Reach Commercial Finance, the bespoke brokerage division of Leonard Curtis, has marked five years in business, during which the company has grown to support 500 clients.
Headquartered in Manchester, UK, it provides a range of finance services to SME clients and plans 20% growth next year to reach 600 clients.
Over the past three years alone it has raised more than £250 million in commercial finance.
Gary Cain (pictured), director of Reach, said: “The growing demand for products that fall outside of traditional bank lending has certainly supported our success over the last five years and alternative finance has become increasingly popular and more deeply integrated within the UK SME lending infrastructure.
“The fact that we’re part of a much wider professional services group also means that we’re able to take a collaborative view of SME challenges, which is hugely valuable to business owners, their stakeholders and professional advisers.
Finance is often supported as part of a wider solution based on Leonard Curtis services, which could be debt advisory, legal, property solutions and private equity, along with rescue and recovery.
As part of its growth plans, Cain said the company would continue to evolve new products.
“What is clear is that the alternative finance market is moving fast, and we have to keep up by constantly evolving as a company,” he said.
