Free Start Up Hub planning tool

Startup finance readiness checker

Preparing a finance application starts with understanding the evidence you can provide about your business. This self-assessment asks about your plans, registration, cashflow forecast and other preparation, then highlights areas to work on before approaching a lender.

How this tool helps you plan

1. Answer the questions about your startup using the evidence currently available to you.
2. Review the indicative readiness score and the areas where preparation is incomplete.
3. Use the suggested actions to organise your business plan, forecasts and supporting information before a broker conversation.

This is a Sorbus planning score, not a credit score, eligibility decision or prediction of approval. Different lenders require different evidence and apply their own criteria. A high score does not guarantee finance.