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UK Used Car Finance: Market Insight Report

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    Report

  • 52 Pages
  • February 2024
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Apex Insight
  • ID: 5233846

The report focuses on the UK market for secured consumer finance for used / second-hand cars.

  • It also includes agreements for used motorcycles, vans and leisure vehicles (e.g. campervans) however cars represent over 95% of the relevant consumer market.
  • Secured loans are defined as those where the ownership of the vehicle rests with the lender during the life of the agreement.
  • The report excludes unsecured personal loans that some consumers may use when buying a car, which we believe is now a relatively minor form of car finance.
  • It includes agreements for vehicles that might be used for business purposes by individuals but are purchased by consumers rather than the businesses they run.

Key Report Features:

  • Describes the overall used vehicle market size and historical growth rates.
  • Profiles 25 largest used vehicle loan providers.
  • Describes the role of brokers, including firms working with vehicle dealers and those dealing direct with consumers.
  • Reviews drivers of used vehicle loan growth, setting out historical trends and available forecasts.
  • Provides our forecast for the market to 2021, supported by evidence from market drivers and industry interviews.

Table of Contents

  • About this report 

  • Summary 

  • The used car finance market 

  • Market size and growth 

  • Outlook 

  • Commercial / operational due diligence 

  • Custom market analysis 

  • Primary research 

  • Growth strategy 

  • Used car finance market 

  • Definition of the market 

  • Types of finance offered to purchase cars 

    • Hire Purchase 

    • Personal Contract Plan (PCP) 

    • Lease 

    • Alternative products 

    • Non-POS car loan 

    • Personal loan 

    • Mortgage further advance 

    • Credit Card 

  • Types of customers 

  • Market size and growth 

  • UK car market 

  • Dealer sales 

  • Franchised dealers 

  • Independent dealers 

  • Other vehicle distributors 

  • Motor finance penetration 

  • Motor finance volumes 

  • Non-prime lending 

  • Market Drivers 

    • Regulatory landscape 

    • FCA authorisation 

    • Regulatory requirements 

    • Recent regulatory developments 

    • UK Economic performance 

    • Consumer borrowing 

    • Ability to service borrowing 

    • Wages 

    • Source: Bank of England Financial Stability Report November 2017 

  • Other market drivers 

  • Competitive landscape 

  • Overview 

  • Success factors in dealer POS finance 

  • Market size and share 

  • Sub-Prime sector 

  • Split by channel 

  • Major lenders 

  • Barclays Partner Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

  • Black Horse (Lloyds Banking Group) 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

  • Close Brothers Motor Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Hitachi Capital 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • MotoNovo 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Santander UK plc 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Other lenders 

  • 1st Stop Car Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Advantage Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Alphera 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

  • Billing Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Blue Motor 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • First Response 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • JBR Capital 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Mallard Vehicle Finance 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

  • Marsh 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Moneybarn 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Moneyway 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • NIIB Group 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Oodle Financial Services 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Paragon 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Private & Commercial 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Raphaels Bank 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • Startline 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

  • The Car Finance Company 

    • Description 

    • Activities 

    • Recent developments 

    • Other funders 

  • Admiral Loans 

  • Car Finance Limited 

  • Ratesetter 

  • Car dealer finance brokers 

  • Auto Union Finance 

  • Creditas 

  • DSG Financial Services 

  • Eurodrive 

  • Evolution Funding 

  • Jigsaw Finance 

  • Mann Island Finance 

  • Motion Finance 

  • Whichdeal Limited 

  • Forecasts 

  • Approach 

  • Key driver forecasts 

  • Economic growth 

  • Interest rates 

  • Amount of consumer debt 

  • Unemployment and underemployment 

  • Household disposable income and wages 

  • Used car sales volume forecasts 

  • New car sales volume 

  • Used car sales volume 

  • Forecast scenario for used car sales volumes 

  • Motor finance penetration 

  • Regulatory impacts 

  • Other drivers of finance penetration 

  • Forecast scenario for used car finance penetration levels 

  • Forecast used car finance values 

  • Appendix: abbreviations 

 

List of Exhibits

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    Market participants 

  • Used vehicle new secured finance agreement volumes (Thousands): Actual and forecasts 

  • Car parc (millions) 

  • Car sales - volume (millions) 

  • Average period between car sales / years 

  • Dealer car sales - volume (millions) 

  • Consumer vehicle finance penetration level - transactions financed as % of total 

  • Total advances - volume / ‘000 

  • Total new consumer POS advances - value / £bn 

  • Key FCA regulatory requirements for car dealers 

  • UK real GDP / % annual changes 

  • UK outstanding unsecured consumer credit / £bn 

  • Historical number of unemployed and underemployed / m 

  • UK median earnings (current prices) and real household disposable income annual growth rates / % annual change 

  • UK household debt to income ratio 

  • Market participants 

  • Breakdown of annual new lending 

  • Volume and value of used cars finance in 2017 (millions and £ billions) 

  • Clydesdale Financial Services Ltd. used vehicle secured finance net investment - £m 

  • Lloyds Banking Group UK used vehicle secured finance net investment - £m 
  • Close Brothers used vehicle finance net investment - £m 

  • Hitachi Capital used vehicle net investment £m 

  • MotoNovo UK used vehicle net investment £m 

  • Santander Consumer Finance UK used vehicle net investment £m 

  • 1st Stop Car Finance Limited Financials 

  • Advantage Finance Limited Summary Financials 

  • Billing Finance Limited Financials 

  • Blue Auto Holdings Limited Financials 

  • First Response Finance Limited Summary Financials 

  • JBR Capital Limited Financial Summary 

  • Mallard Leasing Ltd. Summary financials 

  • Marsh Finance Ltd. Summary Financials 

  • Moneybarn No. 1 Ltd. Summary Financials 

  • Moneyway (Secure Trust Bank) Summary Financials 

  • Oodle Financial Services Limited Summary Financials 

  • Paragon Banking Group PLC Summary financials 

  • PCF Bank Ltd. consumer finance division summary Financials 

  • Startline Auto Receivables Ltd. and Startline Motor Finance Summary Financials 

  • The Car Finance Company (2007) Limited Summary Financials 

  • UK real GDP / annual changes 

  • UK historical & forecast unsecured household debt / £bn 

  • Unemployment and underemployment / m 

  • Number of people in employment / m 

  • UK median earnings (current prices) and real household disposable income annual growth rates / % annual change 

  • Historical and forecast car sales - volume / £m 

  • Historical and forecast used vehicle finance - volume ‘000 

  • Historical and forecast used vehicle finance - £ billion 

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Barclays Partner Finance 

  • Black Horse (Lloyds Banking Group) 

  • Close Brothers Motor Finance 

  • Hitachi Capital 

  • MotoNovo 

  • Santander UK

  • 1st Stop Car Finance 

  • Advantage Finance 

  • Alphera 

  • Billing Finance 

  • Blue Motor 

  • First Response 

  • JBR Capital 

  • Mallard Vehicle Finance 

  • Marsh 

  • Moneybarn 

  • Moneyway 

  • NIIB Group 

  • Oodle Financial Services 

  • Paragon 

  • Private & Commercial 

  • Raphaels Bank 

  • Startline 

  • The Car Finance Company 

  • Admiral Loans 

  • Car Finance Limited 

  • Auto Union Finance 

  • Creditas 

  • DSG Financial Services 

  • Eurodrive 

  • Evolution Funding 

  • Jigsaw Finance 

  • Mann Island Finance 

  • Motion Finance 

  • Whichdeal Limited