Stef’s market update – October 2025 – strong lead flow and a funding surge

October has been extremely busy here at Evolve — we’ve seen over £4m in new opportunities come in and nine new deals fully drawn, totalling around £3.2m.

Capex spending is on the rise and we’re seeing strong activity across commercial and development property, invoice finance, trade finance and acquisition finance. I can’t quite put my finger on what’s driving the spike in lead flow but we’ll happily take it!

And I know nobody wants to talk about it yet, but with our own Christmas staff do now booked (and invites already coming in), a word of warning: if you need funding in place before Christmas, get moving now. Lenders will start winding down and attending parties (as will we!) so don’t leave your funding request until the week before.

I’ll keep it short and sweet.  It’s just been really encouraging to speak with clients, introducers and lenders and hear how busy everyone is right now. Long may it continue.