Welcome to aravis UK
Grow your revenues, improve cash flow, make and keep more profit
Founded by Iain Hawthorn in 2025, Aravis UK specialises in helping business owners raise finance, and improve their Financial Sustainability & Resilience.
Iain supports Founders and entrepreneurs build successful businesses with strong finance and financial risk analysis & management skills.
He is a highly successful strategic, entrepreneurial and creative former international commercial and corporate banker, having built and led a number of significant and successful strategic revenue generating initiatives in his career in the UK banking & fintech industry.
Aravis UK offers customised strategic finance advisory support, alongside the Aravis:Accelerate program and AraVisual Decision-ready Business Information Tool.
Our expertise is in helping business owners in raising the most effective finance (and the associated strategic business planning, financial risk modelling, analysis & monitoring), liquidity & cash management (working capital optimisation), Forex Risk, global supply chain finance and acquisition finance.
We support start-ups, scale-ups, stay-ups and diversification projects across various sectors including Fintech, Food & Drink Production & Manufacturing, Advanced Protected Horticulture (vertical farms & glasshouses), vineyards/viticulture & wine production, farm & rural economy finance, ESG and carbon & BNG markets.
I understand the importance of flexibility and practicality in the support you need.
I will spend time getting to know you and your business with a free two hour consultation, then crafting the right plan of flexible support to your precise needs and size of business - from one off projects to longer term help & support.
At Aravis UK, we strongly believe in the power of peer-to-peer mentoring, learning and problem-solving. We are currently working on a new plan to with small groups of ambitious founders by holding monthly in-person events at great venues with expert guest speakers, using our Charter of Learning, Support, Respect, Confidentiality and Commitment.
We then support with action-based 1-2-1 mentoring through a small group of experts, whilst providing strategic insight, guidance and financing through our AraVisual Decision Ready Business Information Tool.
Contact us for more information as we launch Aravis:Accelerate, using the form below.
We are developing our new Decision-Ready Business Information Tool to support businesses financial risk analysis, management, monitoring & control - a bespoke Financial Scorecard that enables founders to understand what is driving their financial performance and resilience.
Look out for our updates on this later in 2025.
In partnership with Bellingan Insurance Brokers, we are developing a new Decision- Ready Business Risk Matrix tool to generate a visual picture of key strategic business risks, their financial impact and a clear risk mitigation strategy for each and link this to the Financial Scorecard.
Look out for our updates on this later in 2025.
Iain studied MA Management Studies and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies at the University. He found studying at CCCU a transformational experience, which boosted his skills, knowledge, and confidence.
In announcing their first ever scholarship in 2024, Iain said “I am incredibly proud of having studied at Canterbury Christ Church University and having had such a genuinely life changing experience. I thought it was important that we should do something to directly help and encourage students to have the same opportunity"
Iain and Julie hope that with the help and support of the new funding initiatives, students can grow into future leaders of the Kent economy. More on the Futures Scholarships can be found here:
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about-us/futures/futures-scholarships
“This scholarship is not just a financial support, it serves as a stepping stone toward my future career and opens doors to opportunities. It also motivates me to give back to others, particularly my fellow students at the university who may be navigating similar challenges. I understand the transformative power of scholarships, and I am committed to being a role model for others, demonstrating how mentorship and support can change lives. ”
Based in London & the South East UK
Email: iainhawthorn@aravis.uk Call: +44 (0) 7840 258706