About Us

Equinox Commercial Finance was founded in 2019 with the goal of providing UK SMEs with alternative funding options, offering finance options from £5k to £50m.

Founder, Simon Raper, previously spent 20 years in the SME sector working in senior management roles involving financial management and planning, purchasing and budgetary control. He has also held board level positions with two property development and investment companies and has successfully managed several property development projects. Simon qualified with an MBA from Stirling University Business School in 2005 and and MSc in Property Development from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in 2013.

Simon is also accredited by The London Institute of Banking and Finance as a Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance.

Our company philosophy is to offer flexibility and to minimise complexity when sourcing the finance opportunities that companies need to grow.At Equinox we believe in our core principles of fast service, customer focus and sourcing a wide range of finance products that can be tailored to individual needs.  We are able to access a network of over 250 Partner Lenders, allowing us to state confidently that in our opinion 'we try harder' than other finance brokers.