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Factoring is a facility that enables you to get the money from your invoices on the day you raise them rather than wait 30, 60 or however many days it normally takes.
The factoring company may also help with chasing and collecting the invoices on your behalf.
Factoring consists of the following four steps:
Anyone who needs finance to run their business can use factoring.
It is for businesses that offer credit terms and have to wait to get paid but have to pay suppliers or people quickly.
It suits young, growing companies because they often do not have sufficient capital to grow their business and they are normally pretty bad at credit control.
The main benefit is peace of mind:
It can also have other benefits;
You may be able to negotiate settlement discounts for early payment to your suppliers.
There are two main charges:
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We make available up to 85% of the invoice value to you, you request funds from us and we transfer them electronically straight into your bank account. Note that you only transfer what you need, you don’t have to use your whole availability.
The remaining 15% is paid to you when your customer pays.
Typically if we receive your copy invoices in the morning you can have funds in your bank in the afternoon.
Yes, as long as the customer is well credit rated or credit insured. But we do need total invoicing of over £100,000 over a year.
We can cover your invoices against bad debts and non payment under our own credit insurance policy.
FastCash provides finance against sales invoices and is designed to meet the needs of smaller growing businesses with UK sales (or projected sales) of between £100,000 and £250,000 including start up businesses.
It depends on what you need funds for. If you are buying plant or equipment or property then a bank loan may be more suitable to your business. But if you need funding for cashflow i.e. because you are running out of funds to pay suppliers, staff etc. then factoring is definitely more generous and more flexible.
The only difference to your customer is where to send the payment and who the payment is made out to. In fact, your customer relationship will most likely improve with factoring services. You no longer have the uncomfortable task of collecting payment from your customers and your conversations with your customers will be strictly about new sales and ongoing business.
Calverton Factors treat your customers like they are their own, with the utmost business professionalism. Calverton Factors has a vested interest in your customers’ satisfaction and would never want to do anything to upset them and lose their business (or yours).
But here’s what one of our clients says:
"My name is Antony Meade and I am the Financial Director of Family Matters Fostering Ltd. I have now been working with Calverton Factors since April 2001. Over the last thirty years I have worked with a fair number of large and small banks and factoring companies in a variety of business arenas.
When Calverton recently asked me to comment on their service to Family Matters Fostering Ltd, I was pleased to do so. Why? Because they have been a delight to work with. They are every Director's dream when it comes to a financial institution. I have found them to be prompt, courteous, efficient and most importantly - flexible!! They have been able to give us a deal that no other factoring company or Bank have been able to come near in years and - quite a few have tried - and we feel that we get real value for money from their service.
If you currently factor or are considering factoring as a way of assisting cash flow I thoroughly recommend you contact them.
Not all Banks are the same - and not all factoring companies are the same either! Calverton have provided the same level of commitment and service to us for five years now - and I can't say that I have experienced that level of consistency with any other financial institution that I have ever dealt with."
Quite simply, no. More than 5,000 UK businesses use invoice finance facilities. It has become a recognised and widely used form of finance for small to medium-sized businesses. If your customer has a large number of suppliers they are bound to be dealing with factoring companies already.
Certainly. We are very proud of the services we offer and we are more than happy to provide references.
There are two main differences:
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We will come and see you to discuss your requirements in detail. From then it normally takes 2-3 days to set up.
You write to all your customers at the start of the factoring agreement to notify them of the change in payment procedures. You also put a notice on all your future invoices notifying your customers of who and where they should pay or we can supply you with labels to put on your invoices.
If you are unsure about whether Invoice Finance is for you and want to ‘try it out’ then we are able to offer you a 3 month trial period. This means that after 3 months you can terminate the facility without penalty or notice period. Note that this is not open to all applicants, Read More for further details.