Types of Asset Finance

Put simply, Small Business Asset Finance is the provision of credit or leasing facilities to fund your acquisition of business vehicles.

What is Small Business Asset Finance?

Security is primarily taken on the vehicle concerned and is generally a stand-alone facility. The cost is spread over a period up to the useful life of the vehicle.

The Benefits Of Small Business Asset Finance:

The cost of the vehicle can be linked to the income stream it might generate.
Relatively straightforward facility to arrange.
The rental profile is agreed at inception allowing simple cashflow management.
It is a stand-alone facility that leaves other lines of credit intact for working capital.
Unlike an overdraft, asset finance is generally non-cancellable providing the agreement is maintained correctly.

Types of Small Business Asset Finance:

Small Business Hire Purchase with Asset Finance
In basic terms, you source the asset and negotiate the purchase price with the supplier. You pay a deposit to the finance company, typically 10-20%, and the finance company then takes title direct from the supplier.
Small Business Lease Purchase with Asset Finance
Lease Purchase is practically identical to Hire Purchase, the only difference being that instead of paying a deposit of 10-15% you typically pay a deposit as a multiple of the repayments. The remaining balance and interest is repaid in instalments. The number of instalments is defined by the pause.
Small Business Contract Purchase with Asset Finance
The only salient difference is that typically at the end of the agreement there is a balloon or guaranteed future value specified. This final value reduces the amount you have to repay in instalments.
Small Business Finance Lease with Asset Finance
With any lease contract the finance company takes full ownership of the asset and rents the goods to you over a predetermined period. The finance company can claim the writing down allowances and convey this benefit to you by reducing the rentals.
Small Business Operating Lease with Asset Finance
The only difference between an Operating and a Finance Lease is that the primary period rentals do not cover substantially all of the capital cost and hire charges. For example a lease for a printing press costing £400,000 may include a residual value at the end of the primary period of £150,000. The primary rentals are thus based on £250,000 and not the capital cost of £400,000.
Small Business Capital Raising with Asset Finance
If you require financing for an unsuitable asset, or for project work (MBO etc), capital raising by Sale & LeaseBack, Sale & HPBack, or Chattel Mortgage will enable you to put the equity of your existing assets to good use.

Variations

Further Small Business services offered by Asset Finance:

Sterling Capital Reserve are specialists in all forms of Small Business Asset Finance from Small Business Asset Capital Finance to Small Business Computer Asset Finance. This service is also called Small Business Asset Funding or Small Business Asset Based Finance.
Asset Finance covers Small Business Contract Purchase like Small Business Vehicle Finance, Small Business Hire Purchase, Small Business lease purchase or Small Business Leasing and Small Business Leasing and Asset Finance.
Asset Finance services can also be used for Small Business Capital Raising.

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