Leveraged Finance
Specialist leverage debt facilities supporting mid-market SMEs.
Why Shawbrook?
Maintaining close working relationships with our customers is paramount, which is why our Client Managers are focused on small portfolios and tasked to make dealing with Shawbrook as simple as possible.
Leveraged Finance highlights
A senior debt product designed for established businesses requiring funding for growth, an acquisition, change of ownership or other general corporate purpose. Loan size is determined by a multiple of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation) or vacant possession value of an owner-occupied commercial property, with repayments coming from future cashflows of the business.
Working with your business
Working capital
Maintaining sufficient financial headroom is critical in ensuring that your business is resilient and capable of dealing with whatever the future might hold. We provide a range of solutions to help you manage your working capital, using either your assets or cashflow as security.
Event financing
Acquisitions, management buy-outs, employee ownership transitions, re-structuring, investing for growth. These are pivotal events for any business, and almost always dependent on access to funding.
Assets & equipment
Funding to support investments in assets and equipment. Whether it’s leasing or purchasing capital equipment or machinery, or funding significant investment in soft assets or intangible costs associated to CAPEX.
Outstanding in your field
We work with most sectors across the UK. Here’s a spotlight on some of the sectors we work with.
Leveraged Finance case studies
Find out more about the businesses we have supported with Leveraged Finance.
Euston Ventures completes acquisition of Hammond Chemicals with support from Shawbrook
Euston Ventures, has completed the acquisition of Hammond Chemicals, a leading supplier of blended industrial solvents.
Shawbrook provides Furnley House with loan facility to support IFA acquisitions
Furnley House, a financial services company part of Superbia Group, acquired CDG Financial services Ltd as it looks to expand its holdings, with Shawbrook providing a £3.9 million Commercial Loan to support the acquisition.
Safespaces, specialist equipment provider for users with complex needs, is acquired with support from Shawbrook
Safespaces, a leading provider of specialist equipment for users with complex needs, has been acquired by Euston Ventures. Supported by Shawbrook, the acquisition enables Euston and Safespaces to progress their growth plans.
Adviser or Business Introducer?
We work with a range of corporate debt advisers, accountants, lawyers, and other knowledge based introducers to find solutions for their clients.
If your business is introducing clients to the right partners and we haven't spoken before, we understand that a conversation is just the start.
Explore our Business Lending Products
Asset Based Lending
For businesses with substantial value tied-up in the balance sheet, our Asset Based Lending proposition can unlock that value to provide both strategic capital and on-going financial headroom to support pivotal events.
Asset Finance
When you’re faced with the need to replace essential equipment, invest in new equipment, or increase capacity, we can offer a range of products that could help manage the cost – including hire purchase, leasing and sale and leaseback.
Unsecured Business Loans
Finance for specialist needs including Professions Finance to support tax, VAT and membership fees, and CAPEX Term Loans to support the acquisition of assets or intangible costs associated with capital expenditure purchases.
Supporting the businesses you support
Explore our funding solutions for Private Equity investors supporting UK mid-market SMEs.
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News & case studies
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Our business
About Shawbrook
Shawbrook provides finance to a wide range of customers who value the premium experience, flexibility and certainly we deliver. We are a purpose-led organisation, with a focus on delivering long-term sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
Sustainability
Our sustainability strategy is designed to create value for our customers, colleagues, communities, suppliers and shareholders, while having a positive impact on society and the wider environment.
Saracens sponsorship
As official banking partner of Saracens Rugby Club, we are proud to champion elite women’s sport by supporting the growth of both women’s rugby and netball as lead sponsor of the Mavericks.