GB Bank joins the BDLA

11 May 2026

GB Bank has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a Lender Member.

GB Bank is a progressive UK challenger bank combining retail savings, bespoke property-backed lending and specialist funding lines. The bank works with intermediaries, professional investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and non-bank lenders to solve complex funding needs quickly and pragmatically, with the service, flexibility and personal approach often associated with private banks.

Its property-backed lending proposition includes bridging and buy-to-let finance, with a particular focus on complex, time-sensitive and higher-value cases that require responsive decision-making and a commercially minded approach.

The BDLA is the UK’s only trade association dedicated to representing the interests of bridging and development lenders and their customers. It now has 55 lender members, with a collective loan book of over £13 billion, and its total membership, including associate firms, has surpassed 100 organisations.

Adam Tyler, CEO of the BDLA, commented:

“We are very pleased to welcome GB Bank to the BDLA as a Lender Member. The Association continues to grow in both scale and influence, and the addition of another ambitious, solutions-led lender further strengthens our collective voice across the specialist property finance market.

“As the trade body for the bridging and development finance sector, the BDLA plays an important role in bringing lenders together, promoting high standards and ensuring the industry is properly represented with regulators, policymakers and wider stakeholders. Our lender members are central to that work, and we look forward to working with GB Bank as we continue to support sustainable growth, transparency and professionalism across the market.”

Eddie Trahearn, Chief Executive Officer at GB Bank, said:

“We are delighted to join the BDLA as a Lender Member and to become part of an association that plays such an important role in supporting and representing the bridging and development finance sector.

“At GB Bank, we are focused on helping intermediaries, borrowers and lending partners solve complex funding requirements with pace, clarity and a pragmatic approach. We combine the agility of a specialist lender with the mindset of a private bank, supporting everything from bespoke property-backed lending through to warehouse and structured funding facilities for specialist lenders and originators across residential and commercial real estate-backed assets. BDLA membership is a natural fit for our commitment to collaboration, high standards and the continued growth of the specialist finance market.