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South East · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Worthing

Worthing has 7,233 trading companies. 1,058 of them (14.6%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, above the South East at 13.7% and the UK at 14.0%.

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7,233trading companies
14.6%have secured borrowing
200new companies in Q3 2026
3.9%late filing accounts

How Worthing's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Worthing, 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 46%.

Professional services1,035 companies
6%
Tech, media & telecoms891 companies
5%
Real estate & lettings872 companies
46%
Construction & trades740 companies
6%
Business support services488 companies
9%
Retail452 companies
9%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes350 companies
11%
Personal services310 companies
7%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Worthing, 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 years1,520 companies
4%
2 to 5 years1,224 companies
9%
5 to 10 years1,793 companies
15%
10 to 20 years1,750 companies
16%
Over 20 years946 companies
35%

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 Worthing businesses

Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding that suit Worthing'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 Worthing. "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.