Administration

Administration can serve as a powerful tool to preserve struggling businesses — offering an opportunity to restructure while protecting assets from creditors. Our team has successfully used Administration to save numerous businesses, securing their future and safeguarding employment. By guiding companies through this insolvency procedure, we can help you make informed decisions that put recovery and creditor repayment first.

Business Turnaround

Our focus is always on recovery and business turnaround, working to avoid formal insolvency proceedings wherever possible. We explore comprehensive business turnaround strategies, analysing operations, cash flow and market conditions to develop solutions that revitalise struggling businesses. Our experienced advisers craft bespoke business turnaround plans that address the root causes of financial instability, allowing your company to return to profitability and growth.

Confidential Advice

Financial distress can strike unexpectedly — often leading to difficult decisions for directors and business owners. Our corporate recovery experts offer confidential advice to help businesses facing cash flow problems, declining revenues, or mounting debt. Early intervention is crucial, and our team will provide clear, actionable guidance to improve your financial stability and avoid unnecessary insolvency proceedings.

Independent Reports

Financial institutions and creditors require reliable, independent reports to assess the viability of struggling businesses. At BV Corporate Recovery, we produce detailed independent business reviews (IBRs) that help lenders and stakeholders make informed decisions. By conducting thorough financial assessments and operational reviews, we’ll identify opportunities for restructuring or refinancing, creating pathways to recovery without jeopardising your creditor relationships.

Informal Arrangements

Negotiating informal arrangements with creditors, particularly HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), can provide businesses with essential breathing space to improve cash flow and avoid formal insolvency procedures. Our corporate recovery specialists have successfully negotiated numerous informal agreements, enabling businesses to realign finances, stabilise operations, and address arrears without public disclosure or damage to their reputation.

Liquidations

When business recovery is no longer an option, we advise directors and shareholders on liquidation options, offering transparent guidance on the effects and consequences. Whether it involves voluntary liquidation or compulsory liquidation, our team ensures the process is managed with professionalism and empathy. We also manage solvent liquidations for businesses undergoing reorganisation or tax-driven restructuring, ensuring the orderly winding up of affairs with minimal disruption.

Receiverships

Receivership can get the most out of asset recovery for secured creditors when a company defaults on debt. Our experienced team collaborates with banks and financial institutions to implement receivership strategies that align with their security terms. We also offer advisory services to lenders seeking guidance on securing and managing assets, ensuring optimal outcomes in challenging financial scenarios.

Voluntary Arrangements

Voluntary Arrangements, including Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) and Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), allow businesses and individuals to negotiate structured debt compromises with creditors. This approach can often prevent liquidation, enabling your business to continue trading while gradually repaying debts. As Supervisors of voluntary arrangements, we work closely with clients to develop realistic repayment plans that protect long-term viability.

OUR SUCCESS STORIES

The principal assets of a Leicestershire based footwear wholesaler were sold within an Administration process, after a brief marketing campaign in which the company continued to trade. This will result in a substantial return to creditors of the company. The subsequent sale of the Intellectual Property Rights of the company will also preserve the brand going forward.

A recruitment company had fallen into arrears with HMRC as a result of bad debts. We dealt with the company’s Administration which, following a successful marketing campaign, was sold to a national company with the preservation of ALL 90 jobs and a significant dividend subsequently being made available to non-preferential creditors.

We sold a local building contractor in a “pre-pack” Administration scenario resulting in all 17 jobs being saved, the company’s Bankers being fully repaid and a significant dividend to non-preferential creditors.

A local printing company entered into Administration and all 19 jobs were preserved as part of a sale of the principal business assets and goodwill.

Acting as Liquidator of a local bespoke window manufacturer, a sale of the principal business assets and goodwill was achieved resulting in all 11 jobs being preserved and a likely dividend to non-preferential creditors. In addition, a successful completion of the work-in-progress has resulted in no loss to customers, who would have suffered substantial loss had those contracts not been completed.

Due to ill health, a Stockport based window fitting contractor found he was unable to defend a bankruptcy petition. Upon recovery from his health problems the debtor entered into an IVA and annulled his bankruptcy. The IVA was successfully completed following the re-mortgage of his property and the payment of his monthly contributions of £300. A dividend to creditors of 65 pence in the pound was declared. Creditors totalled £40,000.

An IVA proved to be the best solution for a Cheadle sales woman. Following redundancy the debtor was unable to service the debts that she had incurred. The duration of the Arrangement lasted 18 months, which enabled the debtor to sell her property and provide a dividend to creditors of 56 pence in the pound against total creditors of £51,000. She retained £8,000 from the equity available following the sale of the property with creditor consent.

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