Spread the cost of a cask washer from £4,000 to £70,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance
Yes, cask washers 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 £4,000 to £70,000, and most deals are written over 12–72 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£4k – £70k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £20k
Rates From
5.2% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical cask washer price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £18,000: a 10% deposit of £1,800, then 48 monthly payments of £380 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £20,040, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manual Cask Washer | £4,500 – £9,000 | Manual / Semi-Automatic |
| Semi-Auto Cask Washer | £10,000 – £20,000 | Semi-Automatic |
| Automatic Cask Washer/Filler | £22,000 – £42,000 | Automatic |
| High-Throughput Cask Line | £42,000 – £65,000 | Automatic |
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A cask washer qualifies for capital allowances, so most of the purchase cost can be set against taxable profits well within the Annual Investment Allowance most brewing and distilling businesses have available in a given year. Hire purchase lets you claim allowances as the owner from day one. Finance lease and operating lease payments are typically deductible in full as a trading expense, which suits businesses that would rather smooth the deduction over the term than take it all upfront. Speak to your accountant about which structure suits your current tax position.
Cask ale relies on a returnable cask that gets refilled dozens of times, so a cask washer is really a stock-rotation asset: the faster and more reliably a brewery can clean and refill its own casks, the fewer casks it needs to own to service the same trade. A growing cask-focused brewery typically buys or upgrades a washer as its tied estate of casks grows and manual cleaning starts to limit how quickly stock can turn around, rather than replacing a washer that has broken. Cask washing equipment is a more specialist category than keg washing, since fewer breweries run cask-only programmes today, so the used market is smaller and more dependent on finding a well-known manufacturer’s unit.
Some specialist lenders consider businesses with imperfect credit histories. You may need a larger deposit or personal guarantee, but options may be available. Fundably may use a soft credit check for matching, which does not affect your credit score. A hard check may happen if you choose to proceed with a lender.
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