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A Buy To Let Mortgage Platform

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Funded 15 Dec 2020
£4,713,266 target
£5,131,508 from 335 investors
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Business overview

Location London, United Kingdom
Social media
Website landbay.co.uk
Sectors Finance & Payments Mixed Digital/Non-Digital Mixed B2B/B2C
Company number 08668507
Incorporation date 29 Aug 2013
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Investment summary

Type Equity
Valuation (pre-money) £50.3M
Equity offered 9.24%
UK tax relief

EIS

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Business highlights

  • Landbay has funded in excess of £600m BTL mortgages
  • Diverse instutional funding base on the platform
  • Won multiple industry awards and rated "excellent" on Trust Pilot
  • Over six years of operating in the market
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Key features

  • Secondary Market
  • Nominee investment min. £11.25 +

Idea

Introduction

Landbay is a Buy-to Mortgage lending platform. We direct-match institutional investors’ money into BTL mortgages.

We launched in Spring 2014 as a peer to peer platform. In June 2017 we started deploying institutional capital and in December 2019 we closed down the retail p2p platform to concentrate on institutional investors.

We provide investors access to a flow of whole-loan high quality BTL mortgages that can be securitised or held on balance sheet. Landbay does not deploy any of its own balance sheet nor take any credit-risk.

We have completed over £600m of mortgages to date.

We now have the mortgage funding, technology and capacity to grow significantly in this £250bn market.

Substantial accomplishments to date

We have built a broad funding base with Retail Banks, Investment Banks and Asset Managers. This means that our loans can get funded via securitisation capital markets or via bank deposits.

We have grown our origination capacity significantly over the last few years - we are now whole of market with most of the major broker networks & clubs partnering with us. We have an experienced Sales Team that covers all of England & Wales that we have hired from leading BTL lenders.

We have won multiple awards including Best BTL Lender for the last 2 years running at the Mortgage Introducer Awards. We have been named in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the last 2 years and are in Technation's Future Fifty 2020.

We have a TrustPilot Score of Excellent (4.5).

We have 3,600 active brokers on our platform - an increase of 50% since beginning of 2020.

Monetisation strategy

Landbay charges borrowers a fee at the time of funds being drawn down, typically 1.5-1.75% of the loan amount.

In addition Investors in the loans pay an origination fee and ongoing servicing & performance fees.

As our AUM grows, we will build significant annuity income in the business (as the platform fee we receive layers up month-on-month). We see this as a key benefit of operating in the mortgage market where loan terms are longer than most other forms of loans.

We do not take any direct credit or pricing risk.

Use of proceeds

We intend to use the proceeds of this funding round for general working capital purposes as we continue to grow the business. Our expenses are anticipated to break down as follows (approx):

• Technology - 50%.
• Marketing & Brand Development - 25%.
• General Operating Expenses - 25%.

Key Information

Reflected funds

Landbay has raised £4.7m in new equity funding over the past 12 months, at a price per share of £2.25 - which this round represents. A small portion of this investment is to be received by the company in future tranches, with £250k remaining to be received in December 2020, and a further £250k remaining to be received in January 2021.

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Tax Relief (SEIS)

This business is eligible for SEIS relief - providing qualifying investors with income tax relief of 50% of their investment and certain other tax reliefs. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and is subject to change in future. Click to learn more.

Tax Relief (EIS)

This business is eligible for EIS relief - providing qualifying investors with income tax relief of 30% of their investment and certain other tax reliefs. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and is subject to change in future. Click to learn more.

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Valuation rounded from £50,278,950

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