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Consultancy & professional services

Invoice finance for consultancy & professional services.

Project-based billing, retainers and big single invoices make consultancy cashflow lumpy. Invoice finance smooths the gap between completion and payment.

85%
Typical advance
£500k
Min turnover
Yes
Selective option
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Why invoice finance works for consultancy & professional services.

Typical facility for a consultancy & professional services business.

Typical facility
Consultancy & professional services
Turnover£2m
Advance rate85%
Monthly drawdown£140k

A 25-person consultancy turning over £2m typically funds c. £140k a month, often selectively on the largest project completions rather than across the whole ledger.

What lenders look for.

The specifics that make or break a facility in this sector.

Selective facilities

Consultancies often prefer selective IF: funding only the big lumpy invoices instead of committing every retainer to the lender.

Time-and-materials vs fixed-fee

Lenders treat T&M billings (lower dispute risk) and fixed-fee project work (milestone disputes) differently in the advance rate.

Confidentiality

Most consultancies pick discounting over factoring, clients never see lender involvement, preserving the relationship.

WIP funding

Some specialist lenders fund unbilled work-in-progress for partnerships with predictable monthly billings.

Model your facility.

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Invoice estimate

What's your invoice worth?

£50,000
£5k£500k
Released to you now£47,500
Held back until your customer pays£2,500
Time to fundsas little as 24 hours
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The right lenders for consultancy & professional services.

We benchmark your facility across a panel of specialist invoice finance and revolving credit lenders, and match you with the ones whose appetite fits consultancy & professional services. You get whole-of-market access from one conversation, at no cost to you.

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Common questions.

Not with invoice discounting. Collections stay in your name and the lender is invisible to clients.

Further reading

Invoice finance for consultancies and professional services

Consultancies and professional services firms bill on completion, milestones or retainer while payroll goes out every month. Here is how invoice finance turns unpaid fee invoices into working capital.

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