Yes. If you have recently joined an established company as a director, you can apply on its behalf, provided you are authorised to commit the company. The assessment centres on the company's trading history — which is established — not on how long you personally have been on the board.
The company's history is what counts
An established company with a solid trading record and clean filings presents well regardless of a recent change in directors. We are reading the business's cash flow and credit picture, both of which predate your appointment. How much history we look at is in how much trading history we look at.
What does matter is that you can properly commit the company. Who can sign off is covered in who at my company can sign off a credicorp application and whether all directors need to approve the application.
Keep the record current
Make sure your appointment is filed at Companies House so the director details match — why we check Companies House and what if my companys details have recently changed. As part of responsible lending we verify director identity, but the lending decision follows the company. New companies are the flip side of this — see whether a newly formed company can apply.
Apply on behalf of the company.
We lend only to UK limited companies and LLPs, the loan is to the company with no director personal guarantee, and this is business finance outside the consumer-credit regime — as an exempt lender under Article 60B of the Regulated Activities Order we sit outside FCA consumer-credit regulation, so the Financial Ombudsman Service and FSCS do not apply.
See also: Who at my company can sign off a credicorp application, Whether all directors need to approve the application, How much trading history we look at?.