Case study

Why BrokerSync chose Acre

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About BrokerSync

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BrokerSync is one of the UK's fastest-growing mortgage and protection networks, and one of its most unusual. Launched to market at the end of January 2026, the network is run by its members: its broker board is made up of principal owners rather than internal staff, and network decisions are put to a board vote.

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Their growth has been striking. In it’s first months to market, and achieved entirely organically, with no marketing campaigns behind it, BrokerSync has grown to 21 Appointed Representatives, processed nearly 800 mortgage cases, and written more than £177 million in lending volume.

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We spoke to Simon Walton at BrokerSync about why the network chose Acre as its platform from day one, and how it has supported extraordinary early growth.

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“The growth has been phenomenal, and it's been entirely reputation-led. We haven't run a single marketing campaigns as Brokers have been approaching us. Having the right platform and understanding its' capability and functionality has been a game changer for our joiners."

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Built on Acre from day one

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BrokerSync originally set out to build a directly authorised firm. Strong inbound interest from brokers prompted a pivot to a full network model, and at one point a dozen ARs joined simultaneously. Acre has been in place throughout, there was no legacy CRM to migrate away from, and the platform has never been a sticking point when onboarding new firms.

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“Acre has been there since day one. It's never once been a point of contention when we're bringing a prospect on. If anything, it's the opposite, it's reputable, people know it, and it's user-friendly, so it helps us rather than something we have to explain away."

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The three things that mattered most

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When selecting a CRM, BrokerSync had key priorities: data management and workflow from initial enquiry through to completion; integrated systems spanning sourcing, protection, ID checks, credit reporting and the client portal; and speed to market. Acre delivered on all three, with its quick-source tool singled out as a standout.

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"Quick source was a game changer. It's taken case processing from hours down to minutes. That knock on effect becomes the lifeblood running through the Network and dictates behaviours across the AR population"

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The team also praised Acre's drag-and-drop document upload, client portal, document signing and renewals workflow, and has been consolidating third-party tools into the single platform over time.

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A platform ARs actually want

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For a network that grows on reputation, the technology it puts in front of brokers has to earn its own reputation too. BrokerSync has found Acre does exactly that, prospects and new ARs consistently see it as a credible, user-friendly choice.

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“We had an AR come across from another network who described Acre as light years ahead of what they'd been using. Adding to that, a brand-new broker researched Acre on our website before even speaking to us and told us it was one of the reasons they were interested."

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Freedom without losing control

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A key differentiator for BrokerSync was the absence of the network-imposed restrictions they'd seen elsewhere. Acre's configurability lets the network extend full autonomy to ARs where appropriate, or lock down individual elements, without penalising the wider group.

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“With Acre we can give AR autonomy, or we can tighten up one specific element, without it affecting everyone else. That flexibility matters enormously when your whole model is about trusting your advisers."

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Collaborative and reactive

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BrokerSync has also valued Acre's responsiveness, noting that requested changes are acted on quickly rather than parked indefinitely.

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“When we've asked for something, it gets done, it's implemented and it's on the roadmap, not left sitting there. That collaborative, reactive relationship is exactly what you want from a technology partner when you're scaling fast."

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Acre is now Score

What's changed?

What's changing is the name and the way we look. Acre is now trading as Score, with a fresh brand identity to match, but everything you rely on stays exactly where it is. It's still the same mortgage all-in-one platform that advisors, firms, and networks across the country already use to grow their businesses, now presented under a name that brings us in line with the wider ClearScore Group.

Why the new name?

ClearScore acquired Acre earlier this year, and we've carried plenty of momentum into life as part of the Group since. Moving to the Score brand is a natural next step, because it brings us in line with ClearScore and reflects the mission we share, which is to make home buying quicker and easier and to help people take control of their financial lives. As our founder and Managing Director Justus Brown has put it, the day-to-day service you receive won't change at all, and bringing our brand together with the Group simply makes that shared mission clearer.

Has the mission changed?

Not in the slightest! We have always been here to make home buying quicker and easier, taking the pain out of the process so that people can get into their homes sooner, and that is exactly what we will keep doing, with a good deal more behind us now to do it well.

Will the service change?

No, it won't, you'll continue working with the same platform and the same people, and your existing contracts and commercial terms stay exactly as they are, still held with the same legal entity, Acre Platforms Limited. Our Customer Success team will keep looking after you just as they do today.

About ClearScore

Who is ClearScore?

The ClearScore Group is a global leader in financial marketplaces, helping over 27 million people access credit, insurance, and other financial products with greater transparency, fairness, and control. It founded its flagship UK credit marketplace in 2015, has since expanded across four continents and into new verticals such as its DriveScore app, and now works with over 200 partners worldwide. ClearScore is profitable, growing, and on a mission to make personal finance clearer, calmer, and easier to understand, and that mission runs right through its culture, along with a genuine belief in giving people more clarity and control over their money.

How do we fit into ClearScore?

We sit alongside ClearScore's other technology platforms, including D•One, its open banking service for lenders, together powering borrowing and home lending across unsecured credit, auto finance, and now mortgages.

What does the change
unlock?

What does joining ClearScore bring?

Joining ClearScore gives us a great deal more room to grow. With their backing, we can accelerate our technology roadmap and bring new AI-powered features to the platform faster than we could before, and we can enrich what we build with ClearScore's proprietary data and insights, getting cutting-edge technology into the hands of mortgage and protection businesses sooner.

What do brokers and firms stand to gain?

For the brokers and firms who use us, it really comes down to growing faster. Drawing on ClearScore's financial power and its UK user base of over 16 million, we can build the features you ask for more quickly and bring more leads into the ecosystem, which gives brokers, networks, and advisors more opportunities to win new business.

Is the business growing?

We're growing quickly, and so are the firms who build their business on the platform. Since the acquisition, we've seen record numbers of monthly mortgage submissions come through Score, and we've more than doubled our revenue year on year, with growth of over 2.5x. That momentum is showing up in our customers' businesses too: firms on the platform are saving each broker around four days a month on application processing, identifying protection needs for 85% of their mortgage clients, and doubling their client conversion rates. Delivering results like these takes serious engineering and serious investment, and with ClearScore behind us we can keep raising that bar at a pace few others in the market can match.

Why build your business on Score?

Because you'll be choosing a platform that is built to last. A lot of new mortgage tools have appeared lately, and many of them are small, pop-up CRMs put together quickly on basic AI, the kind of thing that can disappear just as fast as it arrived. Score is a very different proposition, we are an established, whole-of-market platform that brokers, networks, and advisors across the country already trust with their businesses, and we are now backed by one of the most advanced and reliable fintech stacks in the industry through ClearScore. A proven platform, real investment, and genuine scale mean we can keep powering ahead of newer, lighter-weight tools and keep building for the long term.

Independence and
ownership

Is Acre being absorbed into ClearScore?

No. We operate as an independent business unit within the ClearScore Group, with our full management team staying exactly where they are, and we'll carry on supporting mortgage and protection firms with the same data-driven platform, now with the reach and scale of the wider Group behind us.

Will our advice-first philosophy change?

No. We have always believed that the best mortgage decisions come from high-quality, personal advice, and it is a belief ClearScore shares. If anything, the direction the market is heading only reinforces it, which is why we will stay a whole-of-market platform focused on helping brokers do their very best work for their clients.

Your data

Is my data safe?

Yes, and nothing about the move to Score changes that. Your data, and your clients' data, is protected by exactly the same contractual obligations and technical safeguards as before, and being part of ClearScore does not give anyone new access to it. We will never introduce your customers to a third party without the right consent, and your clients always keep the rights to their own data. If anything, joining a group whose entire business is built on handling data responsibly, and only ever with the user's permission, raises the bar we hold ourselves to.

The best way to see what Score can do is to book a demo, and we'll walk you through the platform and how it could work for your firm. If you'd rather drop us a line, you can reach our sales team at sales@scoremortgage.com, or send any general enquiries to hello@scoremortgage.com.