Spread the cost of a column still from £15,000 to £500,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, column stills 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 £15,000 to £500,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 15–25%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£15k – £500k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £60k
Rates From
5.4% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £90,000: a 10% deposit of £9,000, then 48 monthly payments of £1,899 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £100,152, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Small Craft Column Still | £18,000 – £40,000 | Batch Column |
| Mid-Scale Column Still | £45,000 – £100,000 | Batch / Continuous Column |
| Production Column Still | £110,000 – £250,000 | Continuous Column |
| High-Capacity Column Plant | £260,000 – £480,000 | Continuous Column |
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Check EligibilityA column still 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.
A column still is generally bought by an established rather than a first-time distiller, most often to produce or purify neutral spirit in-house instead of buying it in, or to run continuous rather than batch production once volume justifies the extra cost and complexity over a pot still. Because a column still typically represents a bigger single investment than a pot still of comparable output, and runs for long production campaigns once installed, distilleries tend to keep them for many years rather than trading up, so the used market is thinner than for pot stills. Operating a still, column or pot, still requires HMRC approval, and adding a column to plant that already has an approved pot still is generally a variation to existing approval rather than starting from nothing.
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