Funding Circle shares jump as upgrades annual revenue guidance

Funding Circle Holdings PLC on Tuesday upgraded its full-year expectations, citing resilient demand from small and medium-sized enterprises, alias SME.

Shares in the London-based lender to small and medium businesses jumped 10% to 229.00 pence each on Tuesday morning in London.

The company expects 2026 revenue of at least £275 million, 7.8% higher than its previous guidance of £255 million, as well as up 35% from £204.3 million in 2025, which had been 28% higher than £160.1 million in 2024.

Further, it anticipates profit margin of around 16% for 2026, lower than 19% in 2025 but higher than 13% in 2024.

The company said its previous guidance for a 2026 pretax profit was of over £40 million, which would be nearly doubled from £20.3 million in 2025. It did not update said previous guidance.

Chief Executive Officer Lisa Jacobs said: "We've carried the strong momentum seen in the first half of 2026 into the autumn, and SME demand has remained resilient despite continued macro uncertainty. As a result, we are upgrading our FY26 expectations."

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