Funding for your situation
How a catering company with several advances can see the combined debit, what restructure options exist and what they change, with a worked example.
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Several advances on one account add up faster than any single one suggests. For a catering company, deposits arrive in lumps: event deposits, balance payments and corporate invoices on net terms. Three daily debits can take a larger share of deposits than the owner realises until a slow week arrives.
Merchant Fund Express is a funding marketplace: you apply once, and the file is matched to the structure that fits it. The sections below show what this situation usually costs, how a funder reads it, and what to prepare.
Equipment is part of the picture. A failure such as a van refrigeration unit or a transport cart replacements can run $4,700 to $4,700 and interrupt revenue while it is down.
The documents that usually matter most for a catering company are the booking contract or signed proposal and a van or equipment quote, alongside the bank statements.
Wedding season, corporate holidays and graduation weekends decide the year. For a catering company, that rhythm decides when a funding request reads best and how it should be repaid.
What it looks like on the ground: three weddings land on the same Saturday and one van and kitchen cannot do it.
These are the same factors described on revenue and deposit requirements and time in business. Merchant Fund Express walks you through how your own file reads before you apply.
| Item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Advance A, taken for refrigerated van (weekly debit, illustrative) | $1,000 |
| Advance B, taken for a van refrigeration unit (weekly debit, illustrative) | $500 |
| Advance C, taken for extra staff for the first big booking (weekly debit, illustrative) | $500 |
| Combined weekly debit | $2,000 |
| Average weekly deposits at a catering company (illustrative) | $6,500 |
| Combined debit as a share of weekly deposits | about 31% |
How this is read. A funder looks at the combined debit, the negative days and the average daily balance. For a catering company, wedding season, corporate holidays and graduation weekends decide the year. Replacing several positions with one payment is what a MCA buyout or MCA refinance is built to do, when the balances and the file allow it.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
Balance, debit size and payment history for each, including what each was taken for: refrigerated van, a van refrigeration unit or cash flow.
The single number that matters most.
Deposits arrive in lumps: event deposits, balance payments and corporate invoices on net terms.
The payment shape and term, not the amount owed.
A complete file is what makes a same-day decision possible. If something is missing, tell us and we will work around it.
Sometimes. A MCA buyout for positions with balances of $100,000 or less, a refinance or reverse consolidation may fit, depending on the file. Merchant Fund Express will say plainly which apply.
No. It changes the payment shape and term. Always compare the new total with what is left on the old positions.
There is no single number. It depends on the combined debit and how the account behaves. See existing positions and stacking.
The minimum FICO is 500, and better credit means better products and terms. See credit score requirements for how the tiers work.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file. Applying takes a few minutes and will not affect your credit score.
