Support throughout the client lifecycle
The Hilton-Baird Group has been proud to support asset based lenders and their clients for close to 30 years.
With expertise across deal origination, risk management and debt collection, we are passionate about helping lenders to maximise lending whilst reducing risk – facilitating strong, long-lasting relationships between lenders and their clients.
Now part of FRP Advisory, a leading business advisory group with more than 900 employees across the UK and beyond, our market-leading offering extends further than ever before.
Our services span the entirety of the client lifecycle:
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Mutual successes
We have a proven track record of supporting asset based lenders and their clients with a wide range of requirements. Here are some recent success stories:
HILTON-BAIRD FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS
New ID facility secured to help manufacturing business avoid pre-pack
A £2m invoice discounting facility has helped an electromechanical contract manufacturer avoid a pre-pack sale and work towards a future solvent sale. After external challenges led to the business incurring losses, borrowing more and experiencing cash flow difficulty, we worked closely with FRP and the incumbent funder to quickly identify suitable lenders which would be interested and able to support the business.
HILTON-BAIRD FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS
Rail industry supplier secures seamless funding transition to remain on track
When an international invoice finance company decided to exit the UK market, they recommended their client should speak to the team at Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions to help them identify a new funder. Drawing on their deep commercial finance insight and experience, our funding specialists identified suitable options, leading to Dartford Composites Ltd, a Kent-based composite moulding company, transitioning seamlessly to a new £500,000 invoice finance facility.
HILTON-BAIRD AUDIT & SURVEY
£176,000 fraud discovered by eagle-eyed team
Our audit team has exposed fraudulent invoices worth £176,000 on a recruitment company’s £750,000 invoice finance facility. Concerned about ageing invoices from one particular debtor on the ledger, the lender instructed Hilton-Baird Audit & Survey to audit the client and get to the bottom of the delays in payment. But just one day on site allowed our Business Analyst to identify fraudulent invoicing worth £176,000 – of which £141,000 had already been funded – as well as re-ageing of debt and potential VAT fraud.
HILTON-BAIRD COLLECTION SERVICES
Over £17.5m collected after high profile logistics group enters administration
Hilton-Baird Collection Services and FRP have collaboratively recovered the position of an invoice finance company after its client, an established haulage and logistics group of companies, entered administration in the aftermath of a significant cyber attack. Backed by the wealth of paperwork which had been generated and secured – which was aided by us being engaged so soon after the cyber attack and in plenty of time before the administration event – our collections team was able to recover the funder’s position within just 51 days.
HILTON-BAIRD COLLECTION SERVICES
Contingency planning crucial to collect out and sale of flooring distributor
Hilton-Baird Collection Services supported FRP Restructuring Advisory in maximising recoveries for creditors after a major flooring surfaces distributor entered administration. Contingency planning was crucial to more than £20 million being collected on the ledger to recover the lender’s position in full.
Meet our senior management team
Our team possesses vast knowledge and experience gained through their longevity at the Hilton-Baird Group, combined with prior roles within the asset based lending sector.
Alex Hilton-Baird
CEO | Hilton-Baird Group
023 8070 6984 | 07958 745088
Established Hilton-Baird Group: 1997
Credentials:
- Built the Hilton-Baird Group from a start-up brokerage to well established and respected specialist receivables finance Group
- Extensive experience in leading strategic operations, identifying and securing new business opportunities and providing valuable operational, risk and recovery support to lenders and insolvency firms
- Receivables expertise spanning the full client life cycle, from originating funding for clients’ ongoing operation or transactional needs, to safeguarding lenders’ interests through risk management and collections across pre-insolvency and insolvency cases
Evette Orams
Managing Director | Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions
023 8070 6630 | 07894 513555
Joined in: 2007
Credentials:
- Almost 30 years’ ABL experience across operations, credit, risk and new business teams, with previous roles at GMAC, NMB Heller, Fortis Commercial Finance, Lloyds and Xbridge/Simply Business
- Experience and in-depth understanding of risk, coupled with commercial acumen, to structure facilities that balance business expectations with lenders' security needs
Neil Galer
Head of Client Introductions | Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions
023 8070 6636 | 07703 882136
Joined in: 2007
Credentials:
- Extensive knowledge of ever-evolving funder criteria, appetites, culture, service levels
- Expertise across ABL, as well as wider commercial finance solutions, to service varied needs/business sizes
Graham Bird
Managing Director | Hilton-Baird Audit & Survey
07949 423364
Joined in: 2010
Credentials:
- Fellow Chartered and Certified Accountant
- 8 years’ experience in accountancy practices
- 7 years’ prior ABL experience, including as Regional Audit Manager at GMAC Commercial Finance
- Regular reviews of ABL deals up to £150m in a variety of asset classes (AR/Inventory/P&M), across a wide range of industries
Helen Anderson
Audit Manager | Hilton-Baird Audit & Survey
helen.anderson@hiltonbaird.co.uk
07566 289344
Joined in: 2018
Credentials:
- AAT qualified
- In excess of 30 years’ industry experience: 21 years at GMAC Commercial Finance; 7 years at Aldermore
- Roles in audit, credit control and relationship management
Ian Tramaseur
Director | Hilton-Baird Collection Services
ian.tramaseur@hiltonbaird.co.uk
023 8070 6638 | 07894 095373
Joined in: 2004
Credentials:
- Extensive experience in collections and risk management, with a particular emphasis on intensive care support and contingency planning
- Background in IT and systems and is a Certified Forensic Investigation Practitioner
- Experience in reviewing systems and processes to identify where lending may be compromised, currently or in the future and implementing timely strategies to optimise recovery outcomes and mitigate risk
Jocelyn Duffield
Head of ABL Services | Hilton-Baird Collection Services
jocelyn.duffield@hiltonbaird.co.uk
023 8112 0001 | 07751 400557
Joined in: 2019
Credentials:
- Over 20 years’ industry experience
- Particular expertise in invoice and trade finance
- Previous roles include senior relationship management and risk positions at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, Bibby Financial Services and Sonovate
