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Yorkshire and the Humber · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Doncaster

Doncaster has 14,134 trading companies. 1,937 of them (13.7%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, below Yorkshire and the Humber at 15.5% and the UK at 14.0%.

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14,134trading companies
13.7%have secured borrowing
647new companies in Q3 2026
4.0%late filing accounts

How Doncaster's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Doncaster, and the share of companies in each with a lender's charge registered against them. Real estate & lettings borrows most against its assets here, at 47%.

Real estate & lettings1,657 companies
47%
Construction & trades1,653 companies
10%
Professional services1,439 companies
6%
Haulage & logistics1,164 companies
4%
Retail1,136 companies
7%
Tech, media & telecoms785 companies
3%
Business support services747 companies
8%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes739 companies
3%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Doncaster, the share of companies with secured borrowing climbs with age, which is why a young business often starts with asset finance or a smaller unsecured loan.

Under 2 years4,546 companies
4%
2 to 5 years2,932 companies
12%
5 to 10 years2,985 companies
16%
10 to 20 years2,463 companies
18%
Over 20 years1,208 companies
41%

Who's lending in Yorkshire and the Humber

The 388 new lender charges we tracked against Yorkshire and the Humber companies in Q3 2026, by type of lender. Property, bridging & buy-to-let made up the largest share, as most mortgages on company-owned property are registered as charges.

Property, bridging & buy-to-let
59%
Asset finance
14%
Banks
8%
Specialist & alternative lenders
6%
Invoice finance
3%

Funding that fits Doncaster businesses

Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding that suit Doncaster's biggest sectors.

Elsewhere in Yorkshire and the Humber

Source: every live company on the Companies House register at 2026-10-01, analysed by DueLead for its Q3 2026 Pulse report on Doncaster. "Secured borrowing" means at least one outstanding charge, a lender's security registered at Companies House, so unsecured loans and overdrafts don't show. Trading companies means active limited companies, LLPs and PLCs, excluding dormant companies, financial services firms and public bodies. Sole traders aren't on the register, so they aren't counted.