Company overview
HQ · Staines-upon-Thames
Novuna Business Finance is the UK's fifth largest asset finance provider, offering asset finance and stocking finance to SMEs and intermediaries. Its sister division, Novuna Business Cash Flow, provides invoice factoring and discounting with fast decisions and funding often within 24–72 hours. Novuna is a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, authorised and regulated by the FCA.
Company focus
- Headquarters
- Staines-upon-Thames
- Founded
- 1982
- Employees
- 500+
- Industries
- transport and logistics, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, IT, engineering, brewing, industrial cleaning, surveying
- Specialties
- fifth largest UK asset finance provider, digital credit automation and Mercury portal for faster decisions, stocking finance with faster payments (within 4 hours), block discounting facilities, multi‑sector expertise (transport, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, IT, engineering, brewing, industrial cleaning, surveying)
Reported eligibility
- Time in business (months)
- 36
- Maximum positions
- 1
Third-party reputation
- Reported research
- FCA‑authorised trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC; rebranded from Hitachi Capital in Feb 2022; awarded ‘Best Service from an Asset Based Lender’ (Business Moneyfacts Awards 2021); press noted faster payments for stocking customers.
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