We see ourselves as your trade finance partner, providing you with flexible cash flow solutions to help your business take advantage of the opportunity to grow. We work with a range of different industries and will fund from £10,000 to £150,000, or more in exceptional cases.
Typically, our clients are referred by their accountants, bankers or other professional advisers. To see some examples of businesses who have been able to grow through our flexible cash flow solutions,
Once we have had an initial chat you and we have mutually agreed to go ahead, legal agreements are drawn up to protect both yourselves and us. All our legal agreements are bespoke to each client because we deal with a range of different businesses.
Established in 2005, Churchside Estates Ltd, trading as
Business Trade Finance
, is a privately-owned and funded limited liability company, based near Bury St Edmunds in East Anglia, working with businesses in England and Wales.
Chris Grunsell
Chris trained as an accountant and has a background working in the UK factoring and invoice discounting industry. He has financed small businesses for the past 25 years, working with professional advisers, banks and other financial institutions. His experience and personal approach allow him to make sound and swift decisions, often within 48 hours.
Flexible cash flow solutions for growing businesses
Businesses need cash to pay for the materials, and/or labour, required to fulfil an order to bridge the gap between delivering the goods or services and getting paid.
offers working capital as an alternative to banks and factoring companies, with flexible cash flow solutions for growing businesses.
Personal service with quick decision-making
We see our role as your old-fashioned Bank Manager, where we take the time and effort to personally understand your business. Unlike traditional finance options, you will get access to cash flow solutions to finance the whole of the working capital cycle all the way from your customer placing their order through to the collection of the sales invoice payment. This means that the purchase and the sale parts of the transaction are financed in a transparent and open relationship, either as a one-off or ongoing arrangement.
As your business grows you will require additional cash to expand and trade profitably. We will work with you flexibly, on either a one-off or ongoing basis, with no setup charges or transaction fees.
By working as a trade finance partner, we’ve helped different types of businesses grow without taking an equity stake in their business. See what our clients say about
We work with accountants and brokers with clients who have a genuine opportunity to grow but may be the Bank’s computer has said “No”. We are always happy to talk over the best options that may be available to your client.
My relationship with Business Trade Finance is primarily as an introducer, the clients I recommend are generally importing and selling in the same cycle. Business Trade Finance differentiates themselves quite considerably, they offer a very personal service and take the trouble to understand the needs of the individual client. They have been able to facilitate the needs of my clients, they take on board their individual requirements and help those clients grow which is important to all the parties.
