Spread the cost of cage nets from £8,000 to £200,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, cage nets are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £8,000 to £200,000, and most deals are written over 24–72 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 3–5 working days. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£8k – £200k
Approval Speed
3–5 working days
Faster for like-for-like replacements
Rates From
4.5% APR
Your estimate
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £50,000: a 10% deposit of £5,000, then 48 monthly payments of £1,055 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £55,640, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Predator/Containment Net (single cage, small site class) | £8,000 – £20,000 | Containment Net |
| Grow-Out Cage Net (mid-scale cage, coated or copper-alloy class) | £20,000 – £50,000 | Grow-Out Net |
| Large Offshore Cage Net (high-energy site class) | £50,000 – £120,000 | Offshore Cage Net |
| Full Cage and Net System Replacement (multi-cage site class) | £100,000 – £200,000 | Cage and Net System |
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Check EligibilityCage nets are moveable plant, anchored at a site rather than fixed into any building or structure, and generally qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting an operator deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to £1,000,000, subject to the normal AIA rules. HP gives access to capital allowances directly; lease payments are normally deductible from profits. Because a net is moored rather than built into the seabed or a fixed structure, it keeps the same moveable plant treatment as other farm equipment even where it remains at one site for its whole working life.
Cage nets are bought by finfish farms operating under a site licence and seabed lease or mooring agreement from the relevant marine and environmental authorities, and it is that licence and lease, setting where and how much stock a site can hold, rather than the net itself, that is usually the binding constraint on production. Net specification, mesh size, coating and breaking strength, is chosen to suit the exposure of a specific site, with offshore and high-energy sites needing a stronger and more expensive net than a sheltered inshore location. Because a net sits in seawater continuously and is exposed to biofouling, wave action and UV degradation, working life is generally shorter than for comparable equipment used on land, and replacement is driven mainly by net integrity and predator-proofing performance rather than a fixed age. A modest used market exists for nets removed from a lower-energy site and reused elsewhere.
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