Business rescue & turnaround · UK
Your business is under pressure. We help you save it.
The sleepless nights. The calls you're avoiding. We've been there — and we know how to get you out.
£197 credited in full against the Emergency Diagnostic.
45 minutes with a senior operator, within 24 hours.
62 jobs saved. A £4.5m business kept trading. Turnaround mandates delivered for major UK lending institutions.
Talk to us first
Before the accountant. Before the solicitor. Before anyone else.
"We have supported the Calder Flint founding team and their Investor Group with numerous transactions and our relationship extends back several years."Praetura · UK SME Lending & Equity · c.£600m deployed
Our job is to keep your business alive. We work in the window before an insolvency practitioner is appointed — while there's still a business worth saving and the decisions still belong to you. The person who takes your call has negotiated with HMRC at the eleventh hour and run a rescue from the CEO's chair.
What we see
If any of this sounds familiar, it's time to talk.
The six situations we are called into most often. One is enough.
- HMRC are chasing and the arrears are growing faster than you can pay them
- Creditors are threatening legal action and you're not sure what's protected
- A cashflow crisis every month — robbing Peter to pay Paul to make payroll
- Your accountant says things are fine but your gut says otherwise
- You're personally exposed — personal guarantees, an overdrawn director's loan
- A winding-up petition has been served and you don't know what happens next
If even one of these applies, the call pays for itself.
Diagnosis before treatment
Your turnaround journey.
Private healthcare, applied to a business in trouble. No surgery without a scan. No scan without a consultation.
Stop 01
The Conversation
£197 + VAT
45 minutes. You tell us what's happening. We tell you how serious it is, what to do first and what not to do. The diagnosis — not the treatment plan.
Within 24 hours of booking. Credited in full against the Emergency Diagnostic.
Stop 02
The Emergency Diagnostic
£1,500 + VAT
The full scan. Every creditor mapped, every risk scored, cashflow built, HMRC position assessed, personal liability reviewed, options costed, a 30-day action plan.
In writing, within 48 hours.
Stop 03
The Build
From £2,500 / month + VAT
The surgery. We're in the room — calling HMRC, negotiating with creditors, restructuring the balance sheet, sitting across the table from the lender.
Retainers, interim CEO, FD and CRO roles, fixed-fee projects.
Stop 02 · The Emergency Diagnostic
Every threat, every creditor, every option — in writing.
Within 48 hours of your call: a written diagnostic mapping where the business actually stands, what it is exposed to, and a ranked plan to stabilise it. Nine sections, no filler.
£1,500 + VAT · 48-hour delivery · the £197 Conversation fee is credited in full against it.
Emergency Diagnostic Report
- 01Executive Threat Assessment
- 02Creditor Map & Exposure Analysis
- 03Cashflow Position & 13-Week Forecast
- 04HMRC Position & Time to Pay Strategy
- 05Landlord & Property Risk
- 06Funding & Working Capital Options
- 07Personal Liability Assessment
- 08Options Analysis & Recommended Path
- 0930-Day Action Plan
Fast Track
£1,500 + VAT · saves £197
The Conversation and the Emergency Diagnostic, bundled. Call within 24 hours, written diagnostic within 48.
Case studies · Turnaround
The proof behind the claims.
Real engagements, anonymised where the client asked us to.
Case study 01 · Business rescue
A £4.5m rescue: paper converting business, North West
- The situation
- HMRC arrears, creditor action, a landlord threatening forfeiture — and no reliable view of cash.
- What we did
- Built a 13-week cashflow from scratch. Negotiated Time to Pay with HMRC. Defended the lease at barrister level. Restructured the creditor base and secured refinancing.
The outcome
Still trading, every job retained, the balance sheet restructured onto terms the company could actually service.
Case study 02 · Pre-pack & turnaround
62 jobs saved: precision aerospace, Merseyside
- The situation
- An aerospace manufacturer supplying Airbus, GE Aviation and BAE Systems entered administration. 62 skilled jobs at risk.
- What we did
- Advised the acquiring group on the pre-pack purchase, then led the turnaround as Divisional CEO — operations, customers and certification.
The outcome
Transferred as a going concern, every key customer retained, and the plant qualified for work it had never held before.
Before you book
Questions, answered.
I'm already talking to an insolvency practitioner or my bank.
Then speed matters more, not less. An IP has duties to the creditors as a whole and your bank is protecting its own position — we act for you. We are not licensed insolvency practitioners; where a formal process is genuinely the right answer we say so and work alongside a licensed IP, and stay in the room.
A winding-up petition has been served — is it too late?
Usually not, but the clock is short. There is a window between service and the hearing to dispute, settle, or restructure, and once the petition is advertised your bank account is normally frozen. Call 0161 570 1791 today rather than booking for next week.
Will you deal with HMRC for us?
Yes. We assess the arrears, penalties and the realistic affordability, then negotiate a Time to Pay arrangement the business can actually service — supported by a 13-week cashflow, which is what makes HMRC say yes.
What do I get for £197?
45 minutes one-to-one with a senior operator, within 24 hours of booking, plus a written summary of your first three moves. You leave knowing how serious it is, what to do first, and what not to do. The fee is credited in full against the Emergency Diagnostic.
How quickly can you start?
The call happens within 24 hours of booking and the Emergency Diagnostic lands within 48 hours of the call. If the situation is moving faster than that, take the Fast Track and tell us on the phone — most stabilisation work starts the same week.
Can you save every business?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Some businesses are past the point where trading on is right for anyone. If that is the answer we will tell you inside the first ten minutes, explain what it means for you personally, and point you to who should handle it.
The sooner you call, the more we can do.
One conversation today could change the outcome for your business.