mcl finance has been recognised as one of the UK’s 20 fastest-growing financial services firms by the 2025 UK Fast Growth Index, which identifies and celebrates the fastest-growing businesses across the UK economy. The company is also ranked in the Top 100 of the UK Fast Growth Index 2025, highlighting its remarkable growth and impact.

Founded seven years ago, mcl finance provides a range of financial services, including lending solutions for small businesses, helping them access fast, flexible funding to support growth and expansion. Over the years, mcl finance has achieved significant milestones, including supporting thousands of UK SMEs, expanding across multiple markets, and creating jobs across the country. The company was ranked among the Top 20 fastest-growing financial services firms in the UK.

The UK Fast Growth Index identifies the fifty fastest-growing companies in seven regions and nations, namely London, the Midlands and the East of England, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the South of England and Wales. From these regional lists, the programme also highlights the Top 20 fastest-growing firms in key sectors of the UK economy, including financial services, business-to-business services, consumer services, consumer products, manufacturing, technology, construction, property and other specialist niches.

Collectively, the 20 fastest-growing financial services firms have increased their turnover by £1.2 billion between 2022 and 2024, at a remarkable growth rate of 448%. Whilst fast growth firms represent a small fraction of all UK companies, they contribute a significant proportion of new jobs every year. They are also often at the cutting edge in their respective industries, bringing innovative products, services and processes to market, and making a tremendous contribution to the UK economy.

Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, Founder of the UK Fast Growth Index, said:

“Financial services businesses like mcl finance are absolutely central to a modern, high-performing economy. Whether they are providing capital to entrepreneurs, creating new payment and fintech solutions, or supporting households and businesses to manage risk, their impact is felt far beyond their own balance sheets.

Seeing mcl finance recognised among the 20 fastest-growing financial services firms in the UK in 2025, and ranked in the Top 100 of the UK Fast Growth Index, underlines just how dynamic and innovative this sector has become. These companies are scaling at pace, investing heavily in technology and talent, and increasingly competing on a global stage. By shining a spotlight on the UK’s fastest-growing financial services firms, the UK Fast Growth Index demonstrates why backing ambitious, finance-led businesses must remain a priority for policymakers, investors and support organisations that want to see stronger investment, higher productivity and better-quality jobs across the UK.”