UK report /West Midlands /Kington
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Kington business borrowing report

3.3% of Kington's 8,103 trading companies have secured borrowing (268 businesses), below the West Midlands at 14.4%.

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

West Midlands
14.4%
326,364 companies · 9th of 12
12.3%17.4%
8.1k
Trading companies
8,103
3.3%
With secured borrowing
-11.1 pts vs region
697
Live charges registered
2.6 per borrower
468
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
1.8%
Late filing accounts
143 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 35% of its 545 companies have a lender's charge.
02468 new companies started in Kington in Q3 2026, and 143 (1.8%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: West Midlands overall

Micro
5.1%
Small
15.6%
Medium & large
0.0%
No accounts yet
0.7%

By company age

Dashed line: West Midlands overall

0-2 years
0.7%
2-5 years
5.2%
5-10 years
10.9%
10-20 years
8.9%
20+ years
23.7%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
35.2%
Construction & trades
2.4%
Manufacturing
1.5%
Business support services
1.2%
Professional services
1.0%
Retail
0.3%
Tech, media & telecoms
0.2%
Wholesale & distribution
0.2%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Kington (3.3%)
Town reports

Other towns in the West Midlands

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

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