Spread the cost of a compounding hood from £5,000 to £25,000+ with flexible finance options: HP, lease or refinance.
Yes, compounding hoods 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 £5,000 to £25,000, and most deals are written over 24–72 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
£5k – £25k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £15k
Rates From
5.0% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical compounding hood 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 £10,000: a 10% deposit of £1,000, then 48 monthly payments of £211 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £11,128, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal Laminar Flow Compounding Hood | £5,000 – £12,000 | Horizontal Laminar Flow Hood |
| Vertical Laminar Flow / Class II Compounding Hood | £8,000 – £18,000 | Class II Biological Safety Cabinet |
| Sterile Compounding Isolator | £15,000 – £25,000+ | Compounding Isolator |
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Compounding hoods qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance, so a purchase or HP agreement can usually be deducted against taxable profit in the year of purchase, and lease payments are deductible in full as they are paid. Annual airflow validation and filter replacement are ongoing costs invoiced separately and sit outside the finance agreement.
Compounding hoods are bought by pharmacies that prepare non-sterile or sterile compounded medicines on site, ranging from independent pharmacies offering a specials service through to hospital pharmacy aseptic units. A pharmacy finances a hood because starting or expanding a compounding service is a way to bring dispensing work in-house that would otherwise be sent to a specials manufacturer, and the equipment cost needs to be weighed against that ongoing outsourcing cost. Upgrading from a laminar flow hood to a fully enclosed isolator is usually driven by a pharmacy moving into higher-risk sterile preparation work, which has stricter containment requirements than routine non-sterile compounding. Compounding equipment is specialised and the used market is limited, so most pharmacies buy new equipment validated for their specific intended use.
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