The story in short
- 11 invoices funded since October 2024
- 5 of 24 months with an invoice funded since October 2024
- 4 invoices funded in October 2024, their busiest month
- 2 increases to their funding limit
The gap
More jobs through the new workshop meant more steel work to make and more people to pay. They also run a labour-hire side, which keeps wages a big part of the bill.
Customers pay against purchase orders once the work is done, but the payroll and the subcontractors can’t wait that long.
How they use FundTap
They dip in and out: five of the 24 months since October 2024 have had an invoice funded.
That’s 11 invoices on nine funding days: five in 2024, three in 2025 and three so far in 2026.
Invoices funded each month, as a table
| Month | Invoices funded |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | 4 |
| November 2024 | 1 |
| December 2024 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 3 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
What’s changed
In March 2026 they put through an invoice bigger than their funding limit and asked for more room. The limit has gone up twice since they joined.
Their customers pay them as normal, and their latest funded invoice went through in September 2026.
Sound like your business?
If more jobs mean more wages and subcontractor bills before the invoices clear, FundTap lets you say yes to the work.
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About this story. Anonymised: business and owner details are withheld. Counts are from FundTap’s records to 30 September 2026.
