Business Finance North West
financenw.org Direct investor
Business Finance North West is a not-for-profit Community Development Finance Institution and part of the BEF Group, providing loans to start-ups and SMEs across the North West of England. It lends for start-up costs, working capital, growth, equipment and refinancing.
Business Finance North West is an investor headquartered in United Kingdom. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in startups, small businesses and growing businesses. Its stated cheque size is £500 to £250,000.
“We provide finance to start-ups, small businesses and growing businesses across the North West of England.”
— Business Finance North West, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Invests in
- Blackpool, Cumbria, Lancashire, North West of England
- Sectors
- startups, small businesses, growing businesses
- Cheque size
- £500 to £250,000
Team, as Business Finance North West publishes it
- Stephen Waud Chief Executive
- Doug Heseltine Head of Investments
- Tim Hamilton Chair
- Alex Beardsley Director
- James Mason Director
- Katie Hurrell Director
- Laurence Beardmore Director
- Penny Hembrow Director
- Simon Truby Regional Director for the North West
- Ronnie Harris Loan Manager
- Mark Gibbons Loan Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on financenw.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Business Finance North West publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.financenw.org/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, description, status
- https://www.financenw.org/about/our-teampeople
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Record 20023 · added 2026-10-27 · link last verified 2026-10-27 · confidence high
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