10-K 1 form10k.htm ANCHOR FUNDING FORM 10-K form10k.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-K

[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
or
[  ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from  ____ to ___
Commission File Number:  0-52589

                  ANCHOR FUNDING SERIVCES,  INC.              
 
Delaware  
20-545-6087
(State of jurisdiction of   
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)  
Identification Number)
 
10801 Johnston Road, Suite 210  
Charlotte, North Carolina
28226
(Address of principal executive offices) 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(866) 950-6669 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:  None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:  Common Stock, $.001 Par Value

Check whether the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X .   No ___.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K [X].

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: smaller reporting company [X].
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes [  ] No [X]

State Issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $1,252,476.

As of March 25, 2009, the number of shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately 12,940,378 shares. No market value is being supplied for the value of the shares held by non-affiliates since trading in our Common Stock is limited and such information would not be meaningful.

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock, as of March 25, 2009, was 12,940,378. The Registrant also has outstanding 1,314,369 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock convertible into 6,571,845 shares of Common Stock.

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We believe this annual report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, based on information currently available to our management. When we use words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” “likely” or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations set forth under “Business” and/or “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

            Forward-looking statements reflect only our current expectations. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future. In any forward-looking statement, where we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement of expectation or belief will be achieved or accomplished. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements due to a number of uncertainties, many of which are unforeseen, including:

 
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the timing and success of our acquisition strategy;
     
 
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the timing and success of  expanding our market presence in our current locations, successfully entering into new markets, adding new services and integrating acquired businesses;
     
 
the timing, magnitude and terms of a revised credit facility to accommodate our growth;
     
 
competition within our industry; and
     
 
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the availability of additional capital on terms acceptable to us.
 
 In addition, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K under Item 1 for a discussion of other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this Registration Statement will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, if at all. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

            We qualify all the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K by the foregoing cautionary statements.
 
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PART I

Item 1. Business
 
Corporate Structure
 
Anchor Funding Services, Inc. (formerly BTHC XI, Inc.) was originally organized in the State of Texas as BTHC XI LLC. On September 29, 2004, BTHC XI LLC and its sister companies filed an amended petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. On November 29, 2004, the court approved BTHC XI LLC’s Amended Plan of Reorganization. On August 16, 2006, and in accordance with its Amended Plan of Reorganization, BTHC XI LLC changed its state of organization from Texas to Delaware by merging with and into BTHC XI, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed solely for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation.

Anchor Funding Services LLC, a limited liability company, was originally formed under the laws of the State of South Carolina in January 2003 and later reorganized under the laws of the State of North Carolina on August 29, 2005. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed for the purposes of providing factoring and back office services to businesses located in the United States and Canada. On January 31, 2007, the former BTHC XI, Inc. and certain principal stockholders entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Securities Agreement”) with Anchor Funding Services, LLC and its members for Anchor Funding Services, LLC to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the former BTHC XI, Inc. in exchange for 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock of BTHC XI, Inc. (the “Exchange”).

At the time of the Exchange, the former BTHC XI, Inc. had limited operations and limited assets or liabilities. Because the members of Anchor Funding Services, LLC exchanged their equity ownership interests for an aggregate 67.7% equity ownership interest in the former BTHC XI, Inc. (computed immediately after the completion of the Exchange and before the consummation of a financing), this transaction was for accounting purposes, treated as if Anchor Funding Services, LLC was the surviving entity, as if a merger occurred between the parties. Accordingly, for the periods prior to the Exchange, our consolidated financial statements are based upon the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Anchor Funding Services LLC. The assets, liabilities, operations and cash flows of the former BTHC XI, Inc. are included in our consolidated financial statements from January 31, 2007, the effective date of the Exchange, onward.

On April 4, 2007, the former BTHC XI, Inc. changed its corporate name to Anchor Funding Services, Inc., which is currently a holding corporation for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Anchor Funding Services, LLC. Except as otherwise provided in this Form 10-K, unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Form 10-K to the “Company,” “Anchor,” “we,” “us” and “our” refers collectively to the consolidated business and operations of Anchor Funding Services, Inc. and its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Anchor Funding Services LLC.

Business Overview

 Our business objective is to create a well-recognized, national financial services firm for small businesses providing accounts receivable funding (factoring), outsourcing of accounts receivable management including collections and the risk of customer default and other specialty finance products including, but not limited to trade finance and government contract funding. For certain service businesses, Anchor also provides back office support including payroll, payroll tax compliance and invoice processing services. We provide our services to clients nationwide and may expand our services internationally in the future. We plan to achieve our growth objectives as described below through a combination of strategic and add-on acquisitions of other factoring and related specialty finance firms that serve small businesses in the United States and Canada and internal growth through mass media marketing initiatives. Our principal operations are located in Charlotte, North Carolina and we maintain an executive office in Boca Raton, Florida which includes its sales and marketing functions.

Factoring is the purchase of a company’s accounts receivable, which provide businesses with critical working capital so they can meet their operational costs and obligations while waiting to receive payment from their customers. Factoring services also provide businesses with credit and accounts receivable management services. Typically, these businesses do not have adequate resources to manage internally their credit and accounts receivable functions. Factoring services are typically a non-recourse arrangement whereby the factor takes the entire credit risk if the customer does not pay due to insolvency for any period of time or on a partial non-recourse basis where the factor takes the credit risk for a period of time, which could be 30 to 90 days after the factor purchases an account receivable such that if a client’s customer becomes insolvent during this specific period of time, the factor bears the loss. Under partial non-recourse factoring, after a specific period of time, if the accounts receivable invoice is not collected, the client is required to purchase the accounts receivable invoice back from Anchor. We typically advance our clients 75% to 95% of the face value of invoices that we approve in advance on a partial non-recourse basis and pay them the difference less our fees when the invoice is collected. For our year ended December 31, 2008, our fees for services averaged approximately 3.3% of the invoice value and are tiered such that the longer it takes us to collect on the accounts receivable invoice, the greater our fee. Since our inception, Anchor has incurred minimal credit losses. The Company incurred approximately $41,000 and $31,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively. We offer a full-non-recourse factoring product to independent truckers and trucking companies through our transportation funding division, TruckerFunds.com. TruckerFunds.com focuses on buying freight bills from independent, owner operators of trucks and small fleets with less than six trucks. We typically advance our trucking clients 90% to 95% of the invoices that we approve in advance on a non-recourse basis and pay them the difference less our fees when the invoice is collected.
 
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A summary of some of the advantages of factoring for a small business is as follows:
 
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Faster application process since factoring is focused on credit worthiness of the accounts receivable as security and not the financial performance of the company;
 
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Unlimited funding based on “eligible” and “credit worthy” accounts receivable; and
 
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No financial covenants.

We offer our services nationwide to any type of business where we can verify and substantiate an accounts receivable invoice for delivery of a product or performance of a service. Examples of current clients include a commercial janitorial company, transportation company, medical staffing firm, IT consulting company and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Current clients range in size from start-up to $10million in annual sales. Geographically, our five largest customers that account for approximately 37.2% of our accounts receivable portfolio at December 31, 2008 are located in the states of California, Virginia, New Jersey and New York. We believe that this market is under served by banks and other funding institutions that find many of these companies not “bankable” because of their size, limited operating history, thin capitalization, seasonality patterns or poor, inconsistent financial performance. Anchor’s focus is providing funding based on the quality of our clients’ customers’ ability to pay and the validity of the account receivable invoice. Anchor utilizes credit and verification processes to assist in assuring that customers are creditworthy and invoices are valid. We secure our funding by having a senior first lien on all clients’ accounts receivable and other tangible and intangible assets. We also often obtain personal and validity guarantees from our clients’ owners.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES

Our strategy is to become a nationally recognized brand for accounts receivable funding and other related financial services for small businesses. This expansion is expected to be accomplished with media marketing campaigns targeting small businesses and through accretive acquisitions of competitive firms and add-on purchases which broaden our mix of services, brands, customers and geographic and economic diversity. Our focus is to increase revenues and profits, through a combination of internal growth and acquisitions, primarily within our core disciplines and expansion into new service offerings. The key elements to our acquisition growth strategy include the following:

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Acquire companies that provide factoring services to small businesses. Our primary strategy is to increase revenues and profitability by acquiring the accounts receivable portfolios and possibly the business development and management teams of other local and regional factoring firms, primarily firms in the United States with revenues of generally less than $10 million. Significant operating leverage and reduced costs are achieved by consolidating back office support functions. Increased revenues across a larger accounts receivable portfolio is anticipated to lead to lower costs of capital, which may enhance profitability.. We intend to evaluate acquisitions using numerous criteria including historical financial performance, management strength, service quality, diversification of customer base and operating characteristics. Our senior management team has prior experience in other service industries in identifying and evaluating attractive acquisition targets and integrating acquired businesses. As of the filing date of this Form 10-K, we have not entered into any definitive agreements to complete any mergers or acquisitions.

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Expand our service offerings by acquiring related specialty finance firms that serve small businesses. These specialty firms will broaden the services that we provide so that we can fulfill additional financial service needs of existing clients and target additional small businesses in different industries.. The following are types of specialty finance firms that we will target and is not all-inclusive:
 
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Import/export financing;
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Government contract financing
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Transportation / freight invoice financing

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Expand our discount factoring business by creating a national factoring brand. Inform and educate small businesses owners that factoring can increase cash flow and outsource credit risk and accounts receivable management. Our experience has been that many small businesses have limited awareness that factoring exists and is a viable financing alternative option for them. We have a marketing strategy that focuses on creating a national factoring brand identity. This is expected to be accomplished through various marketing initiatives and business alliances that will create in-bound sales leads. These marketing strategies include:

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Media advertising in key metropolitan markets;
 
Increase our pay-per-click internet advertising which in the past has been a successful strategy for Anchor; and
 
Radio - test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business owners.

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Establish cross-selling alliances with other small business providers including:
 
Small business accounting and tax preparation service firms;
 
Small business service centers, providing packing and shipping; and
 
Commercial insurance brokers.
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Develop a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and attorneys;
 
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Expand into the growing Hispanic business market. We continue to seek opportunities to expand the reach of our brands into new markets, including the Hispanic business market. We plan to create a Spanish language version of our website, advertise in Hispanic media publications and enter into alliances with Hispanic commercial banks for small business referral prospects who do not meet the banks’ suitability requirements.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Factoring as it functions today has been in existence for nearly 200 years. Its historical focus has been in the textile and apparel industries, which provides products to major retailers. The factoring industry has expanded beyond the textile and apparel industries into other mainstream businesses. Anchor may provide funding to businesses where the performance of a service or the delivery of a product can be verified. We have the ability to check a company’s credit and evaluate its ability to pay across most industries. Hence, Anchor’s target prospects are most small businesses.

According to the Commercial Finance Association (CFA), an industry trade association for asset based lending and factoring companies, factoring volume (the dollar value of invoices purchased) in 2007 in the United States grew to $135.5 billion from $127.1 billion in 2006, representing a 6.5% increase. The CFA survey highlights that the growth is attributable to a number of factors including a greater acceptance of the factoring product. Our primary strategy is to increase revenues and profitability by acquiring the accounts receivable portfolios and possibly the business development and management teams of other local and regional factoring firms by primarily targeting for acquisition firms in the United States with revenues of generally less than $10 million.  Management of our company is unable to estimate the portion of the $135.5 billion market which consists of companies in our targeted market for acquisition. Nevertheless, Management believes that our targeted market for acquisitions represents a small portion of the overall United States factoring volume.

Factoring sustained its 30 year pattern of growth in 2007.
 
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Management estimates, based on examination of Dun & Bradstreet data and a market overview provided by a merger and acquisition advisory firm, that there are approximately 2,900 accounts receivable factoring and financing firms in the United States with over 2,000 firms with revenues of less than $1 million. Management believes that the fragmentation of the market among other factors, make this industry attractive for consolidation. Driving factors for consolidation include:

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Limited growth capital for small factors. Small factoring firms may have credit availability constraints limiting the business volume which they can factor. The financial leverage that banks typically provide a finance company is a function of the capital in the business. The opportunity to combine their businesses with Anchor’s capital and possible lower cost of funds, back office support and potentially a larger credit facility are incentives to sell their business, particularly where they would receive our capital stock in return as part or all of the transaction price.
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Anchor would provide an exit strategy for owners of small factoring firms who may have much of their personal wealth tied to the business and want to retire. A cash sale of a factoring firm would provide liquidity to the owner of a factoring firm and the opportunity to receive a price over the factoring firm’s book value.

OPERATIONS

Our executive officers, namely Morry F. Rubin, CEO and Brad Bernstein, President, manage our day to day operations and internal growth and oversee our acquisition strategy. We have a full-time interactive marketing manager, , four account executives, an underwriter, a controller, three sales people, an administrative assistant, an operations manager for our transportation division, TruckerFunds.com, a credit manager  and a collector/credit analyst that provide daily support for our clients. Our sales personnel handle in-bound sales calls. Our underwriter analyzes prospective funding transactions and submits them for credit committee review. Our controller maintains our books and records, wires funds daily to clients and provides back office oversight.  Our credit manager and collector/credit analyst make collection calls and evaluate the credit of account debtors.

At times in the past, we used accounting personnel from Preferred Labor, LLC, an affiliated company principally owned by Morry F. Rubin, George Rubin and Brad Bernstein, officers and directors of our company for certain back office functions, including, without limitation, credit and collection, payroll and other bookkeeping services. In the past through April 23, 2007, Preferred Labor charged a fee of .25% of the value of accounts receivable purchased for credit and collection services only and .5% for credit, collection, invoicing, payroll and other bookkeeping services. The fees charged by Preferred Labor were $-0- and $16,100 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. From April 2007 through July 2007, Anchor paid a portion of Preferred Labor’s shared employees salaries based upon actual time incurred. This temporary arrangement ceased in July 2007, as we expanded our support staff and hired a full-time credit analyst who is in charge of collections.  Our transactions with Preferred Labor have not been represented by any written agreements between the parties. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”
 
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Underwriting Process

We have developed and utilize standard underwriting procedures, which are controlled in a checklist format that is reviewed and approved by members of the credit committee. The credit committee is presently comprised of our executive officers, although these functions may be delegated to other responsible personnel in the future as our company expands our operations. A member or members of the credit committee approve all new accounts and conduct periodic credit reviews of the client portfolio. Underwriting criteria include the following:

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Background and credit checks are performed on the owners.
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Personal or validity guarantees are sometimes obtained from the owners.
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We “Notify” all accounts that are purchased. Anchor is a notification factor, which means that we notify in writing all accounts purchased that we have purchased the account and payments are to be made to Anchor’s central lockbox. Our client’s invoices also provide Anchor’s lockbox as address for payments. We also have a notification statement on our clients’ invoices that indicate we have purchased the account and payment is to be made to Anchor.
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Initially we attempt to verify most of a new customer’s accounts. Verification includes review of third-party documentation and telephone discussions with the client’s customer so that we may substantiate that invoices are valid and without dispute.
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We typically evaluate the creditworthiness on accounts with more than a $2,500 balance.
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Other standard diligence testing includes payroll tax payment verification, company status with state of incorporation, pre and post filing lien searches and review of prior years’ corporate tax returns. For TruckerFunds.com accounts we do not verify payroll tax payments or review prior years’ tax returns.
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We require that our clients enter into a factoring and security agreement with Anchor and file a first senior lien on purchased accounts, and on a case-by-case basis, sometimes on all of our clients’ tangible and intangible assets.
 
Credit Management

To efficiently and quickly determine the credit worthiness of an account, Anchor utilizes an instant credit checking system that we call Creditguard.  Creditguard is an in-house evaluation tool that we have developed, but we do not claim any proprietary rights at this time. Creditguard utilizes a proven credit formula that combines various Dun & Bradstreet credit data elements. This formula and system provide an initial credit limit so that accounts can be approved or rejected quickly. If additional credit is necessary beyond the initial credit limit, we then independently check three vendor references and a bank reference to determine if additional credit can be extended. Collection calls are usually made in advance of their due date to secure a commitment or estimated time to receive payment.

CLIENTS

Our clients are all small businesses that typically range in size from start-up to $10 million in annual sales. We provide our services to any type of business where we can verify and substantiate an accounts receivable invoice for delivery of a product or performance of a service. Examples of current clients include a commercial janitorial company, transportation company, medical staffing firm, IT consulting company and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Anchor targets all small businesses to educate and convert them to factoring. We believe that this small business market is under served by banks and other funding institutions that view many of these companies not “bankable” because of their size, limited operating history, thin capitalization or poor / inconsistent financial performance. Anchor’s focus is funding based on the quality of our clients’ customer’s ability to pay and the validity of the accounts receivable invoice. Anchor has credit and verification processes to assist in assuring that customers are creditworthy and invoices are valid. We secure our funding by placing a senior first lien on all clients’ accounts receivable and other tangible and intangible assets. We also often obtain personal guarantees from our clients’ owners.
 
In addition, there are certain specific small business sectors that Anchor believes also have limited working capital options and are targets for factoring. Examples of these include:

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Not-for-profit entities; we have factored a not-for-profit foster home’s invoices to a local county.
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Companies with tax liens by providing funding based upon its eligible accounts receivable; we were successful in paying off the IRS for a client that had tax liens by funding its accounts receivable.
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Free lance consultants and independent contractors that cannot wait to receive payment from their client.
 
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SALES AND MARKETING

We have a full time interactive marketing manager to assist Anchor in creating a national brand identity through various marketing and business alliance strategies that will create in-bound sales leads. These marketing strategies include, without limitation, the following:

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Media advertising in key metropolitan markets;
 
Increase our internet advertising which in the past has been a successful strategy for Anchor; and
 
Radio - test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business owners.
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Establish cross-selling alliances with other small business providers including:
 
Small business accounting and tax preparation service firms; and
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Commercial insurance brokers; and
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Develop a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and attorneys;
 
In key metropolitan areas, we plan on hiring business development officers to follow up on in-bound sales leads in person and develop additional business by networking with other small business providers including traditional bankers, accountants, lawyers and insurance brokers.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

We utilize a factoring industry software program designed to effectively manage and operate a factoring company. This system currently manages multiple functions from purchasing invoices, advancing funds, recording collections and rebating clients. The system generates, on demand, numerous management reports including purchase activity, collections activity, return on capital, advances outstanding, accounts receivable trends, and credit reports which provide us with the ability to track, monitor and control the collateral (purchased accounts receivable). In addition, the software integrates with our general ledger accounting package, which enables us to meet our financial reporting requirements. Our clients can retrieve on-line key management reports and statements.
 
Our current software platform can support our growth.  We recently upgraded our factoring software platform, to enable additional users access to the system and support our growth objectives.

Hardware redundancy, backup strategies and disaster recovery have been planned to reduce the risk of downtime.

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS

             To Management’s knowledge, factoring receivables is not a regulated industry, as we do not make loans or charge clients interest. Nevertheless, if any of the factoring transactions entered into by us are deemed to be loans or financing transactions by a court of law instead of a true purchase of accounts receivable, then various state laws and regulations would become applicable to us and could limit the fees and other charges we are able to charge our customers and may further subject us to any penalties under such state laws and regulations. These laws would also:

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regulate credit granting activities, including establishing licensing requirements, if any, in various jurisdictions,
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require disclosures to customers,
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govern secured transactions,
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Set collection, foreclosure, repossession and claims handling procedures and other trade practices,
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prohibit discrimination in the extension of credit, and
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regulate the use and reporting of information related to a seller’s credit experience and other data collection.
 
This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.  See “Risk Factors.”
 
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COMPETITION

The factoring and financial service industry is highly fragmented and competitive. Competitive factors vary depending upon financial services products offered, customer, and geographic region. Competitive forces may limit our ability to charge our customary fees and raise fees to our customers in the future. Pressure on our margins is intensive and we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete with our competitors. Our competitors, of which we are currently an insignificant competitor in our industry, include national, regional and local independent and bank owned factoring and finance companies and other full service factoring and financing organizations. Many of these competitors are larger than we are and may have access to capital at a lower cost than we do. Management estimates, based on examination of Dun & Bradstreet data and a market overview provided by a merger and acquisition advisory firm, that there are approximately 2,900 accounts receivable factoring and/or business financing firms in the United States, including us, with over 2,000 with revenues of less than $1 million. To our knowledge, no single firm dominates the small business segment of the industry.

EMPLOYEES

As of March 10, 2009, we have 16 full-time employees.

History of former BTHC XI, LLC
  
Anchor Funding Services, Inc., formerly known as BTHC XI, Inc., was organized on August 16, 2006 as a Delaware corporation to effect the reincorporation of BTHC XI, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, mandated by the plan of reorganization discussed below. 
 
In September 1999, Ballantrae Healthcare LLC and its affiliated limited liability companies including BTHC XI, LLC, or collectively Ballantrae, were organized for the purpose of operating nursing homes throughout the United States. Ballantrae did not own the nursing facilities.  Instead, they operated the facilities pursuant to management agreements and/or real property leases with the owners of these facilities. Although Ballantrae continued to increase the number of nursing homes it operated and in June 2000 had received a substantial equity investment, it was unable to achieve profitability. During 2001 and 2002, Ballantrae continued to experience severe liquidity problems and did not generate enough revenues to cover its overhead costs.  Despite obtaining additional capital and divesting unprofitable nursing homes, by March, 2003, Ballantrae was out of cash and unable to meet its payroll obligations. 

On March 28, 2003, Ballantrae filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  On November 29, 2004, the bankruptcy court approved the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, as presented by Ballantrae, its affiliates and their creditors (the “Plan”).  On August 16, 2006, pursuant to the Plan, BTHC XI, LLC was merged into BTHC XI, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which later changed its name to Anchor Funding Services, Inc., effective on April 4, 2007. 

On January 31, 2007, we entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement and acquired 100% of the membership (ownership) interests of Anchor Funding Services LLC in exchange for 8,000,000 shares of our Common Stock (the “Anchor Transaction”). The Securities Exchange Agreement was entered into by and among Anchor Funding Services, LLC, its members, Anchor funding Services, Inc. (formerly BTHX XI, Inc.) and certain stockholders (the “Company Stockholders”). The Anchor Transaction was subject to our receipt in escrow of a private placement of our Series 1 Preferred Stock of at least $2,500,000 which was successfully completed immediately after the Exchange on January 31, 2007. The private placement offering was terminated on April 5, 2007 after the raise of $6,712,500 in gross proceeds from the sale of 1,342,500 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock.

The Anchor Transaction

As a result of the Anchor Transaction, Anchor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of former BTHC XI. Prior to the completion of the Anchor Transaction, former BTHC XI had no operations and had no material assets or liabilities.

The Anchor Transaction was closed on January 31, 2007. The closing of the Anchor Transaction was conditioned on, among other things: (a) the approval of Anchor’s members, (b) the various representations and warranties of the parties being true and correct as provided in the Securities Exchange Agreement, (c) the parties performing their various covenants and agreements as provided in the Securities Exchange Agreement, (d) the parties delivering certain agreements, certificates and other instruments, (e) the Escrow Agent’s receipt of at least $2,500,000 in cleared funds available for the initial closing of the Offering immediately upon the effectiveness of the Securities Exchange, and (f) the entry into 18 month lock-up agreements by members of Anchor.
 
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The Securities Exchange Agreement contained various representations and warranties and covenants of the Company and the Company Stockholders. Generally, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Company Stockholders survive until the first anniversary of the closing date. The Securities Exchange Agreement provides for indemnification by Company Stockholders for breaches or failure to perform covenants of the Company or the Company Stockholders contained in the Securities Exchange Agreement and for any claims by brokers or finders for fees or commissions alleged to be due in connection with the Anchor Transaction. Additionally, certain Company Stockholders agreed to indemnify Anchor for any damages arising from or in connection with the operation or ownership of the Company from and including November 29, 2004, the date the Plan was confirmed by the bankruptcy court through and including December 7, 2006. Certain other Company Stockholders agreed to indemnify Anchor for any damages arising from any breach of any representation or warranty of the Company, or the Company Stockholders contained in the Securities Exchange Agreement resulting from the operation or ownership of the Company from and including their acquisition date of control of the Company (i.e. December 7, 2006) through and including the January 31, 2007 closing date of the Securities Exchange.
 
Item 1.A.  Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to the other information presented in this Form 10-K, in evaluating us and  our business. Any of the following risks, as well as other risks and uncertainties, could harm our business and financial results and cause the value of our securities to decline, which in turn could cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

Limited operating history. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed in 2003 and has only a limited operating history upon which investors may judge our performance. Future operating results will depend upon many factors, including, without limitation our ability to keep credit losses to a minimum, fluctuations in the economy, the degree and nature of competition, demand for our services, and our ability to integrate the operations of acquired businesses, to expand into new markets and to maintain margins in the face of pricing pressures. We can provide no assurances that our operations will be profitable.

Our past operating losses may occur in the future. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed in 2003 and has historically operated at a loss. We can provide no assurances that our operations and consolidations with any companies that we acquire will result in us meeting our anticipated level of projected profitable operations, if at all.

Competition for customers in our industry is intense, and if we are not able to effectively compete, our financial results could be harmed and the price of our Shares could decline. The factoring and financial service industry is highly competitive. There are many large full-service and specialized financing companies, as well as local and regional companies, which compete with us in the factoring industry. Competition in our markets is intense. These competitive forces limit our ability to raise fees to our customers. Pressure on our margins is intense, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete with our competitors, many of whom have substantially greater resources than we do. If we are not able to effectively compete in our targeted markets, our operating margins and other financial results will be harmed and the market price of our securities could decline.
 
If we are not able to maintain adequate lines of credit on commercially reasonable terms, our financial condition or results of operations could suffer. Based on numerous covenants, we have the availability of a $15 million (expandable to $25 million) senior credit facility through November 2011 with an institutional asset based lender which advances funds against up to 85% of “eligible net factored accounts receivable” (minus client reserves as lender may establish in good faith) as defined in Anchor’s agreement with its institutional lender. This facility, which is secured by our assets, contains certain covenants related to tangible net worth, change in control and other matters. In the event that we fail to comply with the covenant(s) and the lender does not waive such non-compliance, we could be in default of our credit agreement, which could subject us to penalty rates of interest and accelerate the maturity of the outstanding balances.  In the event we are not able to maintain adequate credit facilities for our factoring and acquisition needs on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to operate our business and complete one or more acquisitions would be significantly impacted and our financial condition and results of operations could suffer. Further, our institutional lender has announced its intention to leave the asset based financing business and it has indicated to us that it would abide by the terms of our senior credit facility until such time as we obtain a new facility. We can provide no assurances that a replacement facility will be obtained by us on terms satisfactory to us, if at all. Our two executive officers have each personally guaranteed the indebtedness under our existing credit facility up to $250,000 per person for a total of $500,000. We can provide no assurances that personal guarantees will be provided by our executive officers to a new institutional lender or how that may impact the definitive terms of any new facility.

We may acquire companies in the future and these acquisitions could disrupt our business or adversely affect our earnings. Further, we may complete acquisitions without first obtaining stockholder approval under applicable Delaware Law. We intend to acquire small and/or medium local and/or regional factoring and financial service businesses. Our ability to complete acquisitions in the future may be impacted by many factors, including, without limitation, companies available for acquisition and the ability to achieve favorable terms. Entering into an acquisition entails many risks, any of which could harm our business, including, without limitation, failure to successfully integrate the acquired company with our existing business, retention of key employees, alienation or impairment of relationships with substantial customers or key employees of the acquired business or our existing business, and assumption of liabilities of the acquired business. Any acquisition that we consummate also may have an adverse affect on our liquidity or earnings and may be dilutive to our earnings. Adverse business conditions or developments suffered by or associated with any business we acquire additionally could result in impairment to the goodwill or intangible assets associated with the acquired businesses, and a related write down of the value of these assets, and adversely affect our earnings. Further, we may complete acquisitions without first obtaining stockholder approval under applicable Delaware Law.
 
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Risks Associated with our Growth Strategy. Our plans for growth, both internal and through acquisition of other factoring and financial service companies, are subject to numerous and substantial risks. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to expand our market presence in our current locations, successfully enter new markets, add new services and/or integrate acquired businesses into our operations. Our continued growth is dependent upon a number of factors, including the availability of working capital to support such growth, our response to existing and emerging competition, our ability to maintain sufficient profit margins while experiencing pricing pressures, our efforts to develop and maintain customer and employee relationships, and the hiring, training and retention of qualified personnel. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to identify acceptable acquisition candidates on terms favorable to us in a timely manner, if at all. A substantial portion of our capital resources is anticipated to be used primarily for these acquisitions. We expect to require additional debt or equity financing for future acquisitions, which additional financing may not be available on terms favorable to the Company, if at all. We can provide no assurances that any acquired business will be profitable.
 
We will seek to make acquisitions that may prove unsuccessful or strain or divert our resources. We intend seek to expand our business through the acquisition of competitors’ factoring and service businesses and assets. We may not be able to complete any acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. Acquisitions present risks that could materially and adversely affect our business and financial performance, including:
 
 
· the diversion of our management's attention from our everyday business activities
 
· the contingent and latent risks associated with the past operations of, and other unanticipated problems arising in, the acquired business; and
 
· the need to expand management, administration, and operational systems.

If we make, or plan to make, such acquisitions we cannot predict whether:

 
· we will be able to successfully integrate the operations and personnel of any new businesses into our business;
 
· we will realize any anticipated benefits of completed acquisitions;
 
· there will be substantial unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions, including potential costs associated with liabilities undiscovered at the time of acquisition; or
 
· stockholder approval of an acquisition will be sought.

In addition, future acquisitions by us may result in:

 
· potentially dilutive issuances of our equity shares;
 
· the incurrence of additional debt;
 
· restructuring charges; and
 
· the recognition of significant charges for depreciation and amortization related to intangible assets.
 
Risks Related to Our Factoring Activities. In our history, we have not experienced  material credit losses. If we were to experience material losses on our accounts receivable portfolio, they would have a material adverse effect on (i) our ability to fund our business and, (ii) to the extent the losses exceed our provision for credit losses, our revenues, net income and assets.

We purchase accounts receivable primarily from privately owned small companies, which present a greater risk of loss than purchasing accounts receivable from larger companies. Our portfolio consists primarily of accounts receivable purchased from small, privately owned businesses with annual revenues ranging from start-up to $10 million. Compared to larger, publicly owned firms, these companies generally have more limited access to capital and higher funding costs, may be in a weaker financial position and may need more capital to expand or compete. These financial challenges may make it difficult for our clients to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, advances made to these types of clients entail higher risks than advances made to companies who are able to access traditional credit sources.  In part because of their smaller size, our clients may:
 
 
  •    experience significant variations in operating results;  
 
 
  •    have narrower product lines and market shares than their larger competitors;  
 
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  •    be particularly vulnerable to changes in customer preferences and market conditions; 
 
 
  •    be more dependent than larger companies on one or more major customers, the loss of which could materially impair their business, financial condition and prospects;   
 
 
  •    face intense competition, including from companies with greater financial, technical, managerial and marketing resources; 
 
 
  •    depend on the management talents and efforts of a single individual or a small group of persons for their success, the death, disability or resignation of whom could materially harm the client’s financial condition or prospects;   
 
 
  •    have less skilled or experienced management personnel than larger companies; or  
 
 
  •    do business in regulated industries, such as the healthcare industry, and could be adversely affected by policy or regulatory changes.

Accordingly, any of these factors could impair a client’s cash flow or result in other events, such as bankruptcy, which could limit our ability to collect on this client’s purchased accounts receivable, and may lead to losses in our portfolio and a decrease in our revenues, net income and assets.

We may be adversely affected by deteriorating economic or business conditions. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by various economic factors, including the level of economic activity in the markets in which we operate. Delinquencies and credit losses generally increase during economic slowdowns or recessions. Because we fund primarily small businesses, many of our clients may be particularly susceptible to economic slowdowns or recessions and could impair a client’s cash flow or result in other events, such as bankruptcy, which could limit our ability to collect on this client’s purchased accounts receivable, and may lead to losses in our portfolio and a decrease in our revenues, net income and assets. Unfavorable economic conditions may also make it more difficult for us to maintain both our new business origination volume and the credit quality of new business at levels previously attained. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. These events could significantly harm our operating results.

Our limited operating history makes it difficult for us to accurately judge the credit performance of our portfolio and, as a result, increases the risk that our allowance for credit losses may prove inadequate. Our business depends on the creditworthiness of our clients’ customers and our clients. While we conduct due diligence and a review of the creditworthiness of most of our clients’ customers and all of our clients, this review requires the application of significant judgment by our management. Our judgment may not be correct. We maintain an allowance for credit losses on our consolidated financial statements in an amount that reflects our judgment concerning the potential for losses inherent in our portfolio. Management periodically reviews the appropriateness of our allowance considering economic conditions and trends, collateral values and credit quality indicators. We cannot assure you that our estimates and judgment with respect to the appropriateness of our allowance for credit losses are accurate. Our allowance may not be adequate to cover credit losses in our portfolio as a result of unanticipated adverse changes in the economy or events adversely affecting specific clients, industries or markets. If our allowance for credit losses is not adequate, our net income will suffer, and our financial performance and condition could be significantly impaired.
 
We may not have all of the material information relating to a potential client at the time that we make a credit decision with respect to that potential client or at the time we advance funds to the client. As a result, we may suffer credit losses or make advances that we would not have made if we had all of the material information. There is generally no publicly available information about the privately owned companies to which we generally purchase accounts receivable from. Therefore, we must rely on our clients and the due diligence efforts of our employees to obtain the information that we consider when making our credit decisions. To some extent, our employees depend and rely upon the management of these companies to provide full and accurate disclosure of material information concerning their business, financial condition and prospects. If we do not have access to all of the material information about a particular client’s business, financial condition and prospects, or if a client’s accounting records are poorly maintained or organized, we may not make a fully informed credit decision which may lead, ultimately, to a failure or inability to collect our purchased accounts receivable in their entirety.

We may make errors in evaluating accurate information reported by our clients and, as a result, we may suffer credit losses.  We underwrite our clients and clients’ customers based on certain financial information. Even if clients provide us with full and accurate disclosure of all material information concerning their businesses, we may misinterpret or incorrectly analyze this information. Mistakes by our staff and credit committee may cause us to make advances and purchase accounts receivable that we otherwise would not have purchased, to fund advances that we otherwise would not have funded or result in credit losses.
 
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A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer material losses. A client could defraud us by, among other things:
 
·  
directing the proceeds of collections of its accounts receivable to bank accounts other than our established lockboxes;
·  
failing to accurately record accounts receivable aging;
·  
overstating or falsifying records showing accounts receivable or inventory; or
·  
providing inaccurate reporting of other financial information.
 
As of December 31, 2008, we have two medical staffing companies located in New York that account for a total of 14.4% of our accounts receivable portfolio and a trucking company located in Virginia accounts for 14.6% of our accounts receivable portfolio.  A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer material losses.

We may be unable to recognize or act upon an operational or financial problem with a client in a timely fashion so as to prevent a credit loss of purchased accounts receivable from that client. Our clients may experience operational or financial problems that, if not timely addressed by us, could result in a substantial impairment or loss of the value of our purchased accounts receivable from the client. We may fail to identify problems because our client did not report them in a timely manner or, even if the client did report the problem, we may fail to address it quickly enough or at all. As a result, we could suffer credit losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenues, net income and results of operations.

The security interest that we have in the purchased accounts receivable may not be sufficient to protect us from a partial or complete loss if we are required to foreclose. While we are secured by a lien on specified collateral of the client, there is no assurance that the collateral will protect us from suffering a partial or complete loss if we move to foreclose on the collateral. The collateral is primarily the purchased accounts receivable. Factors that could reduce the value of accounts receivable that we have a security interest in include among other things:
 
 
• 
problems with the client’s underlying product or services which result in greater than anticipated returns or disputed accounts;
 
unrecorded liabilities such as rebates, warranties or offsets;
 
the disruption or bankruptcy of key customers who are responsible for material amounts of the accounts receivable; and
  • 
the client misrepresents, or does not keep adequate records of, important information concerning the accounts receivable.
 
Any one or more of the preceding factors could materially impair our ability to collect all of the accounts receivable we may purchase from a client.
 
Errors by or dishonesty of our employees could result in credit losses. We rely heavily on the performance and integrity of our employees in making our initial credit decision with respect to our clients and on-going credit decisions on our clients’ customers. Because there is generally little or no publicly available information about our clients or clients’ customers, we cannot independently confirm or verify the information our employees provide us for use in making our credit and funding decisions. Errors by our employees in assembling, analyzing or recording information concerning our clients and clients’ customers could cause us to engage clients and purchase accounts receivable that we would not otherwise fund or purchase. This could result in losses. Losses could also arise if any of our employees were dishonest. A dishonest employee could collude with our clients to misrepresent the creditworthiness of a prospective client or client customers or to provide inaccurate reports or invoices. If, based on an employee’s dishonesty, we may have funded a client and purchased accounts that were not creditworthy, which could result in our suffering suffer credit losses.

We may incur lender liability as a result of our funding activities. In recent years, a number of judicial decisions have upheld the right of borrowers to sue lending institutions on the basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender liability.” Generally, lender liability is founded on the premise that a lender has either violated a duty, whether implied or contractual, of good faith and fair dealing owed to the borrower or has assumed a degree of control over the borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or its other creditors or shareholders. We may be subject to allegations of lender liability if it were determined that our advances were in fact loans and the relationship between Anchor and a client was that of lender and borrower rather than purchaser and seller. We cannot assure you that these claims will not arise or that we will not be subject to significant liability if a claim of this type did arise.
 
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We may incur liability under state usury laws or other state laws and regulations if any of our factoring arrangements are deemed to be loans or financing transactions instead of a true purchase of accounts receivable. Various state laws and regulations limit the interest rates, fees and other charges lenders are allowed to charge their borrowers. If any of the factoring transactions entered into by us are deemed to be loans or financing transactions instead of a true purchase of accounts receivable, such laws and regulations may become applicable to us and could limit the interest rates, fees and other charges we are able to charge our customers and may further subject us to any penalties under such state laws and regulations. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
 
We are in a highly competitive business and may not be able to take advantage of attractive funding opportunities. The factoring industry is highly competitive. We have competitors who offer the same types of services to small privately owned businesses that are our target clients. Our competitors include a variety of:
 
 
specialty and commercial finance companies; and
 
•  
national and regional banks that have factoring divisions or subsidiaries.
   
Some of our competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. They also have greater access to capital than we do and at a lower cost than is available to us. Furthermore, we would expect to face increased price competition if other factors seek to expand within or enter our target markets. Increased competition could cause us to reduce our pricing and advance greater amounts as a percentage of a client’s eligible accounts receivable. Even with these changes, in an increasingly competitive market, we may not be able to attract and retain new clients. If we cannot engage new clients, our net income could suffer, and our financial performance and condition could be significantly impaired.

Our information and computer processing systems are critical to the operations of our business and any failure could cause significant problems. Our information technology systems, located at our Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters, are essential for data exchange and operational communications to service our clients. Any interruption, impairment or loss of data integrity or malfunction of these systems could severely hamper our business and could require that we commit significant additional capital and management resources to rectify the problem.
 
The loss of any of our key personnel could harm our business. Our future financial performance will depend to a significant extent on our ability to motivate and retain key management personnel. Competition for qualified management personnel is intense and in the event we experience turnover in our senior management positions, we cannot assure you that we will be able to recruit suitable replacements. We must also successfully integrate all new management and other key positions within our organization to achieve our operating objectives. Even if we are successful, turnover in key management positions may temporarily harm our financial performance and results of operations until new management becomes familiar with our business. At present, we do not maintain key-man life insurance on any of our executive officers, although we entered into three-year employment contracts with each of Morry F. Rubin, Chief Executive Officer, and Brad Bernstein, President, on January 31, 2007. Our Board of Directors is responsible for approval of all future employment contracts with our executive officers. We can provide no assurances that said future employment contracts and/or their current compensation is or will be on commercially reasonable terms to us in order to retain our key personnel. The loss of any of our key personnel could harm our business.

Lack of Committees.  Currently we have no audit, compensation, nominating or other committees of the board. In the future, we may establish committees at such time as the board deems it to be in the best interest of our stockholders. We can provide no assurances that our lack of committees will not continue in future operating periods. Since we have no audit committee composed solely of independent directors, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, our board of directors has all the responsibilities of the audit committee.

Risks associated with intangible assets. A substantial portion of our future assets may consist of intangible assets including goodwill (excess of cost over fair value of net assets acquired and other intangible assets) relating to the potential acquisition of businesses. In the event of any sale or liquidation of us, there can be no assurance that the value of such intangible assets will be realized. In addition, any significant decrease in the value of such intangible assets could have a material adverse effect on us.

We are continually subject to the risk of new regulation, which could harm our business and/or operating results. In recent years, a number of bills have been introduced in Congress and/or various state legislatures that would add new regulations governing the financial services industry. The enactment of any such new laws or regulations may negatively impact our business, financial condition and/or our financial results.

Control of the Company.  Our executive officers and directors beneficially own approximately 71.7% of our outstanding Common Stock and approximately 47.2% of the voting control of our capital stock. As a result, such persons, in the event that they act in concert, will have the ability to affect the election of all of our directors and the outcome of all issues submitted to our stockholders. Such concentration of ownership could limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of Common Stock, and could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of us. See “Item 12.”

Risks associated with the development of the Company’s management information and internal control systems. Our data processing, accounting and analysis capabilities are important components of our business. As we make acquisitions, we will convert certain systems of the acquired companies to our systems. These conversions and the continued development and installation of such systems involve the risk of unanticipated complications and expenses. We can provide no assurances that we will be successful in this regard.
 
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We have no established public market for our Securities. Our outstanding Common Stock and Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively the “Securities”) do not have an established trading market in the Over-the-Counter Market or on the OTC Bulletin Board, although our Common Stock has been quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “AFNG.” Trading in our Common Stock has been sporadic since it began in December 2007. The availability for sale of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise could adversely affect the market for our Common Stock, if any. We can provide no assurances that an established public market will ever develop or be sustained for our common stock in the future. Further, we do not anticipate a public market will ever develop for our Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock.

The price of our Common Stock may fluctuate significantly. The market price for our Common Stock, if any, can fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, including the factors listed above, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include: actual or anticipated variations in quarterly operating results; announcements of new services by our competitors or us; announcements relating to strategic relationships or acquisitions; changes in financial estimates or other statements by securities analysts; and other changes in general economic conditions. Because of this, we may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of our shareholders or others, and the market price for our Common Stock could fluctuate as a result.

Our Common Stock is considered to be a “penny stock” and, as such, the market for our Common Stock should one develop may be further limited by certain Commission rules applicable to penny stocks. To the extent the price of our Common Stock remains below $5.00 per share or we have a net tangible assets of $2,000,000 or less, our common shares will be subject to certain “penny stock” rules promulgated by the Commission. Those rules impose certain sales practice requirements on brokers who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000). For transactions covered by the penny stock rules, the broker must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the sale. Furthermore, the penny stock rules generally require, among other things, that brokers engaged in secondary trading of penny stocks provide customers with written disclosure documents, monthly statements of the market value of penny stocks, disclosure of the bid and asked prices and disclosure of the compensation to the brokerage firm and disclosure of the sales person working for the brokerage firm. These rules and regulations adversely affect the ability of brokers to sell our common shares in the public market should one develop and they limit the liquidity of our Shares.

An investment in the Company is subject to dilution. We may require substantial additional financing in order to achieve our business objectives. The Company may generate such financing through the sale of securities (including potentially to the owners of businesses we acquire) that would dilute the ownership of its existing security holders. In subsequent rounds of financing, the Company will likely issue securities that will have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our outstanding securities and that will include financial and other covenants that will restrict the Company’s flexibility.
 
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We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. Except for the rights of holders of the shares of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock as described herein, any future determination to pay dividends will be dependent upon the our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, applicable contractual restrictions and other such factors as our board of directors may deem relevant.

THE FOREGOING RISK FACTORS DO NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF THE RISKS INHERENT IN AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY.

Item 2. Description of Property

 We currently lease our principal executive office space from a non- affiliated company located at 10801 Johnston Road, Suite 210, Charlotte, NC 28226.  These facilities, which consist of approximately 2,250 square feet of office space are leased from June 2007 for a period of 24 months at a monthly base rent of approximately $2,250.  We have also leased approximately 2,875 square feet of office space located at 800 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL, 33431 from a non-affiliated third party. The lease commenced upon the delivery of premises to us in August 2007 and for a term of 61 months. Since taking delivery of the premises in August 2007, we have been paying initially approximately $8,300 per month based upon a base rent of $5,750 (plus applicable Florida sales tax), We are also responsible for our proportionate share of real estate taxes and assessments, operating costs and professional and other services.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

We are not a party to any pending legal proceedings. Our property is not the subject of any pending legal proceedings. To our knowledge, no governmental authority is contemplating commencing a legal proceeding in which we would be named as a party.

Item 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.
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PART II

Item 5. Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

  Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol “AFNG.” No market information is provided herein as trading in our Common Stock since quotations began in December 2007 is extremely limited and sporadic.

As of March 25, 2009, there were 12,940,378 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. As of March 25, 2009, there were (i) outstanding options to purchase 1,885,000 shares of our Common Stock, (ii) outstanding Placement Agent Warrants to purchase 1,342,500 shares of our Common Stock, and (iii) outstanding 1,314,369 shares of our Series 1 Preferred Stock which are convertible into 6,571,845 shares of our Common Stock.

In January 2007, we had an initial float of 525,555 shares which were issued as free trading shares by the Bankruptcy Court under Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Since then, our remaining outstanding equity securities have become eligible for sale pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In this respect, shares of our common stock beneficially owned by a person for at least six months (as defined in Rule 144) are eligible for resale under Rule 144 subject to the availability of current public information about us and, in the case of affiliated persons, subject to certain additional volume limitations, manner of sale provisions and notice provisions. Pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act, our non-affiliates (who have been non-affiliates for at least three months) may sell their common stock that they have held for one year (as defined in Rule 144) without compliance with the availability of current information.

Holders of Record

As of March 25, 2009, there were 558 holders of record of shares of Common Stock and 88 holders of record of our Series 1 Preferred Stock.

Dividend Policy

The holders of our Series 1 Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends as more fully described below. We have not paid or declared any cash dividends on our Common Stock. We currently intend to retain any earnings for future growth and, therefore, do not expect to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. 

Cumulative annual dividends are payable in shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock or, in certain instances in cash, at an annual rate of 8% ($.40 per share of Series 1 Preferred Stock), on December 31 of each year commencing December 31, 2007. Dividends payable on outstanding Shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock shall begin to accrue on the date of each closing and shall cease to accrue and accumulate on the earlier of December 31, 2009 or the applicable Conversion Date (the “Final Dividend Payment Date”). Thereafter, the holders of Series 1 Preferred Stock shall have the same dividend rights as holders of Common Stock of the Company, as if the Series 1 Preferred Stock has been fully converted into Common Stock. The dividend payable on December 31, 2007 was declared and paid on January 29, 2008 to stockholders of record on January 25, 2008 prorated or adjusted for the period from the date of issuance through December 31, 2007. The December 31, 2008 dividend was paid on that date to stockholders of record on December 29, 2008. Each of the 2007 and 2008 dividends were paid through the issuance of additional shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock. For 2009, unpaid dividends will accumulate and be payable prior to the payment of any dividends on shares of Common Stock or any other class of Preferred Stock. Cash dividends will only be payable from funds legally available therefore, when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, and unpaid dividends will accumulate until the Company has the legal ability to pay the dividends. The Company shall pay a cash dividend in lieu of a stock dividend where on the date of declaration of the dividend, it is the Board’s determination that the Company’s Common Stock is trading consistently at a market price below $1.00 per share. Cash dividends shall not apply to the payment of accrued and unpaid (undeclared) dividends which are paid on a Conversion Date. Dividends paid in shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock shall be based upon an assumed value of $5.00 per share of Series 1 Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company’s Board of Directors shall timely declare dividends on its Series 1 Preferred Stock each year unless the payment of such dividends would be in violation of applicable state law.  
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 For the year ended December 31, 2008 there were no sales of unregistered securities, except as follows:
 
Date of Sale 
  
Title of Security 
  
Number
Sold
  
 
Consideration
Received,
Commissions 
  
Purchasers 
  
Exemption from
Registration
Claimed 
  
                       
February 21
and May 28,
2008
 
 
Common Stock
 
Options to
purchase
102,000 common
Shares
 
Securities granted under Equity Compensation Plan; no cash received; no commissions paid
 
Directors and
Officers
 
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Rule 506 promulgated
thereunder (6)
 
                       
January
2008
 
Series 1
Preferred
Stock
 
94,865 Shares
 
Annual stock dividend; no commissions paid
 
All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
 
Section 2(3) –
No sale
(Preferred Stock
Dividend)
 
                       
March and
April 2008
 
Common Stock
 
1,119,823 Shares
 
Conversion of
Series 1 Preferred
Stock into Common
Stock; no cash received;
no commissions paid
 
Certain
Preferred
Stock Investors
 
Section 3(a)(9)-
Exchange of
Securities
 
                       
December
2008
 
Series 1
Preferred
Stock
 
97,370 Shares
 
Annual stock dividend; no commission paid
 
All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
 
Section 2(3) –
No sale
(Preferred Stock
Dividend)
 
 
The foregoing table and notes thereto do not reflect the following:

On December 11, 2007, we received a signed subscription to issue and sell 25,000 shares of our Common Stock at $1.00 per share to a non-affiliated person. The subscription price of $25,000 was paid through the issuance of a promissory note (with full recourse) in like amount due and payable on December 31, 2008. The 25,000 shares will not be issued until the note has been fully paid. The notes to our consolidated financial statements (note 9) treat these 25,000 shares as if we granted the investor options to purchase 25,000 shares at $1.00 per share. Upon issuance, exemption would have been claimed under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. No commissions have been paid in connection with the possible issuance and sale of 25,000 shares.  In March 2009, the Company and the note holder agreed to cancel the subscription agreement and related promissory note.

Recent Purchases of Securities

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company had no repurchases of its Common Stock.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

Not applicable.
 
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. All statements contained herein that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding anticipated future capital requirements, our future plan of operations, our ability to obtain debt, equity or other financing, and our ability to generate cash from operations, are based on current expectations. These statements are forward-looking in nature and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results.

Executive Overview

Our business objective is to create a well-recognized, national financial services firm for small businesses providing accounts receivable funding (factoring), outsourcing of accounts receivable management including collections and the risk of customer default and other specialty finance products including, but not limited to trade finance and government contract funding. For certain service businesses, Anchor also provides back office support including payroll, payroll tax compliance and invoice processing services. We provide our services to clients nationwide and may expand our services internationally in the future. We plan to achieve our growth objectives as described below through a combination of strategic and add-on acquisitions of other factoring and related specialty finance firms that serve small businesses in the United States and Canada and internal growth through mass media marketing initiatives. Our principal operations are located in Charlotte, North Carolina and we maintain an executive office in Boca Raton, Florida which includes its sales and marketing functions.

Client Accounts

As of December 31, 2008, we have two medical staffing companies located in New York that account for a total of 14.4% of our accounts receivable portfolio and a trucking company located in Virginia accounts for 14.6% of our accounts receivable portfolio.  A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer material losses.

Year Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2007

  Finance revenues increased to $1,252,476 for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $423,024 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a 196.1% increase.   The change in revenue was primarily due to an increase in the number of clients. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had 102 active clients compared to 41 clients as of December 31, 2007. 

Net interest income decreased by $142,248 for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $30,432 compared to $172,680 for the year ended December 31, 2007.  This change is primarily the result of the decrease in cash in interest bearing accounts due to the Company’s using its cash to fund its purchasing of clients’ accounts receivable.
 
The Company had a provision for credit losses of $63,797 for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $30,708 for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008 were $2,486,719 compared to $1,611,676 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a 54.3% increase.  This increase is primarily attributable to the Company’s incurring additional costs for increased payroll, marketing, professional, rent, insurance and other operating expenses to grow Anchor’s core business, build an infrastructure to support anticipated growth and operate as a publicly reporting company. In addition, the Company began leasing its own offices in Charlotte on June 1, 2007 and opened an Executive and Sales office in Boca Raton, Florida in August, 2007. Rent expense increased by $89,139 for year ended December 31, 2008 to $138,583 compared to $ 49,444 for the comparable year ended December 31, 2007.

Net Loss for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $(1,267,608) compared to $(1,046,680) for the year ended December 31, 2007.  
 
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The following table compares the operating results for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
             
   
2008
   
2007
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
Finance revenues
  $ 1,252,476     $ 423,024     $ 829,452       196.1  
Interest income (expense), net
    30,432       172,680       (142,248 )     (82.4 )
Net finance revenues
    1,282,908       595,704       687,204       115.4  
Provision for credit losses
    63,797       30,708       33,089       107.7  
Finance revenues, net of interest expense and credit losses
    1,219,111       564,996       654,115       115.8  
Operating expenses
    2,486,719       1,611,676       875,043       54.3  
Net income (loss) before income taxes
    (1,267,608 )     (1,046,680 )     (220,928 )        
Income tax (provision) benefit:
                    -          
Net income (loss)
  $ (1,267,608 )   $ (1,046,680 )   $ (220,928 )        
 
Key changes in certain selling, general and administrative expenses:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
         
   
2008
 
 
2007
   
$ Change
 
Explanation
Payroll, payroll taxes and benefits
  $ 1,102,514     $ 545,035     $ 557,479  
Increased payroll and health benefits for executive, sales, administrative and operations personnel
Advertising
    394,468       289,742       104,726  
Increased marketing and advertising
Rent
    138,583       49,444       89,139  
The company incurred a full year of rent in 2008 for its Florida and North Carolina offices which were opened in 2007
    $ 1,635,565     $ 884,221     $ 751,344    
 
Client Accounts

As of December 31, 2008, we have 3 clients that account for an aggregate of approximately 29% of our accounts receivable portfolio and approximately 15.2% of our revenues. The transactions and balances with these clients as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008 are summarized below:
 
 
Percentage of Accounts Receivable
Percentage of Revenues For
 
Portfolio As of
The Twe;ve Months Ended
Entity
December 31, 2008
December 31, 2008
Transportation Company in Virginia
14.6%
2.8%
Medical Staffing Company in New York
8.7%
7.9%
Medical Staffing Company in New York
5.7%
4.5%
 
A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer material losses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flow Summary
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash used by operating activities was $4,258,017 for the year ended December 31, 2008 and was primarily due to our net loss for the year and cash used by operating assets, primarily to purchase accounts receivable. The net loss was $1,267,608 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Cash used by operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase of $2,853,247 in retained interest in accounts receivable. Increases and decreases in prepaid expenses, accounts payable, accrued payroll and accrued expenses were primarily the result of timing of payments and receipts.
 
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Net cash used by operating activities was $1,904,101 for the year ended December 31, 2007 and was primarily due to our net loss for the year and cash used by operating assets, primarily to purchase accounts receivable. The net loss was $1,046,680 for the year ended December 31, 2007. Cash used by operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase of $1,091,668 in retained interest in accounts receivable. Increases and decreases in prepaid expenses, accounts payable, accrued payroll and accrued expenses were primarily the result of timing of payments and receipts.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
 
For the year ended December 31, 2008, net cash used in investing activities was $27,147 for the purchase of property and equipment.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, net cash used in investing activities was $111,060 for the purchase of property and equipment.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 Net cash provided by financing activities was $1,187,224 for the year ended December 31, 2008. This was the result of $1,187,224 of proceeds from the Company’s senior credit facility.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $5,458,434 for the year ended December 31, 2007. This was primarily the result of $6,712,500 of proceeds from the sale of Preferred Stock offset by $1,209,383 of payments related to costs of the sale.

Between January 31, 2007 and April 5, 2007, we raised $6,712,500 in gross proceeds from the sale of 1,342,500 shares of our Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock to expand our operations both internally and through possible acquisitions as more fully described under “Description of Business.”
 
Capital Resources

Based on numerous financial covenants, we have the availability to borrow up to $15 million (expandable to $25 million) senior credit facility through November 2011 with an institutional asset based lender which advanced funds against up to 85% of “eligible net factored accounts receivable” (minus client reserves as lender may establish in good faith) as defined in Anchor’s agreement with its institutional lender. This facility, which is secured by our assets, contains certain covenants related to tangible net worth, change in control and other matters. In the event that we fail to comply with the covenant(s) and the lender does not waive such non-compliance, we could be in default of our credit agreement, which could subject us to penalty rates of interest and accelerate the maturity of the outstanding balances.  In the event we are not able to maintain adequate credit facilities for our factoring and acquisition needs on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to operate our business and complete one or more acquisitions would be significantly impacted and our financial condition and results of operations could suffer. Further, our institutional lender has announced its intention to leave the asset based financing business and it has indicated to us that it would abide by the terms of our senior credit facility until such time as we obtain a new facility. We can provide no assurances that a replacement facility will be obtained by us on terms satisfactory to us, if at all. Our two executive officers have each personally guaranteed the indebtedness under our existing credit facility up to $250,000 per person for a total of $500,000. We can provide no assurances that personal guarantees will be provided by our executive officers to a new institutional lender or how that may impact the definitive terms of any new facility.

Based on our current cash position and our Senior Credit Facility, we believe can meet our cash needs for the next 12 to 18 months and support our anticipated organic growth. In the event we acquire another company, we may need additional equity or subordinated debt financing and/or a new credit facility to complete the transaction and our daily cash needs and liquidity could change based on the needs of the combined companies.   At that time, in the event we are not able to obtain adequate new facilities and/or financing to complete the acquisition (if needed) and to operate the combined companies financing needs on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to operate and expand our business would be significantly impacted and our financial condition and results of operations could suffer.
 
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Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 
Estimates – The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
Revenue Recognition – The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as follows:

1)  
Fixed Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of the purchased invoice.  This percentage does not change from the date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice is collected.

2)  
Variable Transaction Fee.  Variable transaction fees are variable based on the length of time the purchased invoice is outstanding.   As specified in its contract with the client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection date.

 
For both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue by using one of two methods depending on the type of customer.  For new customers the Company recognizes revenue using the cost recovery method.  For established customers the Company recognizes revenue using the accrual method.

 
Under the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the entire amount of purchased accounts receivable.

 
The Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has been within the last three months or less.  Management believes it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s collection period and accrued revenues.  If three months of history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be made.  Once the Company obtains sufficient historical experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize revenue.

 
For established customers the Company uses the accrual method of accounting.  The Company applies this method by multiplying the historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a year that the advance is outstanding.  The customers’ historical yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry, if applicable.

 
The amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are estimates.  As purchased invoices are collected, the Company records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been material.
 
 
Retained Interest in Purchased Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve account.  The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable and advances them a percentage of the invoice total.  The difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in a reserve account.  The reserve account is used to offset any potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts receivable.  Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded back to the client.

 
The Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security agreement, are met.

 
Senior management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable monthly to determine if any are uncollectible.  The Company has a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral.  The Company files security interests in the property securing their advances.  Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws and regulations in each state where the security interest is filed.  Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased accounts receivable.

 
Management considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable to be uncollectible.

 
Management believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of these invoices have been subsequently collected.

 
Property and Equipment – Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers and software, are stated at cost.  Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the straight-line method.  Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7 years.

 
Deferred Financing Costs – Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method.   As of December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431.  The net amount of $241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected amortization as follows:
 
Current  
  $ 85,130  
Non-current 
    156,073  
    $ 241,203  
         
 
 
 
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The loan agreement required $100,000 of these costs to be paid as follows:
 
2009 
  $ 50,000  
2010 
    50,000  
    $ 100,000  
         
 
 
Advertising Costs – The Company charges advertising costs to expense as incurred.  Total advertising costs were approximately:
 
For the years ending December 31,
 
2008
   
2007
 
$
391,000
    $ 289,700  
 
 
 
 
Earnings per Share – Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock options and stock warrants.  The dilutive effect of stock options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market price.

 
Under the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price of options or warrants.  For the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less than the exercise price of the options and warrants.  

 
Also when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted earnings per share.  For the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing operations.  

 
Stock Based Compensation - The fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are performed.

 
See Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.

 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair value.

 
Cash and cash equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when acquired.
 
 
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Income Taxes – Effective January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax purposes.  In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial statement and taxable income.

 
The primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the Company are as follows:

·  
Compensation costs related to the issuance of stock options
·  
Use of the reserve method of accounting for bad debts
·  
Differences in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax reporting
·  
Net operating loss carryforwards.

The deferred tax asset represents the future tax return consequences of utilizing these items.   Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation reserve, when management is uncertain if the net deferred tax assets will ever be realized.

In July 2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of SFAS No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions.  This Interpretation requires that the Company recognize in its consolidated financial statements, the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position.  The provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2007.

The Company applied FIN 48 to all its tax positions, including tax positions taken and those expected to be taken, under the transition provision of the interpretation.  As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized no increases or decreases in its recorded tax liabilities or the December 31, 2006 retained earnings.

For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized no liability for uncertain tax positions.

The Company classifies interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits with interest expense.  Penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are classified with operating expenses.

 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements –
In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment to FASB No. 133” (SFAS 161).  SFAS 161 requires expanded qualitative, quantitative and credit-risk disclosures about derivatives and hedging activities and their effects on the Company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.  SFAS 161 also clarifies that derivatives are subject to credit risk disclosures as required by SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Statements.”  SFAS 161 is effective for the year beginning January 1, 2009.  The adoption of SFAS 161 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 140-3, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions.”  FSP No. FAS 140-3 requires an initial transfer of a financial asset and a repurchase financing that was entered into contemporaneously or in contemplation of the initial transfer to be evaluated as a linked transaction under SFAS No. 140 unless certain criteria are met, including that the transferred asset must be readily obtainable in the marketplace.  FSP No. FAS 140-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and is applicable to new transactions entered into after the date of adoption.  Early adoption is prohibited.  The adoption of FSP No. 140-3 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R) “Business Combinations”.  SFAS 141R modifies the accounting for business combinations and requires, with limited exceptions, the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize 100 percent of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date fair value.  In addition, SFAS 141R limits the recognition of acquisition-related restructuring liabilities and requires the following: the expense of acquisition-related and restructuring costs and the acquirer to record contingent consideration measured at the acquisition date at fair value.  SFAS 141R is effective for new acquisitions consummated on or after January 1, 2009.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this standard.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements” (SFAS 160).  SFAS 160 requires all entities to report noncontrolling (i.e. minority interests) in subsidiaries as equity in the Consolidated Financial Statements and to account for transactions between an entity and noncontrolling owners as equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest in the subsidiary.  SFAS 160 also requires expanded disclosure that distinguishes between the interests of a parent’s owners and the interests of a noncontrolling owners of a subsidiary.  SFAS 160 is effective for the Company’s financial statements for the year beginning January 1, 2009 and early adoption is not permitted.  The adoption of SFAS 160 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of our Company. Our Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or verbal forward-looking statements, including statements contained in this report and other Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in our reports to stockholders. Statements that relate to other than strictly historical facts, such as statements about the Company's plans and strategies and expectations for future financial performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “will” and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are and will be based on management's then current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance, and speak only as of their dates. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of events and circumstances that could affect our financial performance or cause actual results to differ materially from estimates contained in or underlying our forward-looking statements.
 
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Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Financial Statements

The report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules are set forth beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K following this page.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Not applicable.
 
 
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ANCHOR FUNDING
SERVICES, INC.
 

 
CONTENTS
 
 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007   
PAGES
     
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
   
     
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
F-1
     
  Balance Sheets
 
F-2
     
  Statements of Operations
 
F-3
     
  Statement of Stockholders' Equity
 
F-4
     
  Statements of Cash Flows
 
F-5
     
  Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-6 - F-22

 
 
 

 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERD PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



The Stockholders and Board of Directors
Anchor Funding Services, Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Anchor Funding Services, Inc. and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2008. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Anchor Funding Services, Inc. and subsidiary at December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.




/s/ Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.

Charlotte, North Carolina
March 27, 2008

 
 
F-1

 
ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2008 and 2007

ASSETS
 
             
   
2008
   
2007
 
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
  Cash
  $ 401,104     $ 3,499,044  
  Retained interest in purchased accounts receivable, net
    4,292,366       1,502,215  
  Earned but uncollected fee income
    87,529       25,742  
  Deferred financing costs, current
    85,130       -  
  Prepaid expenses and other
    116,950       65,016  
    Total current assets
    4,983,079       5,092,017  
                 
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net
    70,181       89,044  
                 
DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS, non-current
    156,073       -  
                 
SECURITY DEPOSITS
    19,500       20,216  
                 
    $ 5,228,833     $ 5,201,277  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
  Due to financial institution
  $ 1,187,224     $ -  
  Accounts payable
    122,900       68,728  
  Loan fees payable
    50,000       -  
  Accrued payroll and related taxes
    35,067       101,248  
  Accrued expenses
    45,141       73,201  
  Collected but unearned fee income
    58,707       30,748  
  Preferred dividends payable
    -       405,995  
    Total current liabilities
    1,499,039       679,920  
                 
LOAN FEES PAYABLE, non-current
    50,000       -  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    1,549,039       679,920  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
PREFERRED STOCK, net of issuance costs of
               
     $1,209,383
    5,361,512       5,503,117  
COMMON STOCK
    12,941       11,821  
ADDITIONAL PAID IN CAPITAL
    1,660,516       536,199  
ACCUMULATED DEFICIT
    (3,355,175 )     (1,529,780 )
      3,679,794       4,521,357  
                 
    $ 5,228,833     $ 5,201,277  
 
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.


 
F-2

 
 
ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended December 31,

   
2008
   
2007
 
FINANCE REVENUES
  $ 1,252,476     $ 423,024  
INTEREST EXPENSE, net - financial institution
    (9,664 )     (27,285 )
INTEREST INCOME
    40,096       199,965  
                 
NET FINANCE REVENUES
    1,282,908       595,704  
PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
    (63,797 )     (30,708 )
                 
FINANCE REVENUES, NET OF INTEREST EXPENSE
               
 AND CREDIT LOSSES
    1,219,111       564,996  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
    (2,486,719 )     (1,611,676 )
                 
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    (1,267,608 )     (1,046,680 )
                 
INCOME TAXES
    -       -  
                 
NET LOSS
    (1,267,608 )     (1,046,680 )
                 
DEEMED DIVIDEND ON CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
    (486,800 )     (405,995 )
                 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
               
  SHAREHOLDER
  $ (1,754,408 )   $ (1,452,675 )
                 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
               
  SHAREHOLDER, per share
               
  Basic
  $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                 
  Dilutive
  $ (0.14 )   $ (0.13 )
                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
         
  Basic and dilutive
    12,718,636       11,141,103  
 
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
 
F-3

 
 
ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007

   
Members'
   
Preferred
   
Common
   
Additional
   
Accumulated
 
   
Equity
   
Stock
   
Stock
   
Paid in Capital
   
Deficit
 
                               
Balance, January 1, 2007
  $ 391,800     $ -     $ 3,821     $ 79,554     $ (77,105 )
                                         
To record the exchange of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI, Inc.
                         
stock for 100,000 membership units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC
    (391,800 )     -       8,000       383,800       -  
                                         
To record issuance of 1,342,500 shares of convertible preferred stock
                         
and related costs of raising this capital of $1,209,383 and issuance
                         
of 1,342,500 warrants
    -       5,503,117       -       -       -  
                                         
To record issuance of 1,970,000 stock options
    -       -       -       72,678       -  
                                         
To record award of 25,000 shares of common stock
    -       -       -       167       -  
                                         
Preferred stock dividends
    -       -       -       -       (405,995 )
                                         
Net loss, year ended December 31, 2007
    -       -       -       -       (1,046,680 )
                                         
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2007
    -       5,503,117       11,821       536,199       (1,529,780 )
                                         
To record the issuance of 94,865 preferred shares in connection with the
                 
payment of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31, 2007
    -       473,425       -       -       (67,429 )
                                         
To record conversion of 220,366 preferred shares, plus accrued and
                         
declared dividends, to 1,119,823 common shares
    -       (1,101,830 )     1,120       1,104,267       (3,558 )
                                         
To record the issuance of 97,360 preferred shares in connection with the
                 
payment of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31, 2008
    -       486,800       -       -       (486,800 )
                                         
Provision for compensation expense related to stock options issued
    -       -       -       20,050       -  
                                         
Net loss, year ended December 31, 2008
    -       -       -       -       (1,267,608 )
                                         
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2008
  $ -     $ 5,361,512     $ 12,941     $ 1,660,516     $ (3,355,175 )
 
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 
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ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the years ended December 31,
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 
2008
   
2007
 
  Net loss:
  $ (1,267,608 )   $ (1,046,680 )
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
               
    used in operating activities:
               
    Depreciation and amortization
    46,010       26,026  
    Provision for uncollectible accounts
    63,096       30,708  
    Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options
    20,050       72,845  
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
    Increase in retained interest in purchased
               
       accounts receivable
    (2,853,247 )     (1,091,668 )
    Increase in earned but uncollected fee income
    (61,787 )     (14,943 )
    Increase in prepaid expenses and other
    (51,934 )     (23,882 )
    Increase in loan fees
    (241,203 )     -  
    Decrease (increase) in security deposits
    716       (20,216 )
    Increase in accounts payable
    54,172       29,510  
    Increase in loan fees payable
    100,000       -  
    Increase in collected but unearned fee income
    27,959       19,018  
    (Decrease) increase in accrued payroll and related taxes
    (66,181 )     63,452  
    (Decrease) increase in accrued expenses
    (28,060 )     73,201  
      Net cash used in operating activities
    (4,258,017 )     (1,882,629 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
  Purchases of property and equipment
    (27,147 )     (111,060 )
      Net cash used in investing activities
    (27,147 )     (111,060 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
  Proceeds from (payments to) financial institution, net
    1,187,224       (44,683 )
  Payments to from related company
    -       (21,472 )
  Proceeds from sale of preferred stock
    -       6,712,500  
  Payments made related to sale of preferred stock
    -       (1,209,383 )
      Net cash provided by financing activities
    1,187,224       5,436,962  
                 
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH
    (3,097,940 )     3,443,273  
                 
CASH, beginning of period
    3,499,044       55,771  
                 
CASH, end of period
  $ 401,104     $ 3,499,044  
 
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
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ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2008 and 2007


1.  BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS:
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Anchor Funding Services, Inc. (formerly BTHC XI, Inc.) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Anchor Funding Services, LLC (“the Company”).  In April of 2007, BTHC XI, Inc. changed its name to Anchor Funding Services, Inc.  All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 
Anchor Funding Services, Inc. is a Delaware corporation.  Anchor Funding Services, Inc. has no operations; substantially all operations of the Company are the responsibility of Anchor Funding Services, LLC.

 
Anchor Funding Services, LLC is a North Carolina limited liability company.    Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed for the purpose of providing factoring and back office services to businesses located throughout the United States of America.

 
On January 31, 2007, BTHC XI, Inc acquired Anchor Funding Services, LLC by exchanging shares in BTHC XI, Inc. for all the outstanding membership units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC (See Note 8).   Anchor Funding Services, LLC is considered the surviving entity therefore these financial statements include the accounts of BTHC XI, Inc. and Anchor Funding Services, LLC since January 1, 2007.


2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
Estimates – The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
Revenue Recognition – The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as follows:

1)  
Fixed Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of the purchased invoice.  This percentage does not change from the date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice is collected.
 
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2)  
Variable Transaction Fee.  Variable transaction fees are variable based on the length of time the purchased invoice is outstanding.   As specified in its contract with the client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection date.

 
For both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue by using one of two methods depending on the type of customer.  For new customers the Company recognizes revenue using the cost recovery method.  For established customers the Company recognizes revenue using the accrual method.

 
Under the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the entire amount of purchased accounts receivable.

 
The Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has been within the last three months or less.  Management believes it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s collection period and accrued revenues.  If three months of history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be made.  Once the Company obtains sufficient historical experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize revenue.

 
For established customers the Company uses the accrual method of accounting.  The Company applies this method by multiplying the historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a year that the advance is outstanding.  The customers’ historical yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry, if applicable.

 
The amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are estimates.  As purchased invoices are collected, the Company records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been material.

 
Retained Interest in Purchased Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve account.  The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable and advances them a percentage of the invoice total.  The difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in a reserve account.  The reserve account is used to offset any potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts receivable.  Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded back to the client.

 
The Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security agreement, are met.

 
Senior management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable monthly to determine if any are uncollectible.  The Company has a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral.  The Company files security interests in the property securing their advances.  Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws and regulations in each state where the security interest is filed.  Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased accounts receivable.
 
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Management considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable to be uncollectible.
 
 
Management believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of these invoices have been subsequently collected.

 
Property and Equipment – Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers and software, are stated at cost.  Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the straight-line method.  Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7 years.

 
Deferred Financing Costs – Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method.   As of December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431.  The net amount of $241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected amortization as follows:
 
Current
  $ 85,130  
Non-current
    156,073  
         
    $ 241,203  
 
 
The loan agreement required $100,000 of these costs to be paid as follows:
 
2009
  $ 50,000  
2010
    50,000  
         
    $ 100,000  
 
 
Advertising Costs – The Company charges advertising costs to expense as incurred.  Total advertising costs were approximately:
 
For the years ending December 31,
 
         
2008
   
2007
 
         
$ 391,000     $ 289,700  
 
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Earnings per Share – Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock options and stock warrants.  The dilutive effect of stock options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market price.

 
Under the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price of options or warrants.  For the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less than the exercise price of the options and warrants.  

 
Also when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted earnings per share.  For the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing operations.  

 
Stock Based Compensation - The fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are performed.

 
See Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.

 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair value.

 
Cash and cash equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when acquired.

 
Income Taxes – Effective January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax purposes.  In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial statement and taxable income.

 
The primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the Company are as follows:

·  
Compensation costs related to the issuance of stock options
·  
Use of the reserve method of accounting for bad debts
·  
Differences in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax reporting
·  
Net operating loss carryforwards.
 
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The deferred tax asset represents the future tax return consequences of utilizing these items.   Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation reserve, when management is uncertain if the net deferred tax assets will ever be realized.

In July 2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of SFAS No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions.  This Interpretation requires that the Company recognize in its consolidated financial statements, the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position.  The provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2007.

The Company applied FIN 48 to all its tax positions, including tax positions taken and those expected to be taken, under the transition provision of the interpretation.  As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized no increases or decreases in its recorded tax liabilities or the December 31, 2006 retained earnings.

For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized no liability for uncertain tax positions.

The Company classifies interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits with interest expense.  Penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are classified with operating expenses.

 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements –
In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment to FASB No. 133” (SFAS 161).  SFAS 161 requires expanded qualitative, quantitative and credit-risk disclosures about derivatives and hedging activities and their effects on the Company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.  SFAS 161 also clarifies that derivatives are subject to credit risk disclosures as required by SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Statements.”  SFAS 161 is effective for the year beginning January 1, 2009.  The adoption of SFAS 161 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 140-3, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions.”  FSP No. FAS 140-3 requires an initial transfer of a financial asset and a repurchase financing that was entered into contemporaneously or in contemplation of the initial transfer to be evaluated as a linked transaction under SFAS No. 140 unless certain criteria are met, including that the transferred asset must be readily obtainable in the marketplace.  FSP No. FAS 140-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and is applicable to new transactions entered into after the date of adoption.  Early adoption is prohibited.  The adoption of FSP No. 140-3 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R) “Business Combinations”.  SFAS 141R modifies the accounting for business combinations and requires, with limited exceptions, the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize 100 percent of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date fair value.  In addition, SFAS 141R limits the recognition of acquisition-related restructuring liabilities and requires the following: the expense of acquisition-related and restructuring costs and the acquirer to record contingent consideration measured at the acquisition date at fair value.  SFAS 141R is effective for new acquisitions consummated on or after January 1, 2009.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this standard.
 
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In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements” (SFAS 160).  SFAS 160 requires all entities to report noncontrolling (i.e. minority interests) in subsidiaries as equity in the Consolidated Financial Statements and to account for transactions between an entity and noncontrolling owners as equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest in the subsidiary.  SFAS 160 also requires expanded disclosure that distinguishes between the interests of a parent’s owners and the interests of a noncontrolling owners of a subsidiary.  SFAS 160 is effective for the Company’s financial statements for the year beginning January 1, 2009 and early adoption is not permitted.  The adoption of SFAS 160 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.


3.  RETAINED INTEREST IN PURCHASED ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:
Retained interest in purchased accounts receivable consists of the following:
   
December 31, 2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
Purchased accounts receivable outstanding
  $ 5,340,975     $ 1,841,539  
Reserve account
    (954,104 )     (308,616 )
Allowance for uncollectible invoices
    (94,505 )     (30,708 )
                 
    $ 4,292,366     $ 1,502,215  
 
Retained interest in purchased accounts receivable consists, excluding amounts recorded asuncollectible, of United States companies in the following industries:
 
For the years ending December 31,
 
         
2008
   
2007
 
         
$ 38,048,000     $ 11,579,000  
 
Total accounts receivable purchased were as follows:
   
December 31, 2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
Staffing
  $ 1,049,623     $ 656,020  
Transportation
    1,666,895       218,264  
Publishing
    2,664       6,000  
Construction
    5,218       8,291  
Service
    1,417,615       498,614  
Other
    244,856       145,734  
                 
    $ 4,386,871     $ 1,532,923  
 
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4.  PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
 
Property and equipment consist of the following:
 
 
Estimated
           
 
Useful Lives
 
December 31, 2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
Furniture and fixtures
2-5 years
  $ 33,960     $ 33,960  
Computers and software
3-7 years
    121,012       93,866  
        154,972       127,826  
Less accumulated depreciation
      (84,791 )     (38,782 )
                   
      $ 70,181     $ 89,044  
5.  DUE TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION:
 
In November 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with a financial institution to finance the factoring of receivables and to provide ongoing working capital.  The agreement is a revolving credit facility that allows the Company to borrow up to $15,000,000.  This agreement expires in November 2011.

 
Borrowings are made at the request of the Company.  The amount eligible to be borrowed is based on a borrowing base formula as defined in the agreement.  The interest on borrowings is paid monthly at LIBOR rate plus 4%.  In addition to interest, the Company pays the financial institution various monthly fees as defined in the agreement.

 
The agreement is collateralized by a first lien on all Company assets.  Borrowings on this agreement are partially guaranteed by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  The partial guarantee is $250,000 each.

 
The agreement, among other covenants, requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios.  As of December 31, 2008, the Company was in compliance with, or obtained waivers for, all provisions of this agreement.
 
6.  CAPITAL STRUCTURE:
 
The Company’s capital structure consists of preferred and common stock as described below:

 
Preferred Stock – The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of $.001 par value preferred stock.  The Company’s Board of Directors determines the rights and preferences of its preferred stock.

 
On January 31, 2007, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of Delaware.  Effective with this filing, 2,000,000 preferred shares became Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock.  Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock will rank senior to Common Stock.

 
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 5 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.  The holder of the Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock has the option to convert the shares to Common Stock at any time.  Upon conversion all accumulated and unpaid dividends will be paid as additional shares of Common Stock.

 
The dividend rate on Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock is 8%.  Dividends are paid annually on December 31st in the form of additional Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock unless the Board of Directors approves a cash dividend.  Dividends on Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue on the earlier of December 31, 2009, or on the date they are converted to Common Shares.  Thereafter, the holders of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock have the same dividend rights as holders of Common Stock, as if the Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted to Common Stock.   Accrued dividends at December 31, 2008 and December 30, 2007 were $0 and $405,995 respectively.

 
Common Stock – The Company is authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of $.001 par value Common Stock.  Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote at all stockholder meetings.  Dividends on Common Stock will be determined annually by the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
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The changes in Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock shares for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 is summarized as follows:
 
   
Series 1 Convertible
   
Common
 
   
Preferred Stock
   
Stock
 
             
Balance, January 1, 2007
    -       3,820,555  
                 
Shares issued in exchange for
               
the membership units of
               
Anchor Funding Services, LLC
    -       8,000,000  
                 
Shares issued in connection
               
with sale of Series 1 Convertible
               
Preferred Stock
    1,342,500       -  
                 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2007
    1,342,500       11,820,555  
                 
Shares issued as payment for the
               
2007 preferred stock dividend
    94,865       -  
                 
Shares issued (redeemed) related
               
to the conversion of preferred shares
               
to common shares
    (220,366 )     1,119,823  
                 
Shares issued as payment for the
               
2008 preferred stock dividend
    97,360       -  
                 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2008
    1,314,359       12,940,378  
 
7.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION:
 
The Company used the administrative staff and facilities of a limited liability Company (LLC) related through common ownership.  The services provided by the LLC consisted primarily of rent, credit, collection, invoicing, payroll and bookkeeping.  The Company paid the LLC a fee for these services.  The fee was computed as a percentage of accounts receivable purchased by the Company.  The administrative fee charged by the LLC was as follows:
 
For the years ending December 31,
 
         
2008
   
2007
 
         
$ -     $ 16,100  
 
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The Company’s ceased using these services in August 2007.
 
8.  EXCHANGE TRANSACTION:
 
On January 31, 2007, Anchor Funding Services, LLC and its members entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement with BTHC XI, Inc.  The members namely, George Rubin, Morry Rubin (“M. Rubin”) and Ilissa Bernstein exchanged their units in Anchor Funding Services, LLC for an aggregate of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. issued to George Rubin (2,400,000 shares), M. Rubin (3,600,000 shares) and Ilissa Bernstein (2,000,000 shares).  Upon the closing of this transaction Anchor Funding Services, LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BTHC XI, Inc.

 
At the time of this transaction, BTHC XI, Inc. had no operations and no assets or liabilities. After this transaction the former members of Anchor Funding Services, LLC owned approximately 67.7% of the outstanding common stock of BTHC XI, Inc.

 
This transaction was accounted for as a purchase.  There was no market value for the common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. or the membership units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC at the transaction date.  Accordingly, BTHC XI, Inc. recorded the membership units received in Anchor Funding Services, LLC at Anchor Funding Service LLC’s net asset value as of the transaction date.
 
9. EMPLOYMENT AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS:
 
At closing of the exchange transaction described above, M. Rubin and Brad Bernstein (“B. Bernstein”), the husband of Ilissa Bernstein and President of the Company, entered into employment contracts and stock option agreements.  Additionally, at closing two non-employee directors entered into stock option agreements.
 
.
 
The following summarizes M. Rubin’s employment agreement and stock options:

·  
The employment agreement with M. Rubin retains his services as Co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer for a three-year period.

·  
An annual salary of $1 until, the first day of the first month following such time as the Company, shall have, within any period beginning on January 1 and ending not more than 12 months thereafter, earned pre-tax net income exceeding $1,000,000, M. Rubin’s base salary shall be adjusted to an amount, to be mutually agreed upon between M. Rubin and the Company, reflecting the fair value of the services provided, and to be provided, by M. Rubin taking into account (i) his position, responsibilities and performance, (ii) the Company’s  industry, size and performance, and (iii) other relevant factors. M. Rubin is eligible to receive annual bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation committee.  M. Rubin shall be entitled to a monthly automobile allowance of $1,500.
 
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·  
10-year options to purchase 650,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the event of a change in control or M. Rubin is terminated without cause or M. Rubin terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the earliest of the date of change in control or date of M. Rubin’s voluntary termination or by the Company without cause.

 
The following summarizes B. Bernstein’s employment agreement and stock options:

·  
The employment agreement with B. Bernstein retains his services as President for a three-year period.

·  
An annual salary of $205,000 during the first year, $220,000 during the second year and $240,000 during the third year and any additional year of employment.  The Board may periodically review B. Bernstein’s base salary and may determine to increase (but not decrease) the base salary in accordance with such policies as the Company may hereafter adopt from time to time.  B. Bernstein is eligible to receive annual bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation committee.  B. Bernstein shall be entitled to a monthly automobile allowance of $1,000.

·  
10-year options to purchase 950,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the event of a change in control or B. Bernstein is terminated without cause or B. Bernstein terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the earliest of the date of change in control or date of B. Bernstein’s voluntary termination or by the Company without cause.

 
The following summarizes the stock option agreements entered into with three directors:

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10-year options to purchase 460,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third one year from the grant date and the remainder 2 years from grant date.  If any director ceases serving the Company for any reason, all unvested options shall terminate immediately and all vested options must be exercised within 90 days after the director ceases serving as a director.

 
The following summarizes employee stock option agreements entered into with three managerial employees:

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10-year options to purchase 14,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. The grant dates range from September 28, 2007 to February 21, 2008.  Vesting periods range from one to four years. If any employee ceases being employed by the Company for any reason, all vested and unvested options shall terminate immediately.
 
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The following table summarizes information about stock options as of December 31, 2008:
 
         
Weighted Average
     
Exercise
   
Number
 
Remaining
 
Number
 
Price
   
Outstanding
 
Contractual Life
 
Exercisable
 
                 
$ 1.25       2,074,000  
10 years
    1,369,501  
 
The Company recorded the issuance of these optionsin accordance with SFAS No. 123(R).  The following information was input into a Black Scholes option pricing model to compute a per option price of $.0468:
 
Exercise price
  $ 1.25  
Term
 
10 years
 
Volatility
    2.5  
Dividends
    0 %
Discount rate
    4.75 %
 
 
The financial effect of these options to record over their life is as follows:
 
Options to value
    2,074,000  
Option price
  $ 0.0468  
Total expense to recognize over
       
  life of options
  $ 97,063  
 
 
The fair value amounts recorded for these options in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $20,050 and December 31, 2007 was $72,845.

 
The pre-tax fair value effect recorded for these options in the statement of operations for the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007 was as follows:
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
Fully vested stock options
  $ 8,108     $ 30,576  
Unvested portion of stock options
    11,942       42,269  
                 
                 
    $ 20,050     $ 72,845  
 
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10. SALE OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK:
From February 1, 2007 to April 5, 2007 the Company sold 1,342,500 shares of convertible preferred stock to accredited investors.  The gross proceeds, transaction expenses and net proceeds of these transactions were as follows:
 
Gross proceeds
  $ 6,712,500  
         
Cash fees:
       
Placement agent
    (951,483 )
Legal and accounting
    (218,552 )
Blue sky
    (39,348 )
Net cash proceeds
  $ 5,503,117  
         
Non-cash fees:
       
Placement agents fees - warrants
    (62,695 )
         
Net proceeds
  $ 5,440,422  
 
 
The placement agent was issued warrants to purchase 1,342,500 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The following information was input into a Black Scholes option pricing model to compute a per warrant price of $.0462:
 
Exercise price
  $ 1.10  
Term
 
5 years
 
Volatility
    2.5  
Dividends
    0 %
Discount rate
    4.70 %
 
The following table summarizes information about stock warrants as of December 31, 2008:
 
         
Weighted Average
     
Exercise
   
Number
 
Remaining
 
Number
 
Price
   
Outstanding
 
Contractual Life
 
Exercisable
 
                 
$ 1.10       1,342,500  
5 years
    1,342,500  
 
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11.  CONCENTRATIONS:
 
Revenues – The Company recorded revenues from United States companies in the following industries as follows:
 
Industry
 
For the year ending December 31,
 
             
   
2008
   
2007
 
             
Staffing
  $ 270,732     $ 284,568  
Transportation
    532,657       14,975  
Publishing
    0       3,173  
Construction
    5,725       8,460  
Service
    388,494       100,849  
Other
    54,868       10,999