CSL Finance

CSL Finance is engaged in the business of providing the finance facilities to small and medium size business units to fulfil their financial needs. CSL Finance Limited, formerly known Consolidated Securities Limited was incorporated on December 28, 1992. The name of the Company was changed from Consolidated Securities Limited to CSL Finance Limited in August, 2015. The Company is in the business of fostering the financial inclusion of unbanked and underserved SMEs, Real estate and non-real estate Corporates through flexible ticket size loans. Company was initially promoted by Prem Lall Gupta, Kamal Jeet Singh Bhatia, Pritam Singh Bhatia, Ravinder Kaur Bhatia, Harinder Kaur Bhatia, Sunil Kala and Dolly Bhatia. Thereafter, it was acquired by Mr. T.S. Bhatia, Kamaljeet Singh Bhatia, Dolly Bhatia, Ravinder Kaur Bhatia, Harinder Kaur Bhatia, Surinder Kaur Bhatia, Honey Bhatia, M/s Nikki Securities Private Limited and M/s Growth Commercial Limited. The Company came out with an Initial Public Offer of 12,95,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each for cash at par in February, 1995. Thereafter, M/s Mundra Credit and Investment Private Limited entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the promoters of the company on July 2, 2005 for acquisition of 17,07,650 equity shares representing 42.65% of the total paid up equity share capital of the company, consequent of which an open offer in terms of regulation 10 & 12 of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 1997 was made. Since then, M/s. Mundra Credit and Investment Private Limited is the promoter of the Company. In 2010, the Company ventured into secured lending to Small & Mid-Sized Corporates. In 2012, it made investments into fintech company; In 2015, it started lending wholesale loans to real estate developers in NCR; in 2016, it raised Rs 120 Crores in debt for the first time. The Company in 2017, launched SME Retail vertical business. It raised Rs 54 Crores as Fresh Issue Equity Shares. In 2018, nearly 12 SME Retail branches were made operational. It extended the presence to Delhi NCR, Haryana, Punjab, Uttrakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan and increased the branch network to 18 at the end of year 2019. In 2022, the Company raised Rs 30 Crore in fresh equity. 22 SME Retail branches were made operational in 2022. In 2023, it further raised Rs 49 Crore in fresh equity. It launched the first unsecured loan product for Steel Fabricators. 26 SME Retail branches became operational in 2023. The Company crossed Rs 700 Crore in Asset Under Management (AUM). The Company expanded its SME Retail division, leading to a favorable shift in the AUM in FY 2024. In FY25, Company expanded its branch network significantly from 29 to 43 branches.