Referral Partners
Apply to become an Approven Referral Partner.
Who we work with
We work with professionals who are close to businesses and hear about their funding needs early. You make the introduction; we look after the client from there.
Accountants and bookkeepers
You often see a funding need before anyone else does — a tax bill, a cash-flow gap, a purchase the business is planning.
Business advisers
You help owners plan growth, a restructure or an acquisition, and the plan needs the right funding behind it.
Industry and trade contacts
Suppliers and sector specialists whose business customers need funding to buy, build or expand.
How a referral works
Step 1
Introduce
With your client’s permission, pass us their name, contact details and a line on what the business needs. That is all we need from you.
Step 2
We take it from there
We speak to your client directly, understand the requirement and handle the enquiry under our own terms of business. Any recommendation is ours, and it is based on what suits the client.
Step 3
Stay informed
We keep you updated on progress as far as your client agrees to. Their information stays theirs.
What we ask of partners
Your client should get the same care however they reach us. These ground rules keep the introduction clean for everyone.
Ask permission first
Only pass on a client’s details once they have agreed to it.
Introduce, don’t advise
Leave the recommendation to us. Partners do not recommend lenders or products, or negotiate terms, on our behalf.
Be clear who we are
Do not present yourself as Approven. Your client should know we are a separate firm.
Only say what is true
Do not make claims about our lenders, pricing, approval rates, funding outcomes or regulatory position. If you want to describe what we do, ask us for wording and use it as we give it.
Business funding only
We arrange funding for business purposes. Please do not refer personal borrowing.
Register your interest
Tell us about your firm and the businesses you work with. If it looks like a fit, we will talk you through how a partnership works. Every partnership is set out in a written agreement, including any payment for introductions, before you refer a client.
Your email program opens with a few prompts to complete. Nothing opens? Email enquiries@approven.co.uk. Please do not send client details until a partnership agreement is in place.