Buy to let mortgages for limited companies
We specialise in buy to let mortgages for limited companies, including Special Purpose Vehicles and trading companies.
If you're a new customer looking for a mortgage, please contact your broker. They'll be able to discuss your personal circumstances to help you find the right mortgage. You can find a mortgage broker by searching online or by asking friends and family for personal recommendations.
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Specialists in portfolio landlord lending
Landlords can hold a portfolio up to £5m with us and we don't set background portfolio limits.
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Dedicated Landlord Partnership team
We support our portfolio landlords every step of the way with a team of regional Landlord Specialists across the country.
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Human underwriting
Our experienced underwriters assess every application on its own merits and always look for ways to say 'yes'.
Limited company buy to let mortgages
- We lend to both Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) and Trading Companies.
- We lend on HMOs and multi-unit freehold portfolios up to a maximum of £10m.
- We don’t set exposure limits on blocks of flats or background portfolio limits.
- Landlords can hold a portfolio of up to £5m with us.
- No income restrictions for an experiences landlord with a minimum of 6 months’ letting history.
- We’ll consider lending on both above and adjacent-to commercial properties.
- Overpayments of up to 10% of the outstanding mortgage balance can be made each year without ERCs.
Our Landlord Partnership team
Our Landlord Partnership team provides a tailored service for landlords with 8+ Aldermore properties, or over £1m in lending. You’ll get your own dedicated landlord specialist, skilled in helping you manage and grow your portfolio, conduct annual portfolio reviews to uncover opportunities for growth, and find ways to help you expand and optimise your investments.
For existing landlords with 8+ properties with Aldermore who’d like to find out more, please view our regional map for contact details.
Limited company buy to let mortgage FAQs
The benefits of owning property through a limited company structure include:
- Offsetting 100% mortgage interest. Private landlords have had their tax relief allowances cut significantly in recent years. These changes don’t affect limited companies.
- £2,000 tax-free dividend relief. The Dividend Tax Credit means company shareholders can potentially
take £2,000 per year in dividends tax-free. - Legal separation. The company and its finances are legally separate to the people who run it – this limits the level of personal liability an individual can face.
- Profits can be reinvested. It’s possible to grow a buy to let portfolio more quickly through a limited company. This is because there’s no income tax on profits retained within the company, so there’s more cash to reinvest. Corporation tax is payable on trading profits, but this is lower than higher rate income tax.
You can read all about the pros and cons of being a limited company buy to let landlord in our blog.
- No Capital Gains Tax allowance. Unlike a private individual, companies don’t qualify for capital gains tax relief on the proceeds of a property sale.
- Limited company running costs. Operating a limited company comes with fees for things like preparing the annual accounts, Companies House filings and more thorough accounting.
You can read all about the pros and cons of being a limited company buy to let landlord in our blog.
Special Purpose Vehicles are set up for one specific purpose or transaction, usually to isolate financial risk. In the mortgage world, a Special Purpose Vehicle is a company which is set up just to hold property and do nothing else. However, an SPV can become a trading company once the initial purpose has run its course or they enter into other trading, for example turnover/income from other purposes such as third party management, contracting and development
Within mortgage lending, a trading company is one that has a primary activity other than owning property. This is a company which trades in business sectors other than property ownership/management or where an SPV has moved on from its initial reason of set up or single trade.
We lend to both Special Purpose Vehicles and Trading Companies.
No, we lend to newly incorporated companies as well as more established limited companies.
Multiple properties on one application
We know it can be difficult and time consuming managing a large buy to let property portfolio, that's why we've made life easier.
Combine up to 30 properties on one application, meaning one affordability stress test across the whole portfolio, one review date on product maturity, one set of documents, one monthly payment and a single direct debit.
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Subject to status. If you fail to keep up with payments on your mortgage a ‘receiver of rent’ may be appointed and/or your rental property may be repossessed.