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South East · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Woking

Woking has 6,132 trading companies. 784 of them (12.8%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, below the South East at 13.7% and the UK at 14.0%.

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6,132trading companies
12.8%have secured borrowing
215new companies in Q3 2026
4.8%late filing accounts

How Woking's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Woking, 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 43%.

Professional services1,044 companies
4%
Tech, media & telecoms743 companies
4%
Real estate & lettings686 companies
43%
Construction & trades528 companies
6%
Business support services447 companies
9%
Retail421 companies
5%
Personal services269 companies
9%
Haulage & logistics203 companies
8%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Woking, 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 years1,477 companies
3%
2 to 5 years1,127 companies
11%
5 to 10 years1,306 companies
13%
10 to 20 years1,382 companies
12%
Over 20 years840 companies
34%

Who's lending in the South East

The 515 new lender charges we tracked against the South East 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
55%
Banks
15%
Specialist & alternative lenders
11%
Asset finance
1%
Invoice finance
0%

Funding that fits Woking businesses

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

Elsewhere in the South East

Source: every live company on the Companies House register at 2026-10-01, analysed by DueLead for its Q3 2026 Pulse report on Woking. "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.