Invoice Finance Charges
Analysis – October 2024
Analysis of new invoice finance debentures registered at Companies House for October 2024. October 2024 recorded 416 new IF charges, a change of +55 versus October 2023 (+15.2%).
Oct 2024 Total
416
new IF charges
Headline Var.
+15.2%
vs Oct 2023
Change
+55
vs Oct 2023
Banks
101
vs 96 in Oct 2023
Summary
October 2024 recorded 416 new IF charges, a change of +55 versus October 2023 (+15.2%).
Cumulative (adjusted*) increase of 6.7%.
Key Insights
- Headline: 416 new IF charges — activity rose +15.2% versus October 2023.
- Banks registered 101 charges (vs 96 in October 2023).
- Bibby Finance led the large independents with 48 charges.
- Cumulative (adjusted*) increase of 6.7%
Lender Analysis
Detailed breakdown of IF charge registrations by lender category for October 2024.
Banks
| Lender | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Var. | YTD 2024 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Invoice Finance | 20 | 24 | 20 | -4 | 232 | -211 |
| Lloyds Commercial Finance | 30 | 42 | 50 | +8 | 423 | +65 |
| HSBC Invoice Finance | 26 | 20 | 12 | -8 | 182 | -9 |
| SME Invoice Finance | 4 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 66 | +5 |
| Arbuthnot Latham & Co | 9 | 2 | 11 | +9 | 48 | +23 |
| Investec Capital | 8 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 26 | +3 |
| Total – Banks | 97 | 96 | 101 | +5 | 977 | -124 |
Large Independents
| Lender | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Var. | YTD 2024 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibby Finance | 41 | 49 | 48 | -1 | 563 | +85 |
| eCapital Commercial Finance | 29 | 29 | 26 | -3 | 336 | +1 |
| Close Brothers | 29 | 30 | 32 | +2 | 280 | +7 |
| Novuna | 18 | 9 | 18 | +9 | 166 | +12 |
| Skipton Business Finance | 15 | 18 | 12 | -6 | 159 | -20 |
| Time Finance | 9 | 6 | 6 | – | 90 | +10 |
| Ultimate Finance | 9 | 8 | 3 | -5 | 85 | -2 |
| Cynergy Business Finance | 7 | 5 | 5 | – | 78 | -18 |
| IGF | 4 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 32 | +1 |
| Praetura | 8 | 1 | 7 | +6 | 32 | -3 |
| Leumi ABL | 3 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 28 | +7 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 23 | +4 |
| Pulse Cashflow Finance | – | 2 | 3 | +1 | 15 | -4 |
| Total – Large Independents | 173 | 166 | 173 | +7 | 1887 | +80 |
| Continued record results from the specialist providers | 2024 | – | – | – | – | – |
Mid-tier Independents
| Lender | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Var. | YTD 2024 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Factors | 7 | 9 | 13 | +4 | 161 | +51 |
| Apollo Business Finance | 9 | 17 | 12 | -5 | 119 | -13 |
| Optimum SME Finance | 7 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 102 | +21 |
| 4SYTE | 3 | 4 | 9 | +5 | 57 | +17 |
| Paragon Business Finance | 4 | 5 | 5 | – | 56 | -8 |
| Wedo Finance | 8 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 39 | -7 |
| Peak Cashflow | 1 | 7 | 3 | -4 | 34 | -3 |
| GRENKE | 2 | – | 1 | +1 | 25 | +13 |
| Sallyport Commercial Finance | – | – | 5 | +5 | 24 | +9 |
| Satago | 5 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 22 | -22 |
| Shire Invoice Finance | 3 | – | 4 | +4 | 19 | +2 |
| Castlebridge Finance | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 19 | -4 |
| Partnership Invoice Finance | 2 | – | 2 | +2 | 15 | +3 |
| Funding Alternative | – | 2 | 1 | -1 | 14 | +6 |
| Flex ABL | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 12 | -5 |
| Simplicity Finance | 1 | 5 | 1 | -4 | 11 | -7 |
| Total – Mid-tier Independents | 55 | 65 | 76 | +7 | 718 | +53 |
Specialists
| Lender | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Var. | YTD 2024 | YTD Var. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zodeq | 7 | 8 | 16 | +8 | 141 | +62 |
| Sonovate | 8 | – | 29 | +29 | 115 | +52 |
| Quba solutions | 4 | 9 | 11 | +2 | 112 | +32 |
| Liquid Link | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 34 | +10 |
| Giant Finance | 1 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 12 | -4 |
| Total – Specialists | 23 | 21 | 62 | +41 | 414 | +152 |
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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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