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Assisting company directors with Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) plans

The company's directors, after going through the administration process, faced a claim against them. They were unable to fully meet this potential claim or pay their outstanding tax liabilities. As a result, they requested that we prepare voluntary arrangement plans on their behalf. These plans will outline proposals to their creditors for repaying a portion of their debts over time.

Year: 2024

Location: Thames Valley

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)
Advice on a restructuring plan

Providing guidance to the board of directors on a formal restructuring plan under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, along with exploring alternative strategies to the proposed plan.

Year: 2024

Location: International

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Pre-pack administration of a technology business

Discussed insolvency options with the directors and recommended a pre-pack administration to save the business value, IP rights and staff jobs.

Year: 2024

Location: Southern England

Outcome:

  • Sale of the business and assets. Preservation of 17 jobs and likely return to unsecured creditors.
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Assisting multiple entities to wind up solvently ahead of a general election

We are helping multiple clients plan a solvent winding up addressing their concerns that there may be a less favourable tax regime should there be a change in government.

Year: 2024

Location: Across the UK

Outcome:

  • Multiple distributions to shareholders
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Appointment of administrators over 300,000 sq. ft of modern workspaces

Appointed to realise the lenders interest in the property.

Year: 2024

Location: Glasgow

Outcome:

  • Purchaser identified and sales and negotiations ongoing
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Advice to a potential acquirer of a business out of administration

Helping them formulate an attractive offer and understand the likely hurdles that they would need to address if they were successful in their bid. Giving the potential purchaser an insight into the administrator’s thought process in evaluating their offer.

Year: 2024

Location: Southern England

Outcome:

  • Client advised appropriately
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Board advice to three unrelated technology sector companies

Reviewing the solvency position of the companies whilst they are seeking to raise additional finance. Advising the boards on the tipping point between solvency and insolvency and the implications for the directors regarding personal financial risk of trading on.

Year: 2024

Location: Oxford

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Options Review for lender

For a major commercial property lender where they have lent to a sizeable group with advances to multiple companies within that group.

Year: 2024

Location: Multi-site

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Options Review

A review of the solvency position of the entity and turnaround strategies.

Year: 2023

Location: Southern England

Outcome:

  • Restoration of solvency
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Pre-pack Administration sale to an independent third party

Pre-pack sale to an independent third party preserving the employment of circa 100 members of staff.

Year: 2023

Location: Southern England

Outcome:

  • Preservation of jobs and return to creditors ongoing
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Solvent Liquidation

Solvent liquidation extraction of shareholder wealth in a tax efficient manner.

Year: 2023

Location: West Sussex

Outcome:

  • Return to shareholder circa £50,000
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Solvent Liquidation of 8 entities within the group

This was an exercise to simplify the corporate structure and reduce administrative burden and cost for a large group.

Year: 2023

Location: London

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Solvent Liquidation of a technology related business

The solvent winding up of the company extracting the shareholders tax in a tax efficient manner.

Year: 2023

Location: London

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Insolvent Liquidation of a manufacturer of bakery paraphernalia

Following the creditors’ voluntary liquidation we sold the business and assets of the company to achieve the best value for creditors in the circumstances.

Year: 2023

Location: Northern England

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
33 Administration Appointments (most of which are trading in administration)

Appointment by the secured creditor to realise their interest in 29 residential caravan parks and properties. The joint administrators have continued to trade the entities whilst seeking buyers in order to preserve the value in the sites.

Year: 2023

Location: Predominantly South of England

Outcome:

  • Ongoing
Turnaround & Debt Advisory
Restructuring advice

Assisting a pre-revenue technology business look at its funding options.

Year: 2023

Location: South Coast

Outcome:

  • Exploration of a number of alternative funding solutions
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Sale of Intellectual Property Rights

As liquidators of a technology business we preserved the Intellectual Property Rights developed in the business by means of a sale to a company owned and operated by one of the former management team. The business had ceased trading because it could not secure the additional investment funding to see it through to the next phase of product development.

Year: 2023

Location: Oxford

Outcome:

  • Preservation of intellectual property rights
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Sale of Intellectual Property Rights

As liquidators of a technology business we sold the intellectual property rights and associated equipment to a foreign buyer. The business had not been able to secure the additional investment funding it required to continue and consequently took the decision to liquidate.

Year: 2022

Location: Oxford

Outcome:

  • Preservation of the intellectual property rights
  • Sizeable returns will be made to preferential and unsecured creditors
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Sale of fashion retailer / wholesaler

As administrators of a fashion retailer and wholesaler we sold the business and assets by way of a pre-pack administration. The business had be adversely impacted by structural changes in the sector and the pandemic.

Year: 2022

Location: London

Outcome:

  • 16 jobs saved
  • Returns will be made to secured creditors
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Restructuring Advice

We assisted the board in modelling and presenting an informal restructuring proposal to a secured lender and several large trade creditors.

Year: 2022

Location: London

Outcome:

  • Agreements were reached with the lender and creditors allowing the Company to continue to trade the profitable part of the business sustainably
  • The outcome was significantly more beneficial for all stakeholders compared to if a formal insolvency procedure was necessary
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Solvent Liquidation (MVL)

Distribution of capital to over 50 private investors.

Year: 2022

Location: London

Outcome:

  • Following a sale of the business we undertook a MVL on behalf of an asset manager for institutional and private clients to return funds to investors tax efficiently
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Sale of Travel Business

As administrators we sold a tour operator business effected by the pandemic via a pre-pack administration, subsequently assisting customers in claiming refunds from ATOL or their card providers

Year: 2020

Location: South Coast / Online

Outcome:

  • Dividend to preferential creditors
  • Customers refunded via ATOL / Card providers
  • Preservation of employment
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Orderly wind down and solvent winding up of a Charity

Having been forced to cease operating due to difficulties with premises we assisted the Trustees to wind down operations and pay surplus funds to charitable organisations with similar objectives

Year: 2021

Location: London

Outcome:

  • All creditors paid in full
  • Surplus distributed to charitable organisations
Members Voluntary (Solvent) Liquidation (MVL)
Pre pack Sale of E-Commerce Retail Business to Third Party

As administrators we sold the ecommerce business of a multinational retailer via a pre-pack administration to an unconnected third party

Year: 2020

Location: International

Outcome:

  • 100% paid to preferential creditors
  • Dividend to unsecured creditors
  • Preservation of employment

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Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Realisation of Intellectual Property Rights

Absent further investor support the company went into liquidation but intellectual property rights were preserved - enhancing the return to creditors

Year: 2021

Location: Midlands

Outcome:

  • 100% paid to preferential creditors
  • Dividend to unsecured creditors
Restructuring & Insolvency Services
Sale of London based hotel

As administrators we supervised trading and sold a hotel returning significant sums to the secured creditor

Year: 2021

Location: London

Outcome:

  • Sizeable dividend to secured creditor
  • Dividend to unsecured creditors

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Restructuring & Insolvency Services