Single and multi-head commercial embroidery machines funded for workwear suppliers, teamwear businesses and decorators expanding capacity.
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Yes. Commercial embroidery machines are excellent finance assets and fund on hire purchase with ease. Build quality from the established Japanese manufacturers is high, machines run for decades and the used market is genuinely liquid, so underwriters can value them confidently. Second-hand multi-heads are funded routinely. The one thing that surprises buyers is the digitising side: the software licence, the training and any outsourced digitising are soft costs, and the hooping frames and caps are consumable tooling, so the agreement covers the machine and very little else.
Used kit: Yes — used embroidery machines fund very comfortably and units twelve to fifteen years old are regularly funded where stitch counts and servicing are documented.
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Business asset finance is quoted on a flat rate, so that is what this shows — with the equivalent APR underneath, because the two are not the same number. A quick guide only; your actual rate depends on the asset, term, deposit and lender.
Representative example: on Hire Purchase, borrowing £25,000 over 48 months at a 6.0% flat rate (equivalent to 11.5% APR representative), you would repay around £646 a month; total amount repayable approximately £31,000, of which £6,000 is the cost of finance. This calculator is for illustration only — it is not a quote or an offer of finance, and the rate and repayments you are offered will depend on the asset, term, deposit and your circumstances. CW Asset Finance is a credit broker, not a lender, and may receive a commission from the lender that funds your agreement. All finance is subject to status, affordability and lender approval. CW Asset Finance is an Appointed Representative of Rural Finance Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 630701).
Embroidery is one of the safest assets in textile decoration from a funder point of view. The major brands have deep second-hand demand across the UK and Europe, spares stay available for many years, and a serial number identifies a machine precisely. Values decline gently, so longer terms are available than in digital print. Needles, bobbins, backing, thread and hoops are consumables. Digitising software is a soft cost and subscription versions cannot be funded at all. Machines are free-standing on their own frames, so fixtures rarely come up even in leased units. The most common reason for a decline is a start-up with no decoration history buying more heads than the order book justifies.
Examples of the machines we are asked to fund. This is not an exhaustive list — if what you are buying is not here, it does not mean we cannot fund it. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine | What it is |
|---|---|
| Tajima TMBP-SC1501 | Single head embroidery machine for logo work |
| Tajima TMEZ-S1501C | Single head machine with digital tension control |
| Tajima multi head machines | Multi head embroidery lines for volume orders |
| Barudan BEXT-S1501CBII | Single head machine for caps and garments |
| Barudan multi head machines | Two and four head machines for production |
| Brother PR1055X | Compact embroidery machine for small studios |
| Brother PR680W | Six needle machine for start up decorators |
| Happy Japan HCH-701 | Seven needle machine for light commercial use |
| Happy Japan HCD3E | Portable machine for very small workshops |
| Ricoma EM-1010 | Entry commercial machine for garment personalisation |
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Typically a workwear or teamwear supplier whose single-head cannot keep pace with school and corporate orders, moving to a four or six head to cut a two week lead time down to days. Also uniform companies bringing embroidery back from an outsourcer after quality complaints, and print businesses adding embroidery so they can quote a full branded clothing package in one go.
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Bought on hire purchase, business plant and machinery normally qualifies for capital allowances on the full cost even though you pay for it monthly, which is a large part of why hire purchase is the common structure. On a finance lease you generally set the rentals against profit instead. The rules change between budgets and your position depends on how you trade, so treat this as the direction of travel and get your accountant to confirm the detail before you commit.
A perpetual licence bought with the machine on the same invoice can sometimes be carried, though it is a soft cost and some funders strip it out. An annual subscription cannot be funded at all, because there is no asset and nothing to recover. Budget for it separately to be safe.
Usually not. Frames, hoops and cap drivers are tooling: they wear, they get replaced and they hold little resale value on their own. Where they are bundled into the machine price by the dealer they may ride along, but do not count on it being funded as a separate line.
Mostly through deal size and how easily the machine sells on. Multi-heads carry higher values, which comfortably clears minimum agreement sizes, and six and eight head machines from major brands are in constant demand second-hand. A single-head may need bundling with other equipment.
Often yes, for this asset. Embroidery machines are built to run for tens of millions of stitches and the good brands keep parts available for a very long time. A funder will want service records and a stitch count, and will set the term to match the remaining life.
Yes. Refinancing owned, unencumbered embroidery machines releases cash you can put towards the next purchase or towards stock. Because these machines hold their value, they tend to refinance better than digital print equipment of the same age.
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