Expanding Finance
Date: Thursday 5th November 2026
Time: 3.00pm - 5.30pm
Location: Farringdon, London
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A roundtable for consumer brand founders and leaders on building a finance function for the next stage and accessing the right capital from family offices, alternative lenders and private investors.
AGENDA
Q&A: ACCESSING THE RIGHT CAPITAL
Hugo Chance is CEO of Chance Capital which supports SMEs to secure £1m-£50m in finance.
Understand the alternative capital your business could access and the availability of debt for consumer brands today.
Know how to choose the right finance for what you want to achieve, including when debt makes more sense than equity.
Learn how to position your business to secure funding by understanding what different sources of capital need to see.
A major retail listing, international expansion, an acquisition or a step change in inventory can all create capital requirements that are difficult to meet from cash flow alone. Yet equity is only one way to fund them, with a much broader market of banks, alternative lenders, private investors and family offices available to growing consumer brands.
In a Q&A, Hugo Chance, a specialist debt advisor for SMEs, will share a current view of the funding market, informed by experience structuring finance for scale-up brands and having relationships with different sources of capital.
The discussion will give founders a clearer understanding of what they could access, how different funders approach consumer businesses and how to think about financing opportunities before the capital is needed.
TALK: BUILDING A FINANCE FUNCTION FOR THE NEXT STAGE
Jon Bradbury is a partner at The Berkeley Partnership, a management consultancy which counts Unilever, Diageo, PZ Cussons and M&S amongst its clients.
Know what needs to change in your finance setup before you take on more people, customers, channels and markets.
Recognise the early signs that your finance function is becoming a constraint, and what capability you need to add next.
Build a finance function that better supports the growth of your brand.
The finance function inside a £30m consumer brand business looks very different from what was needed at £3m or £10m. As you build a larger brand, understanding how more mature businesses structure their finance function is an essential part of being ready for the bigger decisions and higher capital requirements ahead.
In this talk, Jon Bradbury, a leading management consultant, will share advice for evaluating where your current finance capabilities and operating model need to change, and turning that assessment into action, giving you access to the same strategic thinking major consumer businesses use to ensure finance stays ahead of the demands of a growing business.
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