Haydock Finance

Lancashire-based independent asset finance specialist trading since 1980. Hire purchase, finance lease and refinance across vehicles, plant, manufacturing and yellow goods. Long broker relationships and a track record of underwriting cases mainstream banks decline make it a workhorse name in UK asset finance.

Quick routing verdict

  • Product: Asset finance (hire purchase and lease).
  • Ticket band: £5k to £500k.
  • Decision time: 24 to 72 hours.
  • Pricing: Quoted at offer.
  • FCA-authorised.

At a glance

Legal entity
Haydock Finance Limited
Companies House
01526882
Founded
1980
Product
Asset finance (hire purchase and lease)
Ticket range
£5k to £500k
Decision time
24 to 72 hours
Ltd-only
Lender accepts other structures, FundBiz routing is Ltd-only
Last reviewed
2026-05-08

Why we route here

  • Forty-plus years in asset finance; deep underwriting bench.
  • Strong on hard assets: HGV, plant, manufacturing, agriculture.
  • Refinance product unlocks equity in owned assets.
  • Excellent Trustpilot track record for the asset finance category.

When we route elsewhere

  • No published rates; broker-distributed pricing.
  • No retail unsecured business loans.
  • Direct applicants typically routed to broker channel.

Best fit applicants

  • Hard-asset HP and lease
  • Asset refinance for cash release
  • Sub-prime to prime asset deals

Where Haydock Finance is the wrong fit

  • Pure unsecured working capital
  • Soft assets without resale value
  • Self-serve fintech borrowers

If declined by Haydock Finance

If your application to Haydock Finance is declined, the FundBiz post-decline matcher routes by decline reason. Common alternatives in our panel are listed in the "When we route elsewhere" section above. See also our Haydock Finance decline runbook for sector-specific routing detail.

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How we rate Haydock Finance

This review is FundBiz's own editorial assessment, scored against a published framework. See our methodology for how we rate each lender.

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-08. By Oliver Mackman.

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