UK report /East of England /Spalding
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Spalding business borrowing report

12.7% of Spalding's 4,649 trading companies have secured borrowing (589 businesses), below the East of England at 13.6%.

Covers 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30 · Companies House file of 2026-10-01 · Free to cite with a link

Share of trading companies with secured borrowing

East of England
13.6%
355,968 companies · 11th of 12
12.3%17.4%
4.6k
Trading companies
4,649
12.7%
With secured borrowing
-1.0 pts vs region
1.3k
Live charges registered
2.3 per borrower
199
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
2.0%
Late filing accounts
95 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 40% of its 352 companies have a lender's charge.
02199 new companies started in Spalding in Q3 2026, and 95 (2.0%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

Share of trading companies in Spalding with at least one outstanding charge, by size (from the accounts they file) and by age.

By company size

Dashed line: East of England overall

Micro
7.5%
Small
18.4%
Medium & large
74.0%
No accounts yet
3.2%

By company age

Dashed line: East of England overall

0-2 years
3.7%
2-5 years
8.1%
5-10 years
11.8%
10-20 years
16.2%
20+ years
43.8%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

The largest sectors in Spalding, ranked by the share of companies with a lender's charge.

Real estate & lettings
40.3%
Manufacturing
18.4%
Business support services
11.3%
Retail
8.4%
Motor trade
6.8%
Construction & trades
5.5%
Haulage & logistics
5.2%
Professional services
4.9%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Spalding (12.7%)
Town reports

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Every town with at least 2,000 trading companies registered there.

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