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Trade Finance Companies in London: 70 Active Firms (2026)
Trade finance companies in London provide funding, risk mitigation and payment support for importers, exporters and supply-chain transactions.
Buying decisions tend to sit with finance directors, treasury teams and credit controllers at importers, exporters, wholesalers and manufacturers, rather than with technology or procurement teams alone. Providers usually sell B2B facilities tied to invoices, purchase orders, receivables or guarantees, with engagement shaped by transaction risk, tenor, counterparty geography and documentation quality. The typical supplier is an owner-managed specialist or lean small to mid-sized financial-services team, so mandates are often relationship-led and episodic: transaction-level funding, payment assurance or working-capital support, rather than broad outsourced treasury management.
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London has 70 actively trading trade finance companies, a narrow specialist population rather than a mass financial-services category. Reported employment totals 126 people, which fits the owner-managed and small-team profile: many firms appear to broker, arrange or fund individual trade flows without carrying the staffing footprint of a bank. The market is therefore easier to read as a network of boutiques and working-capital advisers than as a branch-office sector, with scale concentrated in a small subset and new entrants still present.
Trade finance sits at the join between lending, payments, credit insurance and sanctions-sensitive cross-border commerce. The regulatory burden therefore depends less on the label a firm uses and more on whether it handles client money, arranges credit, guarantees payment, collects receivables or takes balance-sheet risk. London providers also work inside a market structure shaped by correspondent banking relationships, documentary checks and counterparty due diligence. That tends to favour firms with narrow product focus and repeat sector knowledge, because each transaction has to clear both commercial and compliance tests.
Demand appears tied to the same frictions that make trade finance operationally awkward: delayed settlement, buyer risk, supplier concentration and uneven access to bank credit. London specialists tend to compete on speed of assessment, sector familiarity and relationships with funders, but the cohort remains weighted towards small operators rather than large balance-sheet lenders. Consolidation is plausible where origination books, compliance processes and funding lines can be combined, while narrower advisers may remain viable if they control repeat importer or wholesaler relationships. Regulatory pressure is likely to keep documentation and counterparty screening close to the centre of the model.
70
Active firms
2026
4
Above £5M
reported turnover
13
Newer firms
incorporated since 2022
Key facts
About 5% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (4 of 70 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
18% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (13 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
Trade finance providers fund and de-risk import and export transactions, covering the gap between order, shipment and settlement.
London trade finance sits close to foreign exchange, banking relationships, invoice finance and supply-chain operations.
Delays in shipping, documentation or settlement can turn into working-capital pressure for buyers and sellers.
The market includes finance providers, transaction-support businesses and lenders serving import and export workflows.
Intermediary and capital-light models tend to rely on origination, underwriting, broker relationships and funding partnerships rather than large operating teams.
Top London trade finance companies
TRADERIVER (UK) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides trade finance and supply chain finance facilities to businesses, including revolving credit lines that fund purchases of goods and services from suppliers. Offers a platform enabling…
Serves UK small and growing businesses, including buyers and sellers with domestic or cross-border supply chains that need working capital facilities for supplier payments and cash flow.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
CREDIT GLORIOUS PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides trade finance services including standby letters of credit, bank guarantees, letters of credit, and trade bonds. Structures financial guarantees and invoice financing to help exporters,…
Serves SMEs, exporters and trading companies involved in cross-border trade, including firms seeking trade finance support across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Berkeley
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides trade finance, selective invoice finance, e‑commerce finance and asset finance to small and medium‑sized businesses. Also offers credit management, credit insurance, foreign exchange and…
Serves B2B small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, independent traders and larger firms involved in manufacturing, exporting, importing, wholesaling, retail and distribution, including…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
WTB UK SPV NO 1 LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides supply chain finance to UK and international businesses, purchasing or financing trade receivables and invoices to provide working capital to suppliers and support buyer payment term…
Serves UK and overseas businesses, including corporates and trading companies that use receivables, supplier-payment arrangements, or other working-capital finance linked to commercial contracts.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -87% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides trade finance and supply chain finance solutions for businesses and financial institutions, including receivables finance, payables finance and structured trade lending. Also offers digital…
Serves SMEs, corporates and financial institutions engaged in global trade, supply-chain transactions and trade finance, with emphasis on businesses in the UK, Europe, Africa and other international…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
EMERALD CAPITAL FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsProvides private credit and trade finance solutions including supplier financing, receivables finance and post‑shipment funding, offering short‑term working capital and liquidity facilities to…
Serves B2B companies needing short-term liquidity and working-capital support, including exporters and firms using receivables or post-shipment trade finance alongside bank funding.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
INTRA CAPITAL LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides financial services including arranging bank instruments such as bank guarantees (BG), standby letters of credit (SBLC) and documentary letters of credit (DLC). Also offers paymaster and…
Serves businesses, investors, commodity traders and dealmakers seeking banking, trade finance, investment, due diligence, paymaster and escrow support.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
RASHID INVESTMENT LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides investment and financing services to businesses, including venture capital, private equity, trade finance, receivable finance, and business lines of credit. Operates investment funds and…
Serves businesses and project sponsors seeking large-scale funding, including growing companies, import/export firms, and ventures needing working capital, trade finance, private equity, or project…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
PSL FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trade Capital Solutions
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides trade finance and payables finance services, offering capital platforms that fund or manage supplier payments and working capital for businesses engaged in trade transactions. Facilitates…
Serves businesses seeking trade finance and payables finance support, including companies managing supplier payments, working capital and trading relationships.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
SMR Commercial Services Limited
Provides trade finance and corporate finance advisory including import/export financing, letter‑of‑credit discounting, export factoring, foreign currency loans, debt structuring, and arranging term…
Serves Indian businesses involved in import/export trade, capital goods imports and working-capital needs, plus companies under insolvency proceedings and investors acquiring distressed assets.
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Provides an online platform offering multi-currency business accounts, international payments and collections, foreign exchange trading and hedging tools, corporate cards, mass payment processing,…
Serves B2B customers with international operations, from growing businesses and enterprises to institutions, including charities, NGOs, sports organisations, e-commerce, maritime, travel and fund…
Location
Africa Merchant Capital Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides corporate finance advisory, investment management, and trade and asset finance services. Supports mid‑market companies with capital raising, financing structures, and transaction advice,…
Serves mid-market businesses and investors active in Sub-Saharan Africa, including companies involved in trade, infrastructure and corporate finance transactions.
Financial Health
StableStable · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
MARMALADE PAYMENTS (UK) LIMITED
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 11% CAGR over 4y
Location
Almastone Services Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides direct lending and supply chain finance solutions, offering funding at different stages of the supply chain to support working capital and liquidity needs for businesses and trade…
Serves B2B clients with capital requirements across supply chains, including companies seeking direct lending or supply chain finance solutions.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -26% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowDevelops an AI-based financing platform that integrates with financial automation systems to provide invoice financing and working capital to mid‑market businesses. Uses real-time financial data and…
Serves B2B middle-market enterprises, particularly CFOs and finance teams seeking working-capital finance integrated into financial workflows, and partners with process automation platforms used by…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
REIBANQ LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak
Location
OAKWOOD FINANCE LONDON LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsAdvises businesses on raising finance for international trade and investment projects. Assists clients in obtaining bank instruments such as bank guarantees, standby letters of credit and letters of…
Serves businesses and project sponsors worldwide seeking trade, commodity, investment or project finance, alongside high-net-worth investors and institutions pursuing joint venture opportunities.
Financial Health
StableStable · -66% CAGR over 4y
Location
Touch Financial
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsArranges invoice finance facilities for businesses. Compares lenders and helps secure products such as invoice factoring, invoice discounting and spot factoring, providing funding against unpaid…
Serves UK businesses, particularly SMEs with unpaid invoices and cash-flow needs, across construction, recruitment, transport and logistics, healthcare, wholesale, retail, manufacturing, professional…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 10% CAGR over 1y
Location
Global Financial Innovations Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides merchant banking and financial advisory services focused on emerging and frontier markets, including debt and equity capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, trade…
Serves public- and private-sector organisations and international institutions seeking cross-border or in-country merchant banking support in African emerging and frontier markets.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 14% CAGR over 4y
Location
Touch Financial
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsActs as a broker for invoice finance, arranging facilities such as invoice factoring, invoice discounting and spot factoring. Connects businesses with UK lenders to release cash from unpaid invoices…
Sells to UK businesses seeking invoice finance, particularly small businesses and firms with cash-flow gaps. Targets sectors including construction, recruitment, transport and logistics, healthcare…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
Juni Capital
Provides financial services for businesses including multi‑currency accounts, virtual and company cards, credit cards, invoice financing, and accounts payable tools. Platform includes spend…
Serves businesses using digital banking, particularly ecommerce and growth brands needing working capital for inventory, ad campaigns, supplier invoices, team expenses and cross-border payments.
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Nucleus Property Finance1 Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
CHALLENGER MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
Red Sky Finance Ltd
Trajectory
2y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
VALERIAN RBF LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
OUTWORKS FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
PULSE CASHFLOW FINANCE (MK) LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -50% CAGR over 4y
Location
MARMALADE OPERATIONS (UK) LIMITED
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
MARMALADE UKDM LIMITED
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
CGPH Group Ltd
Trajectory
1y · 2024–NowProvides trade finance and structured financial services, including bank guarantees and standby letters of credit, asset management, corporate finance advisory, capital structuring, and access to…
Serves institutional investors, corporations, family offices and high-net-worth individuals seeking trade finance, capital structuring, asset management and alternative investment access across…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
MERIDIAN STRUCTURED FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
FACTORING SERVICE SOLUTIONS LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
LAND FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak
Location
Milford Bookkeeping Ltd
Trajectory
1y · 2024–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
FIRS AVENUE SERVICES LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides commercial finance brokerage services, helping businesses compare and secure funding from a network of lenders. Arranges products including business loans, asset finance, invoice finance,…
Serves UK businesses and property professionals seeking funding, including growing SMEs, commercial property buyers, landlords, developers, and firms needing working capital, asset, invoice, trade,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 11% CAGR over 4y
Location
NTT Finance
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides credit intermediation and structured financing services, connecting borrowers with capital providers. Conducts financial investment activities and offers factoring services that advance…
Serves UK businesses seeking finance, working-capital support and factoring, plus individuals and third-party portfolio clients looking for financial investment services.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 26% CAGR over 4y
Location
A G Finance
Provides financial intermediation and funding services, including business loans and project financing. Arranges and monetises bank instruments such as bank guarantees, standby letters of credit and…
Serves SMEs, sole traders, partnerships, entrepreneurs and technology-based companies seeking loans, project funding or investment, including ventures in agritech, ICT, health technologies, new…
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates an online lending marketplace that connects businesses with multiple finance providers. Enables companies to submit a single funding request, compare loan and finance offers, and access…
Serves businesses seeking commercial finance, especially SMEs, plus brokers, funders and embedded-lending partners involved in business funding.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Nucleus Business Cash Advance Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
4Facility Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
MCB Holdings Worldwide Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides personal, SME, corporate and institutional banking services, including savings and current accounts, loans, credit cards, payment and transfer services, trade finance, investment products,…
Serves individuals, private clients, SMEs, corporates, global business firms, banks and institutional clients, with emphasis on Mauritius and cross-border markets.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
SEDGE FUNDING LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides business financing products including merchant cash advances, short‑ and long‑term business loans, invoice finance, and stock finance. Offers online applications and funding decisions for…
Serves small and medium-sized businesses seeking working capital or growth finance, including merchants with card sales and firms needing invoice, stock, short-term or long-term business loans.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
SILVER BIRCH FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides working capital advisory and execution services to corporate clients, supporting the management of receivables, payables and liquidity, and structuring finance and trading solutions designed…
Serves global corporates, primarily large multinational businesses with working-capital needs, engaging corporate finance and treasury teams.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -77% CAGR over 3y
Location
SLOANE CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2019–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides corporate finance advisory services including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and debt financing. Advises companies on project and equipment finance, supply chain…
Serves quoted and unquoted companies, project developers, commodity traders and exporters involved in cross-border expansion, infrastructure, clean-tech, engineering and manufactured-goods projects,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
OAKMEAD FINANCE LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsAdvises SMEs and corporate businesses on raising debt and investment finance. Arranges lending facilities including invoice finance, asset‑based lending, cashflow loans, revolving credit, asset…
Serves UK SMEs and corporate businesses, from startups to larger SMEs up to £30m turnover, across multiple sectors. Also works with professional advisers supporting business clients.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
Toknar Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
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How London trade finance companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
London trade finance providers usually make money from arrangement fees, discount margins, interest on short-tenor facilities and, where they act as introducers, referral or advisory fees. The service is closer to specialist finance and credit work than software: invoice discounting, purchase-order funding, receivables purchase, guarantees, documentary support and payment-assurance structures. Pricing is typically tied to the funded amount, the time cash is outstanding, debtor quality, country risk, shipment documentation and whether the provider uses its own balance sheet or places the case with a funder. Repeat customers may still buy one transaction at a time, because each trade flow carries a different risk profile.
Who they sell to
Most sell to importers, exporters, wholesalers, manufacturers and supply-chain intermediaries with cash tied up between order, shipment, invoice and settlement. The internal buyer is often a finance director, owner-manager, treasurer or credit controller, with legal, operations and compliance pulled in when documents or overseas counterparties are more complex. First mandates can take longer than a normal lending conversation because KYC, debtor checks, purchase contracts and shipping evidence have to line up; repeat draws can move faster once limits and counterparties are understood. Origination is usually direct or referral-led through accountants, brokers and commercial advisers, while formal RFPs are more typical among larger corporates.
What they buy
Trade finance firms tend to spend on systems that shorten underwriting and keep an audit trail: CRM, case management, document capture, identity checks, sanctions screening, credit-risk scoring, accounting, collections and portfolio monitoring. Smaller teams often need practical integration between email, spreadsheets, finance systems and customer portals, because much of the work still sits in documents rather than clean transaction feeds. Professional services spend commonly includes regulatory advice, contract drafting, tax and accounting support, debt recovery, specialist recruitment and marketing aimed at finance decision-makers. Where a firm funds transactions itself, treasury reporting, covenant monitoring and cyber security become easier budget lines to justify.
Why and how to sell to them
Buying intent often appears when trade finance providers add a funding line, enter a new commodity or geography, hire credit and operations staff, or see more inbound demand than their manual onboarding process can handle. Pain is usually concrete: delayed KYC, missing documents, duplicate checks, fraud exposure, sanctions uncertainty, debtor concentration or too much time spent reconciling invoices and repayments. Outbound messages work better when they map to those bottlenecks rather than to generic financial-services claims. Useful angles include reducing time-to-decision, giving management a clearer view of facility utilisation, improving evidence for funders and making regulatory reviews less dependent on individual staff memory.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
The underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear in the list within days of submission. The curated list ordering is regenerated when the underlying data moves meaningfully (company count changes by more than 5%, a new company enters the top-ranked segment, or the filed-revenue numbers for the top firms change). You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.
Sources
- UK Trade Finance Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Instrument, Service Provider, Trade, Enterprise Size, Industry, and Segment Forecasts, 2025-2033
- The UK trade finance market size was estimated at USD 3.00 billion in 2024.
- The UK trade finance market is projected to reach USD 4.25 billion by 2033.
- The UK trade finance market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2025 to 2033.
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