About Us
Why work with Springboard Finance?
The principals of Springboard Finance have over 40 years combined experience in multiple forms of lending, having been fund managers lending against tax credits as well as setting up insurance backed lending platforms in real estate previously.
Understanding of the UK economy
We are champions of the UK SME sector and understand the importance of this sector to the UK economy. We also appreciate that many of the functions of traditional banks have been eroded since the financial crash of 2008, and that smaller businesses, those still growing, or those developing products and services but yet to turn a profit are often overlooked for financial products such as loans.
Supporting SME Businesses
With this in mind, we wanted to support SME businesses by providing loans that free up early cash flow while waiting for the outcome of the HMRC R&D tax relief claims. The HMRC system itself offers great support for British businesses with this form of relief, but the monthly cycle of cash demands in business does not often fit well with the payout timeline of HMRC, which can be long and variable.
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We hope you find our simple lending solution solves that problem.
Our Team
Ross Bryan
Lending committee member
Ross has over twenty years’ experience in the investment and asset management sector. Having started his career at Pricewaterhousecoopers in Transaction Services, advising Europe’s largest private equity firms, he later joined Octopus Investments as a fund manager with responsibility for c.£500m to deploy with a low risk mandate. Investments he managed included providing lines of credit to a wide range of asset backed businesses including one of the UK’s largest property bridge lenders. Before joining Pilcher Group, he worked with several German real estate managers raising £400m of institutional debt capital and private capital in pre-IPO rounds. Ross is a member of the Girton College, Cambridge endowment investment committee, presiding over all matters of asset performance and allocation.
Simon Pilcher
Lending committee member
Simon has twenty years’ experience in business with a focus on real estate and construction but has also set up a UK-focused property lending business backed by a global insurance company. In this role, he covered all aspects of underwriting and loan monitoring before selling his stake in the business. Simon is also active in the family property business of residential development and expanding the Private Client investor pool. Simon is a Committee member of the Macmillan Cancer Support UK charity.
Graham Steed
Specialist Consultant
Graham is an ex-tax inspector who spent seventeen years at Inland Revenue/HMRC including eight years on one of HMRC’s specialist R&D tax credit teams. Since leaving in 2017 he has established himself as an independent tax advisor advising on many areas of both corporate and personal tax to private clients and on contract to larger tax advisors alike. His main area of specialism is still R&D tax credits and advises Springboard on tax law as well as on client-centred matters. When he’s not working he’s most likely to be found hill walking, being a scout leader or following his beloved Barnet FC around the country!
Get In Touch
Springboard Finance’s team are experts in helping clients get the funding they deserve. If you would like to find out more, then please get in touch and one of our experts can assist.