Invoice Finance Charges
Analysis – May 2025
Analysis of new invoice finance debentures registered at Companies House for May 2025. May 2025 recorded 439 new IF charges, a change of +5 versus May 2024 (+1.2%).
May 2025 Total
439
new IF charges
Headline Var.
+1.2%
vs May 2024
Change
+5
vs May 2024
Banks
79
vs 95 in May 2024
Summary
May 2025 recorded 439 new IF charges, a change of +5 versus May 2024 (+1.2%).
Cumulative IF activity remains slightly ahead of 2024.
Key Insights
- Headline: 439 new IF charges — activity rose +1.2% versus May 2024.
- Banks registered 79 charges (vs 95 in May 2024).
- Bibby Finance led the large independents with 58 charges.
- Cumulative IF activity remains slightly ahead of 2024
Lender Analysis
Detailed breakdown of IF charge registrations by lender category for May 2025.
Banks
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 45 | 23 | 24 | +1 | 135 | +16 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 36 | 41 | 32 | -9 | 196 | +5 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 18 | 16 | 18 | +2 | 109 | +15 |
| Metro Bank IF | 3 | 9 | 2 | -7 | 31 | -1 |
| Investec Capital | – | 6 | 3 | -3 | 18 | +3 |
| Total – Banks | 102 | 95 | 79 | -16 | 489 | +38 |
Large Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 55 | 59 | 58 | -1 | 263 | -29 |
| Close Brothers | 26 | 26 | 23 | -3 | 151 | +36 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 35 | 39 | 37 | -2 | 140 | -44 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 21 | 23 | 19 | -4 | 96 | +13 |
| Novuna | 18 | 24 | 10 | -14 | 56 | -43 |
| Time Finance | 9 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 55 | +9 |
| Ultimate Finance | 15 | 7 | 15 | +8 | 65 | +16 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 11 | 12 | 6 | -6 | 31 | -16 |
| IGF | 7 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 20 | +3 |
| Praetura | 5 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 12 | -3 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 13 | +6 |
| Leumi ABL | 3 | 5 | 1 | -4 | 16 | +1 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | 3 | – | 10 | +10 | 13 | +6 |
| FGI Finance | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total – Large Independents | 210 | 214 | 200 | -14 | 931 | -45 |
Mid-tier Independents
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Factors | 19 | 19 | 18 | -1 | 64 | -14 |
| Apollo Business Finance | 14 | 7 | 18 | +11 | 73 | +18 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 11 | 8 | 13 | +5 | 63 | +15 |
| 4SYTE | 4 | 6 | 28 | +22 | 70 | +43 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 7 | 5 | 9 | +4 | 30 | +2 |
| Wedo Finance | 9 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 11 | -8 |
| Peak Cashflow | 6 | 4 | 4 | – | 21 | +6 |
| TP24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | -12 |
| GRENKE | 1 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 17 | +6 |
| Castlebridge Finance | – | 1 | 3 | +2 | 13 | +5 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 11 | – |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | -2 |
| Satago | 1 | 3 | – | -3 | – | -12 |
| FI Capital | 1 | 2 | – | -2 | 5 | – |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | -2 |
| Funding Alternative | 3 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 8 | +1 |
| Total – Mid-tier Independents | 85 | 67 | 106 | +39 | 406 | +46 |
Specialists
| Lender | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Var. | YTD 2025 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zodeq | 7 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 71 | -12 |
| Quba solutions | 6 | 11 | 12 | +1 | 66 | +10 |
| Sonovate | 4 | 21 | 2 | -19 | 17 | -51 |
| Liquid Link | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 26 | +7 |
| Giant Finance | 5 | – | 3 | +3 | 9 | +6 |
| Total – Specialists | 27 | 51 | 36 | -15 | 189 | -40 |
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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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