Supplier Finance

If you manufacture or resell equipment to UK companies, we can help grow your sales by providing your customers with finance. STAR Asset Finance has been supporting businesses with supplier finance arrangements since 1990 — bringing decades of experience, a wide lending panel, and genuinely flexible solutions to suppliers across the UK

  • Quick decisions and finance application turnaround

  • Expertise in many specialist sectors

Streamline Your Supply Chain With Supplier Finance

If you sell any form of equipment, machinery, or commercial vehicles, offering point-of-sale finance to your customers could be one of the most effective ways to increase your sales and protect your margins. Supplier finance arrangements can be made through any one of our group businesses, where local knowledge is backed by national support.

Our supplier finance services aim to secure funds for your customer within hours wherever possible, meaning you are free to deliver your equipment with 100% of your invoice settled.

There’s no need to chase payments or manage debtor lists. We pay your invoice directly, and our finance agreement is with your customer. You stay focused on your sales.

Why Use Supplier Finance Arrangements?

Setting up a supplier finance scheme enables you to:

Serve your customers better

Help your customers access the equipment they need without upfront capital constraints. Supplier finance arrangements allow you to overcome price objections and offer flexible, competitive solutions

Increase your profits

Close more deals and increase average order values without discounting. With supplier financing solutions, you protect your margins while making your offering more attractive

Improve cashflow

Receive full payment upon installation and eliminate time spent chasing invoices. Supplier invoice finance helps reduce your debtor list and maintain a stronger financial position.

We unlock finance for thousands of SMEs across the UK.

Supplier Financing From STAR Asset Finance

With access to one of the UK’s largest lending panels, we offer flexible and scalable supplier finance schemes to suit your business.
Our service includes:

  • Own-book lending facility

  • In-house underwriting for faster decisions

  • Bespoke rates tailored to your customers

  • High acceptance rates

  • Fast payouts

We make it simple to access supplier finance solutions, often with a single invoice.

Supplier Finance Marketing Support

We don’t just provide funding—we actively support your business growth. Our service includes personalised loan calculators designed to help your sales team present finance options clearly and confidently to customers. Alongside this, we offer in-house marketing support, including brochures, e-shots, and campaigns to help you promote finance effectively.

We also provide comprehensive sales training, delivered either on-site or in-house, ensuring your team is fully equipped to offer and explain supplier finance solutions. With ongoing account management and dedicated support, our goal is to help you generate consistent, high-volume leasing business.

Supplier Finance Arrangement Examples

Simply put, we can offer supplier finance solutions for almost any asset and any business. Here are some examples of what we’ve financed to help our customers grow:

Business vehicles

Waste and recycling equipment

EPOS systems

Salon equipment

Construction machinery

Full office/shop refits funded

Golf course equipment

Laser CNC machines

Catering Equipment

Generate more sales by offering supplier finance arrangements to your customers.

If you manufacture, sell or resell equipment, either new or used, we can help. Get in touch to find out more. 

FAQs About Supplier Finance

Supplier finance (also known as supplier invoice finance or vendor invoice financing) is a funding solution that allows your customers to purchase equipment or assets through flexible payment terms, while you receive immediate payment.

It bridges the gap between supplier cashflow needs and customer affordability, making it easier to complete transactions and scale your sales pipeline.

You offer finance at the point of sale. Once approved, we pay your invoice directly, and your customer repays the finance over an agreed term.

Options include reverse factoring, PO finance, inventory finance, receivables purchase, and more—depending on your business model and customer needs.

Yes, we provide both short-term and longer-term supplier finance arrangements, tailored to suit different transaction types and cashflow requirements.