The finance business with heart

INTRODUCTION

Sapphire Lending is made up of a dynamic, agile, entrepreneurial team who put relationships at the heart of lending and borrowing.

OUR MISSION

If you think it’s all about lending then think again, what it’s really about is relationships, communication and trust. Our big vision is to use business as a force for good.

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OUR PURPOSE

At Sapphire Lending we have a purpose: It is to help stop the neglect, cruelty and extinction of animals on our planet. Sapphire Lending support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We specifically advocate goal No. 15 – Life on Land – which aims to manage forests sustainably, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and stop biodiversity loss.

We’ve also partnered with B1G1 to help us make micro impacts every time we do business. To learn more, visit our Global Impact page.

OUR VALUES

We strive to be a nimble, lifestyle business. Our values are:

Approachable and friendly
Good service
Doing the right thing
Building lifelong relationships
Trust and reliability
Simplicity and clarity
Integrity and fairness

ABOUT SAPPHIRE LENDING

Sapphire Lending brokers deals between Lenders and Borrowers.
Lenders are people who have money sitting in their bank account and want to make it work for them. Borrowers are accomplished property developers who wish to borrow money to top up bank lending for a specific property development. We broker the deals.

HOW THE PROCESS WORKS

We make the process simple. There is an ease of working with Sapphire Lending which brings a lightness and brightness to the often over complicated and yet serious business of finance.

We offer a one-to-one service and build trusted, life long relationships. We’ve developed and use The 5 Step Connection Method with our clients.

MEET US

Meet the person behind Sapphire Lending – Sheila Holt

SHEILA HOLT

FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Sheila Holt recognises she is both an outlier and a disrupter and is fascinated by how people think. Sheila developed a coaching practice utilising NLP; helping her clients reach clarity, focus and success. During this time Sheila was also actively investing in property. The big lesson she learned from building a sizable portfolio was that; in the property industry money needs to flow.
In 2007 she loaned some of her own money to a property developer and recognising a need in the market, this was the first step to becoming what is now Sapphire Lending. The business has evolved and grown over the years and she’s in a very fortunate position of having attracted a great team, strong advisors and good systems.
Sheila holds a post-graduate degree in Careers Counselling and an MA in research and education. Sheila revels in being an entrepreneur and sees it as one of the greatest personal development journeys you can go on.

MARK TREHERNE

BUSINESS ADVISOR

Mark Treherne quickly realised that his ambition was to become a veterinary surgeon.
He qualified in 1981 from the Royal Veterinary College and after 3 years in Mixed Practice decided, in true entrepreneurial fashion, to set up his own Small Animal Surgery and then in 1985 started Heron Veterinary Surgery in South London. His practice soon grew to be the largest practice in the area with strong investment in the latest medical and surgical techniques and equipment.
He was one of the first veterinary surgeons in the UK to use Biometrix Hip Replacements for dogs, having previously been trained in the technique in the US. At the same time he started to build a Property Portfolio as well as a business in Property Development. Mark realised his talents lay just as much in business as in Veterinary Surgery and, having run his practice for 25 years, set out to sell Heron Veterinary Surgery to the highest bidder. He successfully achieved this in 2017.

RAVI SANDHU

BUSINESS ADVISOR

Ravi has joined Sapphire Lending as a non-executive director. She specialises in finance and project management and is a fully qualified accountant with 30 years’ experience. Ravi works in global finance across a variety of businesses. She is good at building relationships and has insight into the management of large projects.
Ravi will be responsible for contributing to the strategic direction, monitoring, performance, systems, and general guidance to Sapphire Lending along with the other board members. Finance compliance is at the core of Ravi’s experience and will compliment Sapphire Lending’s business ethos.
She is a mother of two and in her spare time volunteers for a children’s charity, running events to raise vital funds. The charity is close to her heart after her youngest son was diagnosed with Leukaemia in 2015 at the age of 4. This experience has made Ravi more resilient and driven to help others by using her skills and experience.
She has a passion for fitness, and this helps ensure her positive mental health is maintained. Overall Ravi has a glass half full attitude to life, which shines through in all her actions.

THE 5 STEP CONNECTION METHOD

There are many ways to broker deals and our solution is the 5 Step Connection Method which takes lenders and borrowers through a sequential process matching the needs and requirements of both sides.

The 5 steps ensure it’s the right deal, at the right time, for the right person. There has to be 100% agreement from all parties. This method leads to trusted borrowing and lending as well as engendering long-term relationships.