# Paul Goodchild

> Paul Goodchild is a debt financing investor at Secure Trust Bank backing Craft Beer. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Secure Trust Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/secure-trust-bank)
- Location: Solihull, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-goodchild-074390144

Paul Goodchild is a debt financing investor at Secure Trust Bank in Solihull focused on Craft Beer and Wine And Spirits. Paul Goodchild, director at Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Craft Beer | 1 | 100% |
| Wine And Spirits | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Lakes Distillery | The Lakes Distillery is a whiskey distillery with an artistic ethos. It sells different varieties of alcohol having global brand recognition and also increases the spirit in the whiskey by the distillation process, enabling customers to get good quality alcohol at affordable rates.The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered inBassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria. | $5M | Debt Financing | May 21, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Secure Trust Bank

VC Fund · Solihull, United Kingdom

Secure Trust Bank provides simple, transparent savings accounts, mortgages and Business and Commercial Finance. They are a bank. They look after savings and they lend money to individuals and to businesses. They like to keep it simple. Their mission is to build the best bank in Britain.They’re proud of their West Midlands roots and today theyoperate from a number of locations in the UK. They’re a much bigger family now – there’s more than 700 of us. In October 2016 they successfully listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

5 contacts available at Secure Trust Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sean Powell | National Sales Director & Commercial Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-powell |
| David McCreadie | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-mccreadie |
| David Nield | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-nield-5ac5 |
| John Gribbon | Regional Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-gribbon-2626 |
| Paul Goodchild | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-goodchild |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Goodchild invest in?

Paul Goodchild invests primarily in Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Paul Goodchild last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Goodchild closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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