Compare the main ways to fund a new UK business and put together a complete, lender-ready application pack.
Starting a business
Funding Options and Loan Application Checklist
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A guide to the main sources of start-up and early growth finance in the UK – from savings and grants to Start Up Loans, bank lending, asset finance and equity investment – with a decision guide, worked cost and affordability examples, and a checklist of everything a lender or investor is likely to ask for.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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