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Jon Evennett, a housebuilder for the past 16 years in the South West, describes his initial contact with Bricks Finance to discuss lending for his latest project - an exclusive development of four and five-bedroom homes in Somerset - as being like a breath of fresh...

Bricks recently featured in DevonLife Magazine, a publication that shares our enthusiasm for the South West. Take a look...

Nobody can predict the final outcome of our Brexit negotiations with Brussels. However, we want to reassure you about the resilience of Bricks. Being authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ensures our good governance and responsible practices. We...

We are delighted to announce that as well as accepting funds from a SSAS, we can now accept SIPP funds as well. The Bricks Bond has been cleared for acceptance by Curtis Banks, the UK’s largest independent SIPP and SASS provider. This is another tax efficient way to...

This map shows the locations of our loans since we began in 2014 including Aylesbeare, Bridgwater, Chepstow, Churchinford, Exeter, Exmouth, Frome, Helston, Illminster, Kingsteignton, Launceston, Longburton, Looe, Long Sutton, Maenporth, Newton Abbot, North Tawton,...

Whilst the media hype still seems to be about the fintech companies, particularly Funding Circle and its floatation, we continue to do “sensible lending”. Our approach is still a personal one. We meet all of our borrowers and inspect assets offered as security in...

A Small Self-Administered Scheme (SSAS) is a pension trust set up by a limited company or a partnership. These schemes are created primarily by private and family-run limited companies for the benefit of the owner, directors and senior employees. An SSAS provides much...

We continue to follow a policy of striking the right balance between minimising risk, whilst growing our portfolio for the benefit of an increasing group of individual investors.

In the past your local bank manager would know about your churchgoing habits, or lack of them; he’d know all the stories about you and your family; he’d know what your boss said about you. He would know how you were regarded by your professional advisors. Then, he’d...

Over the past three years we have helped 35 borrowers realise their dreams with our investment in projects throughout the Southwest - projects that otherwise might not have happened. At the same time, we have paid over £500,000 in interest to our investors. There...

On Thursday 15 June, 27 delegates joined us at the Mercure Hotel in Exeter to discuss how property finance is evolving and where Roger Wilkinson (founder of Wilkinson & Grant and former advisor to the Guild of Professional Estate Agents) gave the keynote speech...

We now have 21 lenders who earn interest of £386,000 per annum. We made loan offers of £17.7m in the year, issued 19 new loans and received 8 loan repayments. Our lending has been wide and varied but as a theme, has supported individuals and businesses in the South...

Exeter and East Devon based Bricks Finance has announced that the business has now been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA is the UK’s financial regulatory body overseeing the conduct of financial firms that provide services to consumers and...

We have the advantage that we can react quickly. We meet all prospective clients face to face, review the opportunity, value the security and then make a decision based on our collective experience. We only invest when all four of us unanimously agree to do so. All of...

An Exeter based business that provides bespoke loans to the regional business community is to sponsor the STEP South West branch meeting in November. The event will be held at Sandy Park Conference Centre, the home of Premiership rugby side Exeter Chiefs. Trust and...

The rise in popularity of crowdfunding as an alternative to bank lending is seeing it fast become a mainstream source of borrowing but there remains a gap in the market according to Clive Banks, a Director of Bricks Finance. He said: “Crowdfunding has revolutionised...