Powering growth in the
East of England.

Locally grounded. Decisively underwritten.
Built around how SMEs grow.

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Our Mandate

A dedicated lender to East of England SMEs.

We provide flexible debt finance from £25,000 to £2,000,000 to growing businesses across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Peterborough — backing the operators institutional lenders too often overlook.

What We Lend

Funding the next step.

As a business grows, it often needs funding to take the next step. We provide loans that support growth and expansion, whether that’s hiring staff, launching new products or services, investing in marketing, or buying equipment.

Minimum Facility£25k
Maximum Facility£2m
Tenor12 months +
Use of proceedsGrowth · Acquisition · Working capital ·
Asset finance · Refinance
Decision
· loans under £250k
Response within 2 working days
Decision
· larger facilities
Initial response within 5 working days
£800m+
Provided to SMEs across the UK since inception.*
6
Sub-regions covered, with locally based originators.
48hrs
Indicative decisions on facilities under £250,000.
24%
Average employment growth at portfolio borrowers within two years.

* Total lending across the Beechbrook Capital group since inception, not Eastmeare Financing specifically.

Our Approach

Three principles, consistently applied.

Grant Thornton on Eastmeare’s management team
They show that despite economic uncertainties there are still good funding options for dynamic SMEs and their management teams.
Coverage

Six counties. One region.

The East of England is the UK’s third-largest regional economy. We have lending capacity dedicated to each of the six sub-regions, with extensive local experience and networks.

We cover
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Peterborough
We are sector agnostic and support a wide range of industries, get in touch to find out more.
A Beechbrook Capital service

Backed by 16 years of SME lending.

Eastmeare Financing is the dedicated East of England strategy of Beechbrook Capital — a specialist private debt manager founded in 2008 that has been lending to UK and European SMEs since 2010. Eastmeare brings Beechbrook’s institutional underwriting, active portfolio management and credit experience to a strategy designed specifically for the businesses of the region.

16yrs
Lending to SMEs
119+
Investments to date
10
Funds raised
31
Team members
Get in Touch

Find out more and contact us today.

Whether you’re an East of England SME exploring debt finance, or an introducer, advisor or intermediary with a borrower to refer — our regional team will respond within three to five working days.

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