
- Headline: 350 new IF charges - activity fell -5.1% versus January 2024.
- Banks registered 99 charges (vs 75 in January 2024).
- Bibby Finance led the large independents with 39 charges.
- Cumulative
Lender Analysis
Detailed breakdown of IF charge registrations by lender category for January 2025.
Banks
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 52 | 22 | 24 | +2 | 24 | +2 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 34 | 32 | 47 | +15 | 47 | +15 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 15 | 18 | 23 | +5 | 23 | +5 |
| Metro Bank IF | 6 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 5 | +3 |
| Investec Capital | 1 | 1 | - | -1 | - | -1 |
| Total - Banks | 108 | 75 | 99 | +24 | 99 | +24 |
Large Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 43 | 53 | 39 | -14 | 39 | -14 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 33 | 29 | 18 | -11 | 18 | -11 |
| Close Brothers | 24 | 18 | 29 | +11 | 29 | +11 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 16 | 15 | 11 | -4 | 11 | -4 |
| Novuna | 18 | 16 | 10 | -6 | 10 | -6 |
| Time Finance | 4 | 9 | 16 | +7 | 16 | +7 |
| Ultimate Finance | 12 | 10 | 13 | +3 | 13 | +3 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 11 | 11 | 6 | -5 | 6 | -5 |
| IGF | 1 | - | 4 | +4 | 4 | +4 |
| Praetura | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Secure Trust Bank | 1 | 2 | - | -2 | - | -2 |
| Leumi ABL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | +1 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 3 | 1 | - | -1 | - | -1 |
| FGI Finance | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total - Large Independents | 169 | 168 | 151 | -17 | 151 | -17 |
Mid-tier Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Factors | 12 | 14 | 9 | -5 | 9 | -5 |
| Apollo Business Finance | 7 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 8 | -3 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 9 | 8 | 12 | +4 | 12 | +4 |
| 4SYTE | 3 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 5 | -1 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Wedo Finance | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Peak Cashflow | - | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | +1 |
| TP24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 1 | -3 |
| GRENKE | - | 4 | - | -4 | - | -4 |
| Castlebridge Finance | 4 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | +1 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | - | 6 | 2 | -4 | 2 | -4 |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Satago | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| FI Capital | 1 | 1 | - | -1 | - | -1 |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Funding Alternative | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Total - Mid-tier Independents | 52 | 73 | 57 | -16 | 57 | -16 |
Specialists
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zodeq | 5 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 12 | -1 |
| Quba solutions | 5 | 13 | 16 | +3 | 16 | +3 |
| Sonovate | 3 | 8 | 3 | -5 | 3 | -5 |
| Liquid Link | 6 | 9 | 2 | -7 | 2 | -7 |
| Giant Finance | 2 | - | 4 | +4 | 4 | +4 |
| Total - Specialists | 21 | 43 | 37 | -6 | 37 | -6 |
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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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