Commercial finance brokers
Funding for businesses and property developers across the UK. We search an unrestricted panel of lenders, tell you honestly what is achievable, and manage the deal through to drawdown.
20+ years placing commercial finance
What we arrange
How we fund UK businesses
Whatever the requirement, and however awkward it looks on paper, it is worth a conversation before you go to your own bank.
Commercial finance
Funding to buy, refinance, restructure or grow a trading business.
How it works Commercial finance
Commercial mortgages
Purchase or refinance of shops, offices, industrial units, pubs and mixed-use property across South Wales.
How it works Commercial mortgages
Development finance
Ground-up build, conversion and refurbishment funding, released in stages against surveyor drawdowns.
How it works Development finance
Bridging loans
Short-term lending secured on property or land, for auction purchases, chain breaks and quick completions.
How it works Bridging loans
Invoice discounting
Release the cash tied up in your sales ledger instead of waiting 30, 60 or 90 days to be paid.
How it works Invoice discounting
Cash flow loans
Unsecured lending advanced against your bank turnover or card takings, repaid as the money comes in.
How it works Cash flow loansHow it works
Three simple steps
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Tell us about the deal
A short call or the online form. We need the numbers, the security and the timescale, not a business plan at this stage.
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We search the market
We approach the lenders most likely to say yes to your particular situation, and come back with terms you can actually compare.
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We run it to completion
We handle the lender, the valuer and the solicitors, and keep you posted until the funds are drawn.
An independent broker on your side of the table
First Finance is the South Wales practice of a commercial finance brokerage with more than three decades of experience placing business and property funding. We are a member of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as a credit broker.
Working from our Cardiff office, we deal with clearing banks, challenger banks, building societies, specialist lenders, bridging houses and private funders. Because we are independent, we are not pushing one lender’s product. We are looking for the one that fits.
Most of the businesses we help have already been turned down somewhere, or have been told their case is too complicated. Often it is not. It has simply been put in front of the wrong lender.
Talk to a real person, no call centre or AI bot
Tell us what you are trying to fund and we will tell you honestly whether it can be placed, usually within one business day.