AURELIUS Finance Company, the Private Debt segment of AURELIUS, has continued to grow through 2025, expanding its team and client base while supporting businesses with tailored facilities, despite an increasingly challenging economic backdrop.

We completed three transactions over the summer, including highly bespoke financing solutions for Dusk and The Tyre Group. We were also pleased to strengthen our funding relationship with Trutex, by supporting Hancock & Gore’s acquisition of the business to ensure that our client has sufficient access to liquidity to support their growth plans under an exciting period of new ownership.

• Dusk: We completed an inventory-only facility that fully revolves in line with Dusk’s inventory position and will provide the liquidity needed to drive continued growth. This is our second inventory-only financing of 2025, which also underlines our commitment to growing our presence in the North of England. “AURELIUS Finance Company understood the nuances of our business quickly and delivered a facility at pace that supports our growth strategy and strengthens relationships with our key suppliers,” said Jason Walker, Founder & Chairman of Dusk.
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• The Tyre Group: We delivered a tailored £26m solution, combining an £11m working capital revolver with a £15m property-linked term loan, replacing complex legacy bank lines and unlocking material working capital headroom to support growth and the integration of recent corporate acquisitions.
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• Trutex: Working closely with the management team of this existing client, we were able to support Trutex’s acquisition by Australian investment firm, Hancock & Gore. This transaction opens exciting opportunities for further international expansion under its new ownership structure.

Finally, we are proud to have been shortlisted by The IFT as Special Situations Debt Provider of the Year.

Strengthening our coverage of the North of England

With the hire of James Elliott as New Business Specialist (North of England) in February, we expanded our footprint across the region and are now seeing our presence build, with Dusk joining National Timber Group, The Original Factory Store, Phoenix and Trutex as AFC clients across the region. This focus enhances our ability to originate, structure and deliver bespoke facilities at pace for mid-market businesses across the North.

Growing the team

In addition to James Elliott’s appointment, our team has grown substantially this year.

Chris Richards has joined recently as a Manager, adding portfolio management experience across complex, event-driven financings. Chris joins us from Arbuthnot Commercial ABL, where he spent 6-years as a Client Manager. Prior to this, he held roles as Head of Collections at MarketFinance and Relationship Management roles at RBS Invoice Finance.

Richelle Baquerfo joined the team from Grant Thornton in July 2025, enhancing our analytical and underwriting capabilities.

Karun Dhir, Managing Director at AURELIUS Finance Company, says: “2025 has highlighted the value of our expertise and pace of execution having supported clients with bespoke facilities in a challenging environment, maintained long-standing relationships despite ownership changes, and strengthened our team to meet demand across the UK regions.”

ABOUT AURELIUS FINANCE COMPANY

AURELIUS Finance Company, the Private Debt segment of AURELIUS, is an independent direct lender and one of the leading private debt players in the UK market, focused on providing capital to mid-market companies across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, USA and Canada. It provides clients with an alternative to mainstream banks, with commercial, flexible and supportive lending solutions across the whole capital structure. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, its team of 10 specialists has deployed £300m of capital to over 30 clients, across a broad range of industries and situations.