UK business loans for professional services
Accountants, consultants, agencies, law firms, architects. Mostly unsecured term loans against forecast revenue. Asset-light underwriting; balance sheet often thinner than other sectors.
Cash-flow shape
Steady but project-led. Long sales cycles. Cash bunching at end of fee-stage milestones.
Products that fit
- Unsecured term loans
- Flexi-loans / lines of credit
- Asset finance for IT equipment
- Working-capital terms for hiring cycles
Top UK lenders for professional services
- Funding Circle
- iwoca
- Allica Bank
- High-street banks for partnerships
Typical tickets
£25k to £250k
Watch outs
- Partnership structures (LLPs) underwritten differently.
- Practising-certificate requirements for some sectors (legal, accountancy).
- PI insurance gaps can derail underwriting.
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