Van Guru Fleet Specialists is a family-run business based in Staffordshire supplying ready-to-go converted light commercial vehicles to fleets and businesses across the UK. What began as an electric vehicle specialist has grown into a business covering conversions across all fuel types, with the original EV expertise now carried forward through its Ivan EV Specialist brand. Run by a close-knit team, Brian, Phil, Emma and Dan deal directly with clients, hand-picking the right chassis for each job instead of pulling from a single dealership's limited stock.
Offering ready-to-go vehicles means paying out before a specific customer order exists. Van Guru buys commercial vehicle chassis in volume across several manufacturers and works with a number of approved converters every month, who need paying in full the moment they collect a chassis, no credit terms.
That upfront payment is what earns Van Guru priority treatment from converters and a turnaround measured in weeks, not months. But it also means stock has to be funded before it sells, and demand for different vehicle types can shift fast with the market. Without flexible funding behind it, that combination would force the business to slow its build pipeline, or tie up cash it needs elsewhere.
Van Guru's Lenkie facility works like a stock plan, funding vehicles and conversions as they move through the pipeline. Converters get paid the moment they hand over a vehicle, which is what keeps that fast turnaround intact, and repayment isn't due until each vehicle actually sells.
As Van Guru has grown beyond its original EV focus, Lenkie has grown the credit line with it. Each sale and repayment frees the facility up again for the next round of stock, so usage rises and falls with demand in the pipeline rather than sitting at a fixed monthly limit. There's no subscription or non-usage fee, so Van Guru only pays for the funding it uses, useful even in a quiet month when the team can stay cash-positive and draw on the facility only when they need to.
The journey
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Chassis and conversions funded as they move through the pipeline
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Converters paid instantly on collection, no credit terms required
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Revolving structure: each sale frees the facility for the next round of stock
Brian Bachelor
Managing Director, Van Guru Fleet Specialists
Sanjeev Jeyakumar
CEO, Lenkie
As Van Guru keeps broadening its range, ready-to-go vans, welfare vehicles, bespoke conversions, the facility keeps stock moving fast no matter which one a customer orders next.
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