London, 30 July 2026 – The Openwork Partnership (“Openwork”) has today announced the addition of Perenna and West One to its mortgage lending panel, strengthening its proposition and providing advisers with access to lenders that can support a broad range of client circumstances.
The additions to the panel allow Openwork to offer specialist underwriting expertise and innovative long-term fixed-rate lending, enabling advisers to meet a diverse range of client lending criteria.
West One, part of Enra Specialist Finance, is a leading specialist mortgage lender covering all major areas of property finance, notably Buy to Let and Residential. Its relationship-led approach, responsive service and practical underwriting solutions help advisers secure outcomes for borrowers who are underserved by mainstream lenders.
Perenna provides long-term, fixed-rate mortgages designed to give borrowers greater certainty over their repayments, even as interest rates change. By combining long-term rate security with flexible early repayment charges, its proposition allows for more options when supporting clients looking for greater predictability alongside choice.
Paul Shearman, Mortgage & Protection Proposition Director at The Openwork Partnership, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Perenna and West One to our lender panel, further strengthening the breadth of choice available to our advisers and their clients. Both Perenna and West One give us additional options at a time when finding the right outcome for clients has never been more important. Expanding our panel is a key part of our strategy to support existing advisers, attract new talent and ensure advisers have access to the best possible range of lenders to meet their clients’ needs. We remain committed to continually enhancing our proposition.”
Marie Grundy, Managing Director – Mortgages, West One, said: “We're delighted to be joining the Openwork panel and look forward to supporting advisers across the network with our specialist Residential and Buy-to-Let mortgage propositions. At West One, we specialise in providing flexible lending solutions for borrowers who are underserved by mainstream lenders, supported by experienced underwriters who assess every case on its own merits.
We’re excited to begin working with Openwork advisers and helping them place more business with confidence through a combination of specialist expertise, responsive service and dedicated support.”
Ashish Kashyap, Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer at Perenna: “We’re delighted to join the Openwork panel and give advisers access to Perenna’s flexible mortgage proposition. We believe homeowners should have more choice, confidence and flexibility when choosing and managing their mortgage, which is why we offer products designed around different customer needs, including no maximum age and zero-deposit options, alongside greater certainty over repayments.
We look forward to working with Openwork advisers to support more customers across different stages of their homeownership journey.”
About The Openwork Partnership
We are one of the UK’s largest and longest-established financial advice networks, supporting nearly 5,000 advisers across 800+ firms across Openwork, 2plan, and Owl Financial.
Covering the full spectrum of advice, from protection, mortgages, wealth planning, and investments, we help advisers grow their businesses and deliver outstanding advice to clients. Our network is built on partnership and collaboration.
From support with recruitment, through to growth, succession and renewal, we enable our network firms to build and grow successful, sustainable practices and focus on delivering the best possible advice to their clients.
This includes access to our proprietary investment proposition, Omnis Investments, the Openwork Business School, a dedicated platform to support recruitment, training and professional development across the network, and our 800+ strong central team which offers expert support in areas such as compliance, technology, marketing, and operations.
The Openwork Group is majority-owned by the Openwork Partnership LLP with Bain Capital and its employees holding minority stakes.
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The Openwork Partnership