Trusted Strategic Financial Leadership in Corporate Finance, Advisory, and SME Acquisitions

Mercury Finance | Corporate Finance Advisory for SMEs and Investors

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Performance

Financial performance optimisation to maximise valuation and to get investment ready for fundraising or sale.

Quality of Earnings is an analytical exercise that helps buyer and sellers of SMEs alike.

Advisory

Corporate Finance Advisory including Quality of Earnings reviews, Due Diligence, and strategic transaction support to validate and enhance value.

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Acquisition

Identifying, structuring, and executing acquisitions that create long-term growth and shareholder returns.

From Performance to Transaction - Your trusted Corporate Finance Partner

Independent expertise in performance, advisory, and acquisitions — delivering shareholder value with clarity and compliance for SMEs and investors.

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About Us

Mercury Finance is an independent corporate finance advisory practice led by Frederik Reynaert, FCMA, CGMA. With over 20 years of senior experience in finance, law, and compliance, we support SMEs and investors across the UK.

Our focus is clear: Performance, Advisory, and Acquisition. We help businesses strengthen financial performance, prepare for investment or sale, and execute acquisitions that deliver long-term value.

We combine professional standards with practical, results-driven advice. Clients trust us to provide independent expertise, protect value, and create growth.

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Client Success Stories

Delivering a SEIS-Compliant Rescue for a Founder on the brink…

We provided urgent strategic advice to a Founder and Director of a startup with a number of SEIS investors. As the business contemplated next steps, we identified critical compliance breaches in the shareholding and IP arrangements that would have invalidated investor relief, or even worse would have triggered clawbacks. We delivered a legally compliant alternative, resulting in a structural change that protected SEIS status, enhanced governance, and retained founder control.

Finance Function Turnaround in Scale-Up Environment

We took over an underperforming finance function under pressure from lenders and investors. After rebuilding systems from the ground up - enabling better data flow, reporting packs, KPIs, month-end process and dashboards - we stabilised operations, re-established trust with stakeholders, and enabled the CEO to regain focus on growth.

Strategic Structuring and International Advisory for Tech Venture

Recently, we acted as senior strategic corporate finance advisor to an award-winning multi-jurisdictional technology venture. We were asked to advise on corporate structuring, UK and international entity setup, tax implications, share incentive design, and investor readiness to future growth. We supported the co-founders and leadership with governance frameworks to underpin global scaling.