Trades and Construction Finance · Australia-Wide

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for your trades business.

Progress billing, seasonal cash flow, plant on-site before payment arrives. Banks misread how trades businesses operate. We find lenders who understand the cycle and back it.

Why Banks Get Trades Wrong

Your bank sees irregular income. The right lender sees how construction cash flow actually works.

Progress billing and payment gaps

You mobilise plant, crew, and materials before a progress claim is approved and paid. That gap is a structural working capital issue, not a profitability problem. Krishna presents it to lenders correctly. Banks rarely do.

Seasonal revenue patterns

Wet seasons, end-of-year shutdowns, project start delays. Uneven revenue that a standard serviceability model calls risk. We frame your annual cash flow pattern so it supports the application rather than undermining it.

Plant and vehicle turnover

Trades businesses replace and upgrade equipment regularly. Chattel mortgage versus finance lease versus operating lease. Each has material tax and cash flow consequences that a generic broker overlooks entirely.

Subbies and ABN operators

Trust distributions, project-based revenue, multiple ABNs. Complex income structures that most lenders simplify badly. We build the serviceability narrative so lenders see the full, accurate picture.

Facility Types

Finance we arrange for trades and construction businesses

Vehicle and Truck Finance

Utes, vans, tippers, tray trucks, heavy vehicles. Business vehicle finance structured around your tax position and end-of-term flexibility. Fast approval for standard commercial vehicles.

Plant and Machinery Finance

Excavators, bobcats, elevated work platforms, concrete equipment, specialist plant. Business equipment finance terms matched to asset life and project pipeline depth.

Tools and Equipment Finance

Site equipment, power tools, generators, scaffolding, smaller capital items. Packaged finance solutions for trades businesses replacing or upgrading multiple items at once.

Working Capital Line of Credit

Revolving facility to bridge mobilisation costs and progress claim receipt. Draw when needed, repay when payments land. Critical for businesses carrying multiple concurrent projects.

Fleet and Multi-Vehicle Finance

Finance for trades businesses upgrading or expanding their fleet. Structured across a single facility or individually by vehicle, depending on your tax and depreciation strategy.

Business Acquisition and Expansion

Purchasing a competitor, taking on a major contract requiring capital investment, or buying out a business partner. Credit narrative built around project pipeline, beyond historical revenue.

Client Story

A Sydney concreting business upgraded their fleet. After their bank said no.

A second-generation concreting business in Western Sydney needed to replace three ageing trucks and add a fourth vehicle ahead of a major infrastructure contract. Their bank reviewed two years of financials and declined. Cited irregular income and an existing chattel mortgage.

We reviewed the same financials through a credit analyst lens. The revenue was seasonal and project-based, but serviceability was strong when modelled against contract commitments rather than calendar months. We reframed the narrative, selected a lender with genuine appetite for transport-adjacent construction businesses, and structured all four vehicles at competitive terms.

Result: Approved within five business days. Infrastructure contract started on time.

Client details anonymised. Results vary by applicant profile and lender appetite.

Find a Better Lender

Better lender. Better deal. Better for your trades business.

Krishna understands how lenders assess trades and construction businesses. The cash flow cycles, the asset structures, and the credit narrative that gets a fast approval rather than a committee referral.

  • No credit score impact on enquiry
  • Sector-specialist credit framing
  • Lender selected based on current appetite
  • Personally reviewed by Krishna for enquiries over $250,000
  • Australia-wide across all states and territories

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