London
Insolvency Practitioners in London.
A good deal of our work comes from London: secured lenders instructing us on property, and companies referred to us by accountants and solicitors we have worked with for years. Arabella is in London regularly, and it is an easy journey from either of our bases.
For London lenders and charge holders
Most of our London instructions come from secured lenders, and most of them concern property. Arabella Ranby-Gorwood is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner and experienced property receiver, and has been involved in recovering more than £150 million of distressed and non-performing debt.
A receiver does not have to be a licensed Insolvency Practitioner, and many are not. Because we are, receivership is one of several appointments open to us rather than the only one — so we can advise on administration, liquidation and, where personal guarantees are in play, bankruptcy, and then take the appointment ourselves rather than passing you on.
- Pre-appointment reviews, before a receiver is appointed at all
- LPA and fixed-charge receivership appointments
- Distressed and part-completed development schemes
- Valuation and monitoring, through your own panel or surveyors we instruct
- Consensual routes where they produce more than enforcement would
Our starting position is that an appointment is not always the best answer. Refinancing, investment, completing a development or a consensual sale may all produce more for a lender than an enforcement process — and where that is the case we will say so, including where it means no appointment for us. More on property receivership.
For accountants and solicitors referring a client
The rest of our London work arrives through professional advisers, and it arrives on the same terms as everything else: we neither pay nor accept referral or lead-generation fees.
What that means for you is straightforward. Your client comes back to you. We are not looking to acquire the relationship, we are not going to sell them anything else, and if the honest answer is that no formal procedure is needed, that is what we will tell them.
A first conversation about a client’s position is free and carries no obligation, and we are happy to have it with or without them present. Where a matter needs work we do not do, we bring in the right person rather than stretching.
Independent, and what that changes for you
We are an independent practice. Charles and Arabella Ranby-Gorwood are both licensed Insolvency Practitioners, with more than eighty years of experience between them, and they are the people you will deal with.
That shapes how the work is done.
- Whoever gives you the initial advice is the one who acts. Charles and Arabella both take appointments, individually or jointly. The first conversation is with the practitioner who would handle the matter.
- The same team stays with you from the first conversation to the last. You will not be handed on, and you will not have to explain the position twice.
- We neither pay nor accept referral or lead-generation fees. Nobody has bought your enquiry before it reaches us, and nobody is paid for passing you on. If we suggest you speak to someone else, it is because you should.
- We will tell you if you do not need a formal procedure. Quite often that is the answer, and it is the advice we give.
None of that changes the statutory work. A liquidation is a liquidation. What it changes is who picks up the phone when you have a question at nine o’clock on a Tuesday, and whether they already know your case. Our office number diverts out of hours, so it is nearly always answered. And after a first enquiry we aim to meet you within a few days — rarely more than a week.
Meeting in London
Arabella splits her time between the practice’s Grimsby office, the Stamford and Rutland area and London, so a meeting here is not a special trip that has to be scheduled weeks out.
Most matters are handled perfectly well by telephone, video and email, which is usually quicker for everyone. Where a meeting genuinely helps, we come to you.
Read first, call later, if you prefer
We have written nine guides and put them on the site with no sign-up, no email address and no gate in front of them. They are free, and they are longer and more direct than most things of their kind. If you would rather understand the options before you speak to anybody, start there.
- Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation: A Guide for Directors
- Company Administration: A Guide for Directors
- Company Voluntary Arrangements: A Guide
- Closing a Solvent Company: An MVL Guide
- Bankruptcy: A Guide for Individuals
- Individual Voluntary Arrangements: A Guide
- Overdrawn Director’s Loan Accounts
- Is Your Business Viable? The Decision Path
- A free 13-week cash-flow forecast template
Next step
Directors rarely regret asking early. They frequently regret asking late.
The first conversation is free of charge, confidential, and commits you to nothing. You do not need to work out which procedure applies before you call.