£25,000
Completed transaction · Retail and ecommerce business
£17,920 across two facilities. A retail and ecommerce business that keeps coming back.
A client that came back each time it needed funding.
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- Amount
- £17,920
- Sector
- Retail and ecommerce business
- Structure
- Two facilities
- Outcome
- Repeat funding relationship
In short
The business needed funding for stock purchasing and marketing spend ahead of a key trading period. Across two facilities, we arranged £17,920 in total. Two facilities completed, totalling £17,920. The business returned to us each time it needed further funding.
Retail cash flow is a balance between stock, suppliers and the takings that pay for them, and it moves with the seasons.
This retail and ecommerce business wanted funding that would sit comfortably alongside that cycle.
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The requirement
The business needed funding for stock purchasing and marketing spend ahead of a key trading period.
Across two facilities, we arranged £17,920 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 £17,920.
The business returned to us each time it needed further funding.
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Questions about this case
How do lenders look at a retail business?
They look at trading history, how stock is bought and sold, and how cash moves through the year. Funding that fits the stock cycle usually works better than a facility that fights it. See retail 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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Could this structure work for your business?
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