Our Journey

Marylen Edwards, Head of BTL Lending & CFO Ben Lawrence make B&C’s 2024 Power List.

Christian Gugolz is also highly commended for BDM of the Year at the Crystal Ball awards 24.

We win Buy to Let Lender of the Year at the Crystal Ball Awards 24, our first BTL award.

We’re also named ‘Regulated Bridging Lender of the Year’ at the B&C Awards.

We scoop ‘Service Excellence – Lenders’ for the 8th time at the Bridging & Commercial Awards.

During Victory at Villa Park, we raised a total of £5,150 for Prevent Breast Cancer.

Raphael Benggio is named Underwriter of the Year at the 2023 Financial Reporter Awards.

Chief Compliance Officer, Shyam Kotecha, is appointed to the board.

We win ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ at the BMF Awards 2023.

Our buy-to-let mortgages go live to all brokers in England and Wales.

Gareth Lewis, formerly Commercial Director, is promoted to Managing Director.

Crystal Specialist Finance names Christian BDM of the Year at their annual awards ceremony. 

We win the ‘Service Excellence’ Award for the 7th time at the Bridging & Commercial Awards.

We move to our new, larger office at Broadgate Tower in Liverpool Street.

We scoop ‘Bridging Lender of the Year’ at the 2022 SFI Awards.

We secure investment from J.P. Morgan for the upcoming launch of our buy-to-let proposition.

Our Victory at Villa Park football match raises over £4,000 for Prevent Breast Cancer.

We’re named ‘Best Bridging Finance Provider’ at the Business Moneyfacts Awards 2022.

Our regulated team won ‘Product of the Year’ at the Crystal Ball Awards ’22.

We organise the Charity Christmas Clash and raise over £20,000 for GOSH Charity.

We appoint Chris Patrick as a board member and our first non-executive director.

We win the award for ‘Service Excellence’ at the B&C Awards 2021.

We launch our ESG policy which details how we will contribute to a sustainable future.

Gareth Lewis, Millie Dyson, Lenka Pajkošová & James Anderson appointed directors.

We’re named ‘Best Bridging Finance Provider’ at the Business Moneyfacts Awards 2021.

We raise £8m from Triple Point Investment Management to complete a management buyout.

We enter the regulated bridging loan sector to support clients during Covid-19.

We win the ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ award for the 5th time.

For the 5th time we win the Bridging & Commercial award for ‘Service Excellence.’

We threw a party to celebrate the brand refresh with our industry friends.

We unveil our new brand identity to the market in August 2019.

Director, Tomer Aboody, wins ‘Business Leader: Bridging Lender’ award at the BSLAs.

We win the ‘Service Excellence’ award at the B&C Awards 2019, for the fourth time.

We win ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ for the 4^th time at the BMF Awards.

We’re named ‘Best Short-term Lender’ at the Mortgage Strategy Awards ’19.

We receive £100m of funding from a global institutional investment manager.

We secure £50,000,000 in funding from Insight Investment, in December 2018.

We scoop the award for the ‘Best Residential Lender’ at the Personal Finance Awards.

We win the NLIS Award for Specialist Finance Provider of The Year in 2018.

We launch our new Heavy Refurbishment product to the market.

We celebrate turning 10 years old with our team and industry colleague.

We sign the Women in Finance Charter – one of the first signatories.

We scoop the Financial Reporter Award for ‘Best Short-term Lender’.

We move to larger premises in Holborn, to accommodate our growing team.

We are named ‘Bridging Lender of the Year’ at the PropertyWire Awards.

We scoop the ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ award (for the third time). 

We throw a summer party to say thank you to our industry colleagues!

We secure £125m of funding from one of the largest global institutional investors.

We win the ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ award once again at the BMF Awards.

Launch of our 24-month product on 1st & 2nd charge bridging loans.

We feature in Spear’s 500; the guide to the best service providers for HNW individuals.

We scoop the ‘Best Bridging Finance Provider’ award at the Business Moneyfacts Awards.

We’re named in the top 5 property financing companies in Spear’s 500.

We win ‘Best Short-term/Bridging Lender’ at the Financial Reporter Awards.

We launch Bridging Trends with Brightstar, Enness, Positive Lending and SPF.

“Highly Commended” for ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ at the BMF Awards. 

We move to a slightly bigger office on Argyll Street near London’s Oxford Circus.

Members vote us ‘Short-term Lender of the Year’ at the annual NACFB Gala Dinner.

We rebrand! Introducing our emperor penguins to the industry: Penelope & Randolph.

“Highly Commended” at the Financial Reporter Awards for ‘Best Bridging Lender’.

Scoop the award for ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ at the BMF Awards!

We move our growing team to a larger office in Weymouth Street, London.

We win the award for ‘Service Excellence’ at the Bridging & Commercial Awards 2013.

We win the Financial Reporter Award for ‘Best Bridging Loan Lender’.

Place “Commended” in the ‘Best Service from a Bridging Finance Provider’ category.

We move to a new office to accommodate our new team members.

We scoop our first award! ‘Best Bridging Newcomer,’ at the Bridging & Commercial Awards.

We join the Association of Short-term Lenders (ASTL) in March 2011.

We join the AoBP. Now known as the Financial Intermediary of Broker Association in 2017.

We are accepted as a Patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers.

We complete our first loan – shop and uppers in Stamford Hill.

We move to our first office in Tokenhouse Yard, City of London.

MT Finance launches in August 2008, amidst the global financial crisis.