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DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Melton Mowbray business borrowing report

13.3% of Melton Mowbray's 2,024 trading companies have secured borrowing (270 businesses), below the East Midlands at 15.9%.

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 Midlands
15.9%
206,048 companies · 3rd of 12
12.3%17.4%
2k
Trading companies
2,024
13.3%
With secured borrowing
-2.5 pts vs region
539
Live charges registered
2.0 per borrower
58
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
2.8%
Late filing accounts
56 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 41% of its 209 companies have a lender's charge.
0258 new companies started in Melton Mowbray in Q3 2026, and 56 (2.8%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: East Midlands overall

Micro
10.7%
Small
23.3%
Medium & large
42.9%
No accounts yet
2.5%

By company age

Dashed line: East Midlands overall

0-2 years
3.2%
2-5 years
8.4%
5-10 years
13.3%
10-20 years
17.7%
20+ years
31.9%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
41.1%
Agriculture & farming
27.5%
Manufacturing
18.8%
Business support services
9.2%
Construction & trades
7.0%
Retail
4.2%
Professional services
4.1%
Tech, media & telecoms
3.4%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Melton Mowbray (13.3%)
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Every town with at least 2,000 trading companies registered there.

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