£36,000
Completed transaction · Catering business
£96,000 across two facilities. A catering business that keeps coming back.
A client that came back each time it needed funding.
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- Amount
- £96,000
- Sector
- Catering business
- Structure
- Two facilities
- Outcome
- Repeat funding relationship
In short
The business needed funding for kitchen equipment, stock and working capital for catering contracts. Across two facilities, we arranged £96,000 in total. Two facilities completed, totalling £96,000. The business returned to us each time it needed further funding.
Independent hospitality rarely fits a lender's standard template. Takings arrive by card, trade moves with the seasons and supplier bills land before the busy weeks do.
This catering business wanted additional funding, placed with a lender that would look at how the business actually trades.
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The requirement
The business needed funding for kitchen equipment, stock and working capital for catering contracts.
Across two facilities, we arranged £96,000 in total.
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The challenge
Cash had to be committed before the stock could generate sales, so the business needed additional purchasing power without using up the liquidity required for normal operations.
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The structure
We treated the relationship as an evolving funding requirement, reviewing current trading and matching each follow-on facility to the business's position at that point.
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The result
Two facilities completed, totalling £96,000.
The business returned to us each time it needed further funding.
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Can a hospitality business get funding with seasonal or card-based trading?
Often, yes. Many lenders fund pubs, restaurants, cafés and hotels. Some size a facility on card takings, with repayments that rise and fall with sales; others offer fixed-term business loans. Which suits depends on how the business trades. See hospitality business loans.
Can I come back for more funding later?
Yes. Many of our clients return as their business changes, for a top-up, a renewal or a different kind of facility. Each new request is assessed on its own merits and is subject to status.
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