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  • Buy to let mortgages for limited companies

    We specialise in buy to let mortgages for limited companies, including Special Purpose Vehicles and trading companies.

  • Specialists in portfolio landlord lending

    Landlords can hold a portfolio up to £5m with us and we don't set background portfolio limits.

  • Human customer support

    Human underwriting

    Our experienced underwriters assess every application on its own merits and always look for ways to say 'yes'.

  • Expert support

    Our in-life team will support larger portfolio clients with managing and growing their portfolios.

Limited company buy to let mortgages

  • We lend to both Special Purpose Vehicles and Trading Companies
  • We lend on HMOs and multi unit freehold portfolios up to maximum £10m
  • We don't set exposure limits on blocks of flats or background portfolio limits
  • We allow top slicing on a wide range of incomes
  • We build rental growth into our buy to let calculator, which means we can give you more today based on your future rental increases
  • No income restrictions for an experienced landlord with a minimum of 6 months' letting history
  • We'll consider lending on both above and adjacent-to commercial properties
  • Overpayments of up to 10% of the outstanding mortgage balance can be made each year without ERCs
  • Landlords can hold a portfolio up to £5m with us
  • We lend to both Special Purpose Vehicles and Trading Companies
  • We lend on HMOs and multi unit freehold portfolios up to maximum £10m
  • We don't set exposure limits on blocks of flats or background portfolio limits
  • We allow top slicing on a wide range of incomes
  • We build rental growth into our buy to let calculator, which means we can give you more today based on your future rental increases
  • No income restrictions for an experienced landlord with a minimum of 6 months' letting history
  • We'll consider lending on both above and adjacent-to commercial properties
  • Overpayments of up to 10% of the outstanding mortgage balance can be made each year without ERCs
  • Landlords can hold a portfolio up to £5m with us
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The changing tax landscape

One of the big drivers for the recent growth in limited company buy to lets has been tax changes. These have impacted landlords who own properties in their own name and pay higher rate tax.

Under new rules, mortgage interest tax relief has shrunk to zero in 2021 and been replaced by a 20% tax credit on all rental income. With potentially higher tax bills, more and more landlords are considering the limited company option for new investments and remortgages.

Limited company buy to let mortgage FAQs

The benefits of owning property through a limited company structure include:

  • Offsetting 100% mortgage interest. Private landlords have had their tax relief allowances cut significantly in recent years. These changes don’t affect limited companies.
  • £2,000 tax-free dividend relief. The Dividend Tax Credit means company shareholders can potentially
    take £2,000 per year in dividends tax-free.
  • Legal separation. The company and its finances are legally separate to the people who run it – this limits the level of personal liability an individual can face.
  • Profits can be reinvested. It’s possible to grow a buy to let portfolio more quickly through a limited company. This is because there’s no income tax on profits retained within the company, so there’s more cash to reinvest. Corporation tax is payable on trading profits, but this is lower than higher rate income tax.
  • No Capital Gains Tax allowance. Unlike a private individual, companies don’t qualify for capital gains tax relief on the proceeds of a property sale.
  • Limited company running costs. Operating a limited company comes with fees for things like preparing the annual accounts, Companies House filings and more thorough accounting.

Special Purpose Vehicles are set up for one specific purpose or transaction, usually to isolate financial risk. In the mortgage world, a Special Purpose Vehicle is a company which is set up just to hold property and do nothing else. However, an SPV can become a trading company once the initial purpose has run its course or they enter into other trading, for example turnover/income from other purposes such as third party management, contracting and development

Within mortgage lending, a trading company is one that has a primary activity other than owning property. This is a company which trades in business sectors other than property ownership/management or where an SPV has moved on from its initial reason of set up or single trade.

We lend to both Special Purpose Vehicles and Trading Companies.

No, we lend to newly incorporated companies as well as more established limited companies.

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Multiple properties on one application

We know it can be difficult and time consuming managing a large buy to let property portfolio, that's why we've made life easier.

Combine up to 30 properties on one application, meaning one affordability stress test across the whole portfolio, one review date on product maturity, one set of documents, one monthly payment and a single direct debit.

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