We are a UK specialist bank. Our lending products include mortgages for landlords and loans for business customers.

We use our specialist expertise to help our customers achieve their ambitions.

Our strategy is to build a specialist bank for our customers, which delivers sustainable growth and shareholder returns through a low risk and robust model.

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Q3 2023 trading update

Strong financial and operational performance for the quarter, full year guidance reconfirmed.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is central to our long-term success and it influences every aspect of our business

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2022 Responsible Business Report

Sharing the progress we made in 2022 on key environmental, social and governance issues.

News

Keep up-to-date with the latest new releases and insights from across our business.

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Limited company landlords

We examine the growth of the limited company landlord and the route to incorporation.

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Careers

We understand how important our employees are to the business and, in recognition of this, we provide a variety of excellent reasons to work for us.

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Start your career at Paragon!

We offer a range of apprenticeship and internship positions to get people started on their career.

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Our purpose

Our purpose is to support the ambitions of the people and businesses of the UK by delivering specialist financial services.

Nigel Terrington
Chief Executive

Our purpose provides the foundation for everything we do and, together with our strategy and values, it guides how we engage with customers, colleagues and other stakeholders.

Our purpose

Purpose in action

Today, we help more than 400,000 customers, with a mix of expert knowledge, first class service and deep relationships.

Landlords

Helping landlords to invest in and build valuable businesses that deliver flexibility for those who chose to rent their home.

Developers

Supporting property developers to turn unused sites into new housing and address the UK’s housing shortage.

Businesses

Lending to enterprises across a range of business sectors to help fuel economic growth.

Savers

Offering savers a range of safe, simple and straightforward savings accounts to help them reach their goals.

We’re a specialist bank. We’re different from the rest, operating in selective markets and focused on being experts in our areas

Purpose in action

Three customers share their experience of working with Paragon, explaining how our specialist expertise has helped them to develop and grow their business.

UWE Houses

“It was really important that we had a mortgage provider who understood us so that, with their help, we grew as amateur landlords into professional landlords.”

Fiona, UWE houses

Welfare 4 Hire

“In the fast-moving world of construction, we need a partner that can move as fast as us and that’s what Paragon has been able to do for us in the past and that’s what I know they can do for us in the future.”

Mel, Welfare 4 Hire

Elevate Property Group

“Paragon has been great in understanding our purpose and assisting in our growth, providing funding to maintain our momentum and the growth of our company and to allow the development of specialist sites simultaneously.”

David, Elevate Property Group

How we’ve helped customers

We're committed to helping British businesses on their journey to success.
Find out how we've helped others through our specialist finance products.

SERE Holdings

We supported Northern Ireland-based SERE Holdings secure a funding package to acquire a Pilatus PC12 NGX to provide support to the NHS.

A R Banks

We supported A R Banks to expand its fleet after securing a funding package from our SME Lending division.

Antler Homes

Sustainable development is at the heart of Antler Homes’ business and we were pleased to support its newbuild development in Slinfold, Horsham with an £8.6 million funding package.

Acorn Property Group’s

We supported longstanding-client Acorn Property Group’s innovative and environmentally-focused new build scheme in Bruton, Somerset, with a £10 million finance package.

3D Tooling Technologies

Our five-figure funding package helped 3D Tooling Technologies acquire a state-of-the-art CNC Machining Centre, broadening its capabilities.

Textek

We provided a £2 million finance package to Shropshire-based Textek to support the development of the UK’s leading mattress recycling plant.

Wattsway Travel

Surrey-based coach company Wattsway Travel acquired its first electric coach with support from Paragon’s funding package.

Mackie Pharmacy

Mackie Pharmacy (JP Mackie & Co Ltd) acquired a robotic dispenser and six prescription dispensing machines with Paragon funding support.

Premier League Club

Find out how our SME Lending team supported a Premier League club with a £600,000 finance package for a new top-of-the-range floodlight system.

The Log Company

Paragon has supported The Log Company with a £160,000 finance package for a range of new equipment, including telehandlers, gritters and light commercial vehicles.

Recycled Roadways Ltd

Paragon recently supported specialist construction company, Recycled Roadways Ltd, with a finance package to fund plant equipment and support the business growth following the pandemic.

Plant Hire & Groundworks Ltd

Paragon recently provided a £68,000 funding package to support agricultural contractor mark Hallam Plant Hire & Groundworks Limited with the purchase of a second hand New Holland T7.315 Tractor

Of course, it’s also about the people … helping our employees to achieve their potential and providing opportunities to shine

Working at Paragon

Whether you’re just starting out or getting ready to take your career to the next level, we have a range of opportunities in a variety to different fields.

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