Having operated in the field of public and private sector funding and financing for over 15 years, we are well placed to work alongside businesses wishing to achieve funding or finance for their proposed investment.
Whatever the funding mix between equity, debt and grant, the process of achieving funding for investment plans requires timely and focused action and excellent project information. Our funding service has been outstandingly successful and has achieved millions of pounds-worth of investment for our clients.
If it is clear that a proposed investment will require financing, we first undertake an initial assessment of public and private sources of investment, which will ensure that any funding issues are addressed early on. Once a plan of action has been agreed, we construct a bespoke financial model which generates an ‘investment value’. A negative value indicates that the project plan may require grant funding to make it work.
Designing an achievable financial package is crucial to successful fund-raising. Clear, targeted and timely approaches are essential to funding success. We identify the most appropriate sources of funding or finance for your investment, and a strategy for how and when approaches should be timed and made.
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Kingfisher Boats Ltd specialise in the production of custom built fishing boats and passenger ferries. De Facto prepared the funding application and supporting business plan for the company's proposed investment project, resulting in the offer of a grant of over £250,000 from the DTI's Regional Selective Assistance scheme (now Selective Finance for Investment).
Crepe Cuisine Ltd manufactures and supplies premium quality crepes, pancakes, blinis and speciality bakery products. The company wished to invest in new production equipment, and to update other equipment, in order to satisfy the exacting quality demands of retail clients.
Crepe Cuisine asked De Facto to help obtain grant assistance from the DTI's Selective Finance for Investment. We wrote a comprehensive business plan and application to the DTI, and successfully negotiated a £80,000 award.
This award-winning shipyard is one of the world leaders in the construction and refit of multi-million pound superyachts. The management were planning a significant expansion of facilities to meet growing international demand, and approached us for help.
We worked with Pendennis to secure funding of £2.9 million from the DTI's Regional Selective Assistance scheme (now replaced by Selective Finance for Investment), and from Finance Cornwall.
The present owners purchased this historic but run-down yacht harbour in 1997 with a view to transforming the harbour and all associated facilities. The work included the restoration and preservation of a listed dock and naval buildings. We helped our clients set out the case for grant funding to meet the 'gap' in their investment plans, and after much negotiation secured a £0.8 million funding award from English Partnerships via their Partnership Investment Programme.