This firm specialises in providing mortgages for the buy-to-let property sector, which now accounts for about 10% of all British mortgages but is likely to shrink as the credit crunch drags on. The Money Centre has eight offices around Britain, with an additional 18 associates who sell primarily over the phone and the internet. Led by its founders, managing director Mark Alexander and director Michael Woodfine, the company has seen its profits soar 68% a year, from an annualised £990,000 in 2004 to £4.7m in 2007.